Get diamonds, take temperature
Quantum thermometer using nanodiamonds senses a 'fever' in tiny worms C. elegansCredit: Masazumi Fujiwara, Osaka City University A team from ...
Global warming threatens soil phosphorus, says a soil scientist from RUDN University
Credit: RUDN University A soil scientist from RUDN University found out that the resources of organic phosphorus in the soils ...
Are male genes from Mars, female genes from Venus?
Review highlights sex differences in health and diseaseCredit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Males and females share the ...
Netflix – a zebra among horses: QUT researcher
Constantly evolving Netflix has changed the face of entertainment on a global scaleCredit: FlixPatrol Media studies expert Professor Amanda Lotz, ...
NASA satellite finds a wedge-shaped Tropical Storm Paulette
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Wind shear was affecting both Tropical Storm Paulette and Rene in the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 11. ...
NASA satellite finds an elongated Tropical Storm Rene caused by wind shear
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed an elongated Tropical Storm Rene being battered by wind shear ...
Taking a closer look at the genome
With a $1.82 million award, University of Miami computer scientist plans to reconstruct and analyze the super-resolution 3D structure of ...
Ammonium triggers formation of lateral roots
Credit: IPK/ Ying Liu Since every process in lateral root development, including initiation, emergence and elongation is governed by auxin, ...
Creating diamond devices to detect Parkinson’s early
Credit: Wen Li Engineers from Michigan State University have secured $3.4 million in grants to develop diamond implants that could ...
Winds of change move western smoke into the Pacific
Credit: NASA Worldview NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured these series of images (made into an animated GIF) showing the winds ...
MAX binding with the variant Rs72780850 in RNA helicase DDX1 for susceptibility to neuroblastoma
Credit: ©Science China Press Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common solid tumor occurring extracranial diagnosed during childhood, and responds for ...
A phonon laser – coherent vibrations from a self-breathing resonator
Credit: PDI and Instituto Balseiro and Centro Atómico Lasing - the emission of a collimated light beam of light with ...
Galapagos guides to ‘barcode’ wildlife
Credit: Carolina Proano Galapagos tourist guides are being retrained to catalogue the islands' famous biodiversity. The COVID-19 pandemic has left ...
To recreate ancient recipes, check out the vestiges of clay pots
Archaeologists find that unglazed ceramic cookware absorbs the chemical residue of present and past mealsCredit: Photo courtesy of Melanie Miller ...
How plants ensure regular seed spacing
Plant research: publication in Current BiologyCredit: HHU / Nozomi Kawamoto If you open up a pea pod, you will find ...
Researchers find cuttlebone’s microstructure sits at a ‘sweet spot’
Credit: Peter Means for Virginia Tech Ling Li has a lesson in one of his mechanical engineering courses on how ...
Halving the risk of infection following surgery
Credit: deborabalves (Pixabay) Surgeons could dramatically reduce the risk of infection after an operation by simply changing the antiseptic they ...
Antibody test developed for COVID-19 that is sensitive, specific and scalable
Credit: University of Texas at Austin An antibody test for the virus that causes COVID-19, developed by researchers at The ...
Harvard team uses laser to cool polyatomic molecule
Harvard researchers become first to cool polyatomic molecule using lightCredit: Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer After firing the lasers and bombarding ...
Solutions to big problems: they’re in the (soft matter) solution
Credit: Virginia Tech For most people, a coffee stain may go unnoticed, an everyday accident. In the world of physics, ...