Flexible processors with atomically thin materials
Credit: Hermann Detz, TU Vienna The first fully functional microprocessor logic devices based on few-atom-thick layered materials have been demonstrated ...
Humans and sponges share gene regulation
Credit: Courtesy The University of Queensland Humans have a lot in common with the humble sea sponge, according to research ...
Environmental DNA helps protect great crested newts
Credit: By kind permission of Dr Brett Lewis Research by the University of Kent has revealed how tiny amounts of ...
‘Cold’ Great Spot discovered on Jupiter
Credit: Based on data from VLT/ESO. Great Cold Spot comparable in scale to famous Great Red Spot (24,000 km west-east ...
Researchers unravel the drivers of large iceberg movement
When, in the foreseeable future, a tabular iceberg nearly seven times the size of Berlin breaks off the Larsen C ...
Microprocessors based on a layer of just 3 atoms
Credit: TU Wien, Marco Furchi Two-dimensional materials, or 2D materials for short, are extremely versatile, although - or often more ...
All in one against CO2
A "self-heating" boron catalyst that makes particularly efficient use of sunlight to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) serves as a light ...
Group works toward devising topological superconductor
Credit: Eun-Ah Kim, Cornell University The experimental realization of ultrathin graphene - which earned two scientists from Cambridge the Nobel ...
Engage with the world’s brightest mathematicians and computer scientists in Heidelberg
What distinguishes the HLF from standard scientific conferences is the unique informal atmosphere that inspires a blend of acute scientific ...
Seven projects to look at how Distributed Ledger Technology could transform the energy market, banking and health care
Seven new projects will explore the potentially transformative opportunities offered by Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in fields such as energy, ...
Global coral reef restoration effort launches in the Caribbean
Credit: Paul Selvaggio With the Global Coral Restoration Project, SECORE International, the California Academy of Sciences and The Nature Conservancy ...
So you think you can secure your mobile phone with a fingerprint?
BROOKLYN, New York - No two people are believed to have identical fingerprints, but researchers at the New York University ...
Drones collect measurements from a volcanic plume at Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala
(University of Bristol) A team of volcanologists and engineers from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge have collected measurements from ...
Glowing bacteria detect buried landmines
Credit: (Credit: Hebrew University) The need for safe and efficient technologies for detecting buried landmines and unexploded ordnance is a ...
Assessing the impact of climate risks on the financial system
In the wake of 2015 Climate Paris Agreements to limit global temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, many governmental and ...
EU supports innovation and sustainable mineral exploration
Credit: HZDR/ Detlev Müller The Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF), which is part of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, will ...
UTHealth microbiologists discover possible new strategy to fight oral thrush
Credit: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) HOUSTON - (April 10, 2017) - An antimicrobial protein ...
Moose tracking: There’s an app for that
Credit: Vince Crichton EDMONTON (Monday, April 10, 2017)--Ecologists in the University of Alberta's Department of Biological Sciences have developed an ...
Social media tools can reinforce stigma and stereotypes
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University have developed new software to analyze social media comments, and used this ...
Improving traffic safety with a crowdsourced traffic violation reporting app
Loading video... Credit: KAIST KAIST researchers revealed that crowdsourced traffic violation reporting with smartphone-based continuous video capturing can dramatically change ...
