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Robust and ultralow-energy-threshold ignition of lean fuels by an ultrashort-pulsed laser
Credit: by Hongwei Zang, Helong Li, Wei Zhang, Yao Fu, Shanming Chen, Huailiang Xu, and Ruxin Li Laser ignition (LI)...
Advancement creates nanosized, foldable robots
Credit: Courtesy Cornell University RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Army-funded researchers created nanosized robots that could enable locomotion, novel metamaterial...
80% of Spanish health professionals were willing to be vaccinated during the second COVID-19 wave
Among the reasons given by health personnel for not wanting to be immunized, fears about the vaccines' safety and the...
Plasmonic tweezers: For nanoscale optical trapping and beyond
Credit: by Yuquan Zhang, Changjun Min, Xiujie Dou, Xianyou Wang, H. Paul Urbach, Michael Somekh and Xiaocong Yuan Optical tweezers...
How flashlight fish communicate with light signals in the school
The blinking frequency affects the behaviour of the other fish in the school.Credit: RUB, Department of General Zoology and Neurobiology,...
Foreign-born run greater risk of workplace bullying
Credit: Stefan Blomberg The risk of being bullied at work is twice as high if you were born abroad. And...
Pretty gameful!
DFG funds mobile game on quantum physics with 100.000 eurosCredit: Philipp Stollenmayer Quantum physics with a cat: The Würzburg-Dresden Cluster...
Endocrine disruptors threatens semen quality
Scientists from UNIGE and IRSET have established a link between poor semen quality in adult men and their mothers' occupational...
Parkinson’s disease: When molecular guardians need to be protected
Credit: Nicola Roverato, University of Konstanz Parkinson's disease is the second most common, age-related, neurodegenerative disease: In Germany alone, about...
Is it worth investing in solar PV with batteries at home?
Credit: Adam Islaam - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Solar energy is a clean, renewable source of electricity...
A new dye shakes up solar cells
Credit: Jean-David Décoppet and Alejandra Hauser. In 1991, scientists Brian O'Regan and Michael Grätzel at EPFL published a seminal paper...
Vape aerosol and gene expression in human lung tissue compared to cigarette sm
Scientific Digital Communications Editor Arran Frood details the latest research findings at Imperial Brands.Credit: Imperial Brands March 19, 2021, Bristol,...
The eukaryotic cell nucleus resembles the layout of a superstore
Credit: Source: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski The headquarter of a eukaryotic cell is the nucleus, and most of the cell's...
Unveiling smart buoys for marine environment monitoring!
Credit: Seawater Resources Technology Research Center of UNIST "Seawater battery-based smart buoys can monitor and collect over 15 different marine...
Three-dimensional imaging provides valuable insight to immune responses
A new imaging technique is shining a light on immune responses and setting the scene for enhancing immune memory to...
A “Sweet” cherry is the heaviest in the world according to the Guinness World Records
Credit: University of Bologna / Salvi Vivai A cherry from the "Sweet" family, cross-bred by the University of Bologna, holds...
How do humpback whales rest?
Omnidirectional cameras reveal the secret underwater lives of marine animalsCredit: Takashi Iwata An international research collaboration has used an omnidirectional...
New discoveries on deadly fungus – might be a key for treatment
Credit: Jan-Peter Kasper, University of Jena Aspergillus fumigatus kills as many people as malaria and tuberculosis, but is less known....
COVID-19 lockdowns and demographically-relevant Google Trends
Credit: Berger et al, PLOS ONE, 2021 (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Google Trends reveal how searches related to family and relationship...
Scientists identify genetic pathway that suppresses Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Credit: UNIST Professor Chunghun Lim and his research team in the Department of Biological Sciences unveiled a neuroprotective pathway that...
