Pitt researchers create nanoscale slalom course for electrons
Professors from the Department of Physics and Astronomy have created a serpentine path for electronsCredit: Jeremy Levy PITTSBURGH--A research team...
Offshore submarine freshwater discovery raises hopes for islands worldwide
Credit: University of Hawai'i Twice as much freshwater is stored offshore of Hawai'i Island than was previously thought, according to...
Quantum nanodiamonds may help detect disease earlier
The quantum sensing abilities of nanodiamonds can be used to improve the sensitivity of paper-based diagnostic tests, potentially allowing for...
Doctors use existing treatment earlier to save the lives of Covid-19 patients
Credit: Lancaster University The lives of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 are being saved by doctors who are using an existing...
Novel haplotype-led approach to increase the precision of wheat breeding
Credit: John Innes Centre Wheat researchers at the John Innes Centre are pioneering a new technique that promises to improve...
Understanding the power of our Sun
The Borexino collaboration, in which also scientists from TU Dresden are involved, has succeeded after more than 80 years in...
A microscope for everyone: Jena researchers develop open-source optical toolbox
The open-source system from the 3D printer delivers high-resolution images like commercial microscopes at hundreds of times the priceCredit: UC2...
COVID-19 vaccine candidate tested preclinically at UAB nears first clinical test in people
Maryland-based Altimmune Inc. has submitted an Investigational New Drug application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to commence a...
Wheat diversity due to cross-hybridization with wild grasses
Credit: Rebecca Leber, UZH A variety of bread wheat that flourishes across Switzerland would remain just a poorly growing grass...
Landmark study generates first genomic atlas for global wheat improvement
USask-led study sequences genomes of 15 wheat varieties around the worldCredit: Christina Weese/USask SASKATOON - In a landmark discovery for...
Progress in electronic structure and topology in nickelates superconductors
Credit: ©Science China Press The discovery of high Tc superconductivity in cuprates attracts people to explore superconductivity in nickelates, whose...
New physical picture leads to a precise finite-size scaling of (3+1)-dimensional O(n) critical system
Credit: ©Science China Press Since the establishment of the renormalization group theory, it has been known that systems of critical...
A new strategy for the greener use of calcium carbide
The researchers proposed a new approach by analysing the interaction of calcium acetylide with water and dimethyl sulfoxide on the...
New insights into how the CRISPR immune system evolved
Credit: Ditlev E. Brodersen With new insights into how the genetic tool CRISPR - which allows direct editing of our...
Russian scientists improve 3D printing technology for aerospace composites using oil waste
Credit: Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS Scientists from NUST MISIS have improved the technology of 3D printing from aluminum, having achieved an...
Ice sheets on the move: how north and south poles connect
Changes in the Antarctic ice sheet were driven by the melting ice sheets in the Northern HemisphereCredit: Thomas Ronge Over...
Attosecond interferometry in time-energy domain
Credit: ©Science China Press Space-momentum domain interferometer is a key technique in modern precision measurements, and has been widely for...
Immune strategy based on limited information in the network
Credit: ©Science China Press The novel coronavirus outbreak is a global pandemic that has spread to more than 200 countries...
Ideal type-II Weyl points are observed in classical circuits
Credit: ©Science China Press The elementary particles that build the universe have two types: bosons and fermions, where the fermions...
Everyday activities enhance personal well-being
Neurobiological mechanisms studied: new findings on the relationship between physical activity and everyday well-being - publication in Science AdvancesCredit: Markus...
