Gulf coast mollusks rode out past periods of climate change
Credit: Christopher Garvie About 55 million years ago, a rapidly warming climate decimated marine communities around the world. But according ...
Harnessing the domino effect for deployable structures
Researchers use models and experiments to guide and harness transition waves in multi-stable mechanical structuresCredit: Bertoldi Lab/Harvard SEAS If you've ...
Rare-earth element material could produce world’s smallest transistors
Credit: Photo Credit: Purdue University JingKai Qin and PaiYing Liao RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- A material from a rare ...
Superior ‘bio-ink’ for 3D printing pioneered
Rutgers researchers are developing materials to help grow human tissuesCredit: Madison Madison Godesky Rutgers biomedical engineers have developed a "bio-ink" ...
Coronavirus outbreak raises question: Why are bat viruses so deadly?
Bats' fierce immune systems drive viruses to higher virulence, making them deadlier in humansCredit: Photo courtesy of Linfa Wang, Duke ...
There’s a twist in the story of volcanism & mass extinctions, say CCNY researchers
Credit: Photo credit: B. Black and L.T. Elkins-Tanton An emerging scientific consensus is that gases--in particular carbon gases--released by volcanic ...
NASA examines Tropical Storm Uesi’s heavy rainfall
Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL NASA analyzed Tropical Storm Uesi's rainfall and found moderate to heavy rainfall around the storm's center and in ...
Is it hemp or marijuana? New scanner gives instant answer
A handheld spectrometer quickly determines the level of THC in cannabis plantsCredit: Image courtesy of Dmitry Kurouski Hemp is technically ...
NASA analyzes ex-Tropical Cyclone Damien’s rainfall in Western Australia
Credit: Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL Tropical Cyclone Damien made landfall on Feb. 9 along the northern Pilbara coast of Western Australia. On ...
Understanding forest-water interactions and their impact on New Zealand’s water quality
Credit: Virginia Tech Forest systems, a crucial resource for fresh water around the world, are under increasing pressure from global ...
Inner ‘clockwork’ sets the time for cell division in bacteria
Credit: (Image: University of Basel, Swiss Nanoscience Institute/Biozentrum) Researchers at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel have discovered a ...
Finding a cure for Fido’s brain cancer may help us find a cure for ourselves
Credit: The Jackson Laboratory Cancer research using experimental models--everything from cancer cells in a dish to patient tumors transplanted in ...
The human brain’s meticulous interface with the bloodstream now on a precision chip
This new human blood-brain barrier on a chip gets its surprising edge by giving astrocytes 3D living spaceCredit: Georgia Tech ...
NRL-built camera provides view into sun’s polar regions
Credit: (Image Courtesy of ESA/ATG Medialab) WASHINGTON -- The Solar Orbiter mission will use a U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-designed and ...
Reimagining the link between space and species could boost wildlife conservation
Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- In the latest issue of The American Naturalist, University of Kansas investigator Jorge Sobero?n ...
APS tip sheet: Predicting epidemics’ speed
New analysis predicts how quickly an epidemic could spread globallyCredit: Moore & Rogers, Physical Review Letters (2020) As the coronavirus ...
Penn State receives five-year $3.7 million grant to study virus evolution
Credit: Terrones lab/Penn State The evolution of viruses will be the focus of a five-year $3.7 million dollar grant from ...
Powering the future: Smallest all-digital circuit opens doors to 5 nm next-gen semiconductor
Credit: Kenichi Okada Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and Socionext Inc. have designed the world's smallest all-digital ...
Human textiles to repair blood vessels
Credit: Nicolas L'Heureux What if we could replace a patient's damaged blood vessels with brand new ones produced in a ...
DNA-like material could bring even smaller transistors
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas/Qingxiao Wang and Moon Kim WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Computer chips use billions of tiny ...
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