Visualisation reveals how a protein ‘hunkers down’ to conserve energy
Credit: University of Leeds A visualisation made from nearly 100,000 electron microscope images has revealed the ingenious way a protein ...
Month: December 2020
Living with autonomous systems “we can trust”
New report calls for greater input from society on future direction of autonomyCredit: The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Autonomous systems ...
KIT and Audi are working on recycling method for automotive plastics
Closed loop for plastics from automotive engineering: Recycled plastics are processed to pyrolysis oil which can then be used for ...
Protein molecules in cells function as miniature antennas
Credit: Credit: Petr Pachl / IOCB Prague Researchers led by Josef Lazar of the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry ...
A French team has improved the measurement of a fundamental physical constant
Credit: Pierre Cladé, Saïda Guellati-Khélifa et Tatsumi Aoyama The validation and application of theories in physics require the measurement of ...
Cell membranes in super resolution
Credit: (Picture: Sauer group / University of Würzburg) Expansion microscopy (ExM) enables the imaging of cells and their components with ...
Researchers validate theory that neutrinos shape the universe
Credit: Kavli IPMU The effect that nearly massless, subatomic particles called neutrinos have on the formation of galaxies has long ...
Electronic waste on the decline, new study finds
Older, bulkier electronics are disappearing from the waste stream, with ramifications for the future of e-waste recycling.Credit: Yale School of ...
This 3D printer doesn’t gloss over the details
A new system enables realistic variations in glossiness across a 3D-printed surface; the advance could aid fine art reproduction and ...
SMART researchers develop plant nanobionic sensor to monitor arsenic levels in soil
For the first time, researchers from SMART have engineered a living plant-based sensor for the detection of arsenic in the ...
Active camouflage artificial skin in visible-to-infrared range
Thermally controlled, active imperceptible artificial skin in visible-to-infrared rangeCredit: Seoul National University Cephalopods' exceptional ability to hide into any background ...
Carbon dioxide converted to ethylene — the ‘rice of the industry’
Understanding intermediates of the electrochemical CO2 reduction to ethylene. Encouraging catalyst design-a key component of CO2 utilization using renewable energy.Credit: ...
Sensors for a ‘smart’ wound bandage may track healing, immune response: Study
Credit: Olja Simoska et al/ACS sensors Researchers from Skoltech and the University of Texas at Austin have presented a proof-of-concept ...
Research suggests our galaxy’s brightest gamma-ray binary system may be powered by a magnetar star
Credit: Kavli IPMU A team of researchers led by members of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of ...
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