Bottom-up approach can synthesize microscopic diamonds for bioimaging, quantum computing
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Scientists are excited about diamonds -- not the types that adorn jewelry, but the microscopic ...
Month: May 2019
Research shows cattle ranching could help conserve rare African antelope, lions
Credit: Douglas Kamaru Endangered African antelope and the lions that prey on them may benefit from certain cattle ranching practices ...
First demonstration of antimatter wave interferometry
Credit: © LHEP / AEC, University of Bern Matter waves constitute a crucial feature of quantum mechanics, where particles have ...
What the wheat genome tells us about wars
Credit: © Nature Genetics - Pont/Duchemin/Armisen First they mapped the genome of wheat; now they have reconstructed its breeding history. ...
Nanoscale thermometers from diamond sparkles
A novel, non-invasive technique that uses quantum light to measure temperature at the nanoscale has been developed Being able to ...
Tiny droplets open the doors to in-flight imaging of proteins
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated the creation of a beam of nanodroplets capable of delivering a variety of ...
RIT professor develops microfluidic device to better detect Ebola virus
Work done by mechanical engineering professor can be used to pre-screen for the virus A faculty-researcher at Rochester Institute of ...
NASA reveals heavy rainfall in Tropical Cyclone Fani
Credit: NASA/JAXA/Jacob Ree Satellite data revealed heavy rainfall in powerful Tropical Cyclone Fani before it made landfall in northeastern India. ...
New approach could accelerate efforts to catalogue vast numbers of cells
Data-sampling method makes 'sketches' of unwieldy biological datasets while still capturing the full diversity of cell types Artistic sketches can ...
Army pushes for higher speeds in future tiltrotor aircraft
Credit: David McNally HAMPTON, Va. -- The U.S. Army is developing a new wind-tunnel testbed that will help future tiltrotor ...
Induced labor not more expensive to health care system than spontaneous labor
Upfront cost of inducing labor at 39 weeks is equal to costs that accrue during longer pregnancies. Expectant parents wait ...
Stickier than expected: Hydrogen binds to graphene in 10 femtoseconds
Bound for only ten quadrillionths of a secondCredit: Oliver Bünermann / Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry & University of ...
Breakthrough optical interferometry system clears way for spin-out company
The new device carries precision measurement in a fraction of a second without delaying production, saving time, energy and costsCredit: ...
UW Oshkosh to host International Symposium on Society and Resource Management June 2-7, 2019
ISSRM to celebrate 70th anniversary of 'A Sand County Almanac' by Aldo Leopold The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh will host ...
‘Gut-on-a-chip’ research aims to find personalized treatment for Crohn’s disease
Thanks to a new $1.8 million grant from The Helmsley Charitable Trust, UT Austin Engineer Hyun Jung Kim will apply ...
Researchers identify a protein that protects against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Credit: IRB Barcelona. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease describes several liver dysfunctions of varying severity, characterised by the accumulation of fat ...
New approach for solving protein structures from tiny crystals
Technique opens door for studies of countless hard-to-crystallize proteins involved in health and diseaseCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Using x-rays ...
Study demonstrates seagrass’ strong potential for curbing erosion
Ubiquitous marine plants dissipate wave energy and could help protect vulnerable shorelines CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Most people's experience with seagrass, ...
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New review identifies four hallmarks of cancer metastasis
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Kansas Cancer Center have identified four hallmarks of ...