Ultrasound selectively damages cancer cells when tuned to correct frequencies
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Fast radio burst observations deepen astronomical mystery
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Surprise! TESS shows ancient north star undergoes eclipses
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Glowing material remembers where it was pressed
Credit: by LumiLab research group, Department of Solid State Sciences, Ghent University Think of the blade of a wind turbine ...
NASA’s TESS mission uncovers its 1st world with two stars
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith In 2019, when Wolf Cukier finished his junior year at Scarsdale High School ...
New production method for carbon nanotubes gets green light
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New method gives robust transistors
Transmorphic epitaxial growth of AlN nucleation layers on SiC substrates for high-breakdown thin GaN transistorsCredit: Magnus Johansson A new method ...
Researchers develop universal flu vaccine that protects against 6 influenza viruses in mice
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A novel nanoparticle vaccine that combines two major influenza proteins is effective in providing broad, long-lasting ...
NASA planet hunter finds its 1st Earth-size habitable-zone world
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its ...
‘Census’ in the zebrafish’s brain
Dresden scientists explore newborn, regenerated neuronsCredit: Christian Lange The zebrafish is a master of regeneration: If brain cells are lost ...
Scientists discover the mechanism of DNA high-order structure formation
Credit: KAIST The genetic material of our cells--DNA--exists in a high-order structure called "chromatin". Chromatin consists of DNA wrapped around ...
Physicist Georg Woltersdorf appointed Max Planck Fellow — research project on spintronics
Credit: Marco Warmuth/TGZ Halle Professor Georg Woltersdorf, head of the Optics Group at the Institute of Physics at Martin Luther ...
Take heart: Pitt study reveals how relaxin targets cardiovascular disease
Pitt researchers detail the interplay between relaxin and Wnt signaling, noting its positive effects on an aging heartCredit: Dr. Guillermo ...
The growing pains of orphan chimpanzees
Mothers may be shaping pre-adult growth and offspring muscle mass even without direct provisioningCredit: Liran Samuni The prolonged periods of ...
Versatile in use — FBH semiconductor light sources
Credit: FBH/schurian.com FBH exhibits novel diode lasers and modules at Photonics West 2020. Applications include materials processing, LiDAR, medicine, and ...
Abandoning pastures reduces the biodiversity of mountain streams
A study of 15 South Tyrolean waterways shows that the presence of extensive pastures increases biodiversity in streams and riversCredit: ...
Scientists make breakthrough in ion-conducting composite membranes
Credit: DAI Qing Chinese researchers under the direction of Profs. LI Xianfeng and ZHANG Huamin from the Dalian Institute of ...
Need to control blood sugar? There’s a drink for that, says UBC prof
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Utilizing relativistic effects for laser fusion: A new approach for clean power
Activating relativistic effects of intense laser light in plasma, researchers at Osaka University test a new method for achieving consistent ...
New ‘umbrella’ species would massively improve conservation
Credit: The University of Queensland The protection of Australia's threatened species could be improved by a factor of seven, if ...
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