Neutron-clustering effect in nuclear reactors demonstrated for first time
Long-theorized phenomenon observed in a working reactor could improve reactor safety, according to a new studyCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory ...
Harnessing the dark side
Optical singularities could be used for a wide range of applications from super resolution imaging to optical trappingCredit: Daniel Lim/Harvard ...
Demonstration of World Record: 319 Tb/s Transmission over 3,001 km with 4-core fiber
>120 nm signal bandwidth comprising 552 WDM channels and using both-doped fiber and Raman amplificationCredit: ©National Institute of Information and ...
Crystal clear: Lepidopterans have many ways of being transparent
Credit: Nipam Patel Butterflies and moths have beautiful wings: the bright flare of an orange monarch, the vivid stripes of ...
Sweet success: CABBI demonstrates first precision breeding of sugarcane with CRISPR-Cas9
Gene-editing offers a targeted, efficient way to develop new varieties of this productive but complex plantCredit: Amy Stuart, UF/IFAS Sugarcane ...
Selective, toxin-bearing antibodies could help treat liver fibrosis
In mouse models of human disease, immunotoxins targeting the protein mesothelin prevent liver cells from producing collagen, a precursor to ...
Magnetic field from MRI affects focused-ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier
Finding prompts researchers, clinicians to consider this impact in future research and clinical treatment of brain diseasesCredit: Washington University in ...
Pitt engineer Mostafa Bedewy selected for the Frontiers of Materials award by Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
Credit: University of Pittsburgh The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) has selected Mostafa Bedewy, assistant professor of industrial engineering ...
Symbionts sans frontieres: Bacterial partners travel the world
Some bacterial symbionts in travel the globe and are true cosmopolitansCredit: Laetitia Wilkins The Lucinidae family, lucinids for short, comprises ...
The fine nose of storks
Smell leads storks to freshly mown meadowsCredit: MPI of Animal Behavior/ C. Ziegler The sharp eyes of an eagle, the ...
New technique reduces nicotine levels, harmful compounds simultaneously in tobacco
Credit: De-Yu Xie North Carolina State University researchers have developed a new technique that can alter plant metabolism. Tested in ...
Improving transitional care improves outcomes important to patients in the ‘real world’
Special PCORI supplement to Medical Care reports on 'Future Directions in Transitional Care Research'Credit: Gesell et al. (2021), Medical Care, ...
Artificial intelligence could be new blueprint for precision drug discovery
Mathematical approach could transform drug development by searching for disease targets, then predicting if a drug will be successfulCredit: UC ...
Quantum phase transition discovered in a quasi-2D system consisting purely of spins
The study could have applications in spintronics and quantum computing; it was conducted by an international collaboration and published in ...
HKU ecologists develop a novel forensic tool for detecting laundering of critically endangered cockatoos
Credit: Photo courtesy: Astrid Andersson Ecologists from the Conservation Forensics Laboratory of the Research Division for Ecology and Biodiversity at ...
Naturally abundant venom peptide from ants can activate a pseudo allergic pathway unravelling a novel immunomodulatory pathway of MRGPRX2
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Ants are omnipresent, and we often get blisters after an ant bite. But do ...
MaxDIA — taking proteomics to the next level
A new software improves data-independent acquisition proteomics by providing a computational workflow that permits highly sensitive and accurate data analysisCredit: ...
Human environmental genome recovered in the absence of skeletal remains
Credit: © Anna Belfer-Cohen The cave of Satsurblia was inhabited by humans in different periods of the Paleolithic: Up to ...
Rise in Southeast Asia forest clearance increasing greenhouse gases
Credit: Dominick Spracklen Forest clearance in Southeast Asia is accelerating, leading to unprecedented increases in carbon emissions, according to new ...
Sea-level rise may worsen existing Bay Area inequities
Credit: Wikimedia Commons Rather than waiting for certainty in sea-level rise projections, policymakers can plan now for future coastal flooding ...