NSF funds Bridges-2 supercomputer at PSC
$10-million system will expand national capacity for coupled HPC, AI and data and serve nontraditional and traditional high-performance-computing communities A...
Nanobowl arrays endow perovskite solar cells with iridescent colors
Credit: ©Science China Press With the maturing of the perovskite solar cells (PSCs) technology, it is highly desirable to develop...
A concussion can cost your job — especially if you are young and well educated
Credit: Joachim Rode A hard tackle on the football-field, a crash on your bike or a fall from a ladder...
US Naval Research Laboratory ‘connects the dots’ for quantum networks
Credit: Chul Soo Kim, US Naval Research Laboratory WASHINGTON -- Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) developed a...
Tungsten as interstellar radiation shielding?
Metallophilic microorganisms could benefit from the heavy metal in harsh survival conditionsCredit: © Tetyana Milojevic A boiling point of 5900...
Metabolic reprogramming of branched-chain amino acid facilitates drug resistance in lung cancer
Despite the remarkable success of molecular targeted therapy in recent years, the rapid increase of drug resistance is a major...
Cancer study to ease plight of people at advanced stages of illness
Patients with advanced cancer are to test a therapy aimed at reducing their symptoms and improving quality of life Patients...
Storing data in music
Credit: Colourbox Manuel Eichelberger and Simon Tanner, two ETH doctoral students, store data in music. This means, for example, that...
Small-volume, high-throughput organic synthesis
New method synthesizes and evaluates large number of drug leadsCredit: Neochoritis et al. / Science Advances University of Groningen Professor...
Do teaching and communicating about microfluidics advances need improvement?
A group of researchers is encouraging more sharing of ideas and activities for teaching about microfluidics and outreach efforts to...
High-safety, flexible and scalable Zn//MnO2 rechargeable planar micro-batteries
Credit: ©Science China Press Increasing development of micro-scale electronics has stimulated demand of the corresponding micro-scale power sources, especially for...
New shingles vaccine reduced occurrence in patients who had stem cell transplantation
Bottom Line: The new, nonlive shingles vaccine reduced the occurrence of shingles (herpes zoster) compared with placebo among patients who...
Could vacuum physics be revealed by laser-driven microbubble?
Credit: M. Murakami Osaka, Japan -- A "vacuum" is generally thought to be nothing but empty space. But in fact,...
Charge transfer within transition-metal dyes analysed
Credit: M. Künsting/HZB For the first time, a team there has investigated the fundamental photochemical processes around the metal atom...
Exactly how fast is the universe expanding?
Princeton astrophysicists are closing in on the Hubble constantCredit: Video by Ore Gottlieb and Ehud Nakar, Tel Aviv University Exactly...
On-demand control of terahertz and infrared waves
Researchers from the University of Geneva and the University of Manchester have confirmed experimentally the theory of very strong magneto-optical...
Fusion scientists have developed ‘the nano-scale sculpture technique’
This enables observation inside hard materials with an atomic-scaleCredit: NIFS A research team of fusion scientists has succeeded in developing...
Nanoscale visualization of the distribution and optical behavior of dopant in GaN
Significant advances in the understanding of P-Type GaN semiconductor formation mechanisms and techniques enabling mass production of GaN devicesCredit: NIMS...
Organic solar cells will last 10 years in space
Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology, the Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of RAS, and...
Semi-arid land in China has expanded in recent decades and probably continues to expand
Credit: Jianrong Bi Drylands cover approximately 50% of the land surface in China, among which semi-arid regions are the main...
