JILA team demonstrates model system for distribution of more accurate time signals
Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST JILA physicists and collaborators have demonstrated the first next-generation "time scale" -- a system that incorporates data ...
Month: October 2019
International research community calls for recognition of forests’ role in human prosperity
Credit: Daniel Miller, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - World leaders convened for the UN Climate Summit in September amid ...
New CRISPR genome editing system offers a wide range of versatility in human cells
'Prime editing' combines two key proteins and a new RNA to make targeted insertions, deletions, and all possible single-letter changes ...
No place like home: Species are on the move, but many have nowhere to go
Many insects moving north in response to climate change find they have nowhere to go in Britain's intensively managed landscapes, ...
DNA-reeling bacteria yield new insight on how superbugs acquire drug-resistance
A new imaging method invented at Indiana University leads to a discovery about how bacteria use thin hair-like surface appendages ...
Immune reaction causes malaria organ damage
Immune cells can be the body's defenders and foes at the same timeCredit: MPIIB/ Volker Brinkmann Malaria is one of ...
Toll roads are good for the environment, Russian scientists confirm
Researchers developed a method to calculate the number of stops trucks make along their routes; the method confirms that toll ...
UConn launches hemp testing lab in response to industry need
Credit: Sean Flynn/UConn Photo In response to a rapidly expanding commercial hemp industry driven by interest in products with CBD ...
Composite metal foam outperforms aluminum for use in aircraft wings
Credit: Afsaneh Rabiei The leading edges of aircraft wings have to meet a very demanding set of characteristics. New research ...
Novel method turns any 3D object into a cubic style
3D stylization algorithm to be presented at SIGGRAPH AsiaCredit: SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 One of the fast-growing areas in virtual reality/augmented ...
Insects share the same signaling pathway to form their 3-dimensional body
Credit: Siegfried Roth A signalling pathway controlling morphogenesis, the formation of the three-dimensional body shape in the fruit fly Drosophila, ...
‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas
Credit: Virgil Andrei A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an 'artificial ...
New lightweight, portable robotic suit to increase running and walking performance
Newly developed robot suit made of fabric vest and wires to help people with restricted mobility to walk or run ...
A cavity leads to a strong interaction between light and matter
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Researchers have succeeded in creating an efficient quantum-mechanical light-matter interface using a microscopic ...
A complex marriage arrangement: New insights and unanswered questions in plant heterostyly
Landmark review highlights recent advances and unresolved questions as part of a New Phytologist special issue celebrating Prof. Spencer Barrett.Credit: ...
Argonne multidisciplinary team develops probe for battery research: Strength in numbers
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Argonne team develops a powerful technique for probing in three dimensions the crystalline structure of cathode ...
HALO measurement campaign: Climate change in the southern hemisphere
KIT, DLR, FZJ, and the Universities of Mainz and Frankfurt coordinate measurement campaign with the HALO research aircraft to study ...
Porous polymer coatings dynamically control light and heat
New inexpensive, scalable design takes advantage of the optical switchability of porous polymers; could be used for heating, cooling, and ...
Researchers watch quantum knots untie
After first reporting the existence of quantum knots, Aalto University & Amherst College researchers now report how the knots behaveCredit: ...
Symbol of change for AI development
Credit: 2019 Maxat Kulmanov A mathematical framework that bridges the gap between high-level human-readable knowledge and statistical data has been ...
