New laser system provides 3D reconstructions of living deep-sea animals and mucus filters
Credit: Image: © 2020 MBARI Living in an essentially zero-gravity environment, many deep-sea animals have evolved soft, gelatinous bodies and...
Active particles with light-switchable propulsion direction and reversible interactions
Credit: Source: UW Physics, M. Lisicki Researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, ETH in Zurich...
Solar hydrogen production: Splitting water with UV is now at almost 100% quantum efficiency
Credit: Copyright © 2020 The Office of Public Relations, Shinshu University Pour yourself a glass of water and take a...
New research leads to lighter and greener bridges
A recently completed research project revealed the potential for reducing material used for a suspension bridge deck by more than...
A new strategy for the optimal electroreduction of Co2 to high-value products
Credit: KAIST Researchers suggest that modulation of local CO2 concentration improves the selectivity, conversion rate, and electrode stability, and shed...
Pioneer of modern datacenter design receives Eckert-Mauchly Award
Google's Luiz Barroso recognized as visionary architect of warehouse-scale computingCredit: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery,...
Lighting the way to porous electronics and sensors
Researchers from Osaka University introduce a straightforward fabrication method that dramatically improves the gas sensing performance of a common ceramicCredit:...
Princeton team develops ‘poisoned arrow’ to defeat antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A dual-mechanism antibiotic kills Gram-negative bacteria and avoids drug resistanceCredit: Matilda Luk, Princeton University Office of Communications Poison is lethal...
Unique cells found in lung cancer patients may predict survival
Size and number of fused cancer and immune cells linked to survival in non-small cell lung cancer casesCredit: University of...
Breaking the mold: An unusual choice of material yields incredibly long-lasting batteries
Non-conductive silica could be key to realizing next-generation lithium-sulfur batteriesCredit: DGIST The tremendous increase in the use of mobile technology,...
Discrimination may erase ‘birthweight advantage’ of black US immigrants in one generation
Credit: Egan Jimenez, Princeton University Black women have the highest prevalence of low birthweight babies compared to other racial and...
Ultra-bright X-ray source awakens near a galaxy not so far away
Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech A new ultra-bright source of X-rays has awakened in between our galactic neighbours the Magellanic Clouds,...
Designing animal studies to improve research reproducibility and reduce animal use
Credit: Adrian Moser Animal experiments are typically conducted under highly standardized laboratory conditions. While standardization is meant to improve reproducibility...
Researchers develop sustainable method for extracting vanillin from wood processing waste
Electrolytic depolymerization of lignin in caustic soda could replace the existing environmentally harmful process for producing the most widely used...
Cognitive behavior therapy tops other psychotherapies in reducing inflammation
An analysis of more than 50 studies shows CBT is an effective non-drug treatment for boosting the immune systemCredit: UCLA...
First optical measurements of Milky Way’s Fermi Bubbles probe their origin
Credit: Images by Dhanesh Krishnarao and NASA MADISON -Using the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper telescope, astronomers have for the first time...
Black holes? They are like a hologram
According to new research, black holes could be like a hologram, where all the information is amassed in a two-dimensional...
Scientists decipher the role of carbon and the break-up of continents
UNM researcher Tobias Fischer part of international collaborationCredit: UNM University of New Mexico (UNM) Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences,...
Stomach issues, history of substance abuse found in teen vaping study
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - June 2, 2020 - A study of teens diagnosed with the vaping-linked respiratory disease EVALI revealed...
‘Excretion of sugar into stool’? New action of anti-diabetic drug discovered
Credit: Kobe University A research team led by Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine's Professor OGAWA Wataru (the Division of...
