Swirl power: how gentle body movement will charge your mobile phone
Scientists have found a way to generate electricity from nylon, raising hopes that the clothes on our backs will become...
A new candidate material for quantum spin liquids
Credit: Péter Szirmai In 1973, physicist and later Nobel laureate Philip W. Anderson proposed a bizarre state of matter: the...
New insights into 3D printing of spacers and membranes
To also address the controversies on the feasibility of 3D printing for membranes, researchers from SUTD and NTU have coined...
Doctoral student receives NSERC award to study innovative brain cancer treatment
Credit: Virginia Tech The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) supports research that results in "breakthrough answers...
Scientists design magnets with outstanding properties
New lightweight magnets have possible real-world applicationsCredit: Rodolphe Clérac An international team of researchers led by the Centre de Recherche...
Cancer researchers train white blood cells to attacks tumor cells
Credit: © NCT/UCC/André Wirsig Scientists at the National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden (NCT/UCC) and Dresden University Medicine, together with...
Higher-resolution imaging of living, moving cells using plasmonic metasurfaces
Metasurface of self-assembled gold nanoparticles shown to improve resolution of fluorescence images of living cells under a widefield optical microscope...
Seeing dark matter in a new light
Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions - James Josephides A small team of astronomers have found a new way to 'see' the...
‘Liquid sunshine’ enlightens new way of green energy
Credit: DICP The potential of renewable energy in China is huge. Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy and lowering carbon...
When malaria parasites trick liver cells to let themselves in
New study shows how Plasmodium enters hepatocytesCredit: Andreia Pinto, Comparative Pathology Unit iMM. A new study led by Maria Manuel...
Vaccine shows promise against herpes virus
New study demonstrates candidate's potential to generate antibodies, limit viral sheddingCredit: Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln A genetically edited form...
Anti-depressant repurposed to treat childhood cancer
Credit: Karolinska Institutet A new study has found that a commonly prescribed anti-depressant may halt growth of a type of...
Game ‘pre-bunks’ political misinformation by letting players undermine democracy
Credit: Gusmanson A short online game in which players are recruited as a "Chief Disinformation Officer", using tactics such as...
Anti-hacking based on the circular polarization direction of light
Development of a phototransistor based on the characteristic of light to travel in a straight line while rotating. Possible to...
A brief pilot intervention enhances preschoolers’ self-regulation and food liking
Children who received intervention experienced significant improvements in behavioral regulation and liking of fruits and vegetables, according to a new...
Study suggests most humans are vulnerable to type 2 diabetes
Credit: IU School of Medicine Scientists have found that insulin has met an evolutionary cul-de-sac, limiting its ability to adapt...
Hubble launches large ultraviolet-light survey of nearby stars
Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Roman-Duval (STScI), ULLYSES program, and R. Gendler The universe would be a pretty boring place without...
Shifts in water temperatures affect eating habits of larval tuna at critical life stage
Credit: Cedric Guigand NEWPORT, Ore. - Small shifts in ocean temperature can have significant effects on the eating habits of...
Decoding heart-brain talk may hold the key to preventing cardiovascular disease
University of Cincinnati cardiologist wins a National Institutes of Health Director's Innovator Award for researchCredit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati The...
Scientists work to shed light on Standard Model of particle physics
Credit: (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) Mapping the magnetic field for Fermilab's Muon g-2 experiment As scientists await the highly anticipated...
