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Credit: TU Wien Recently, surprising physical effects were observed using special microscopic waveguides for light. Such "photonic structures" currently are...

What can we learn from the Nordic low-carbon energy transition given the new US leadership vacuum on climate change? A...

Credit: Jan-Peter Kasper/FSU Jena (Germany) Mild in flavour and of great nutritional value: the light-yellow vegetable oil pressed from sunflower...

Credit: Photo: Patrick Seeger The University of Freiburg has set up infrastructure and services to support researchers across Europe in...

Conservation and preservation of historical monuments as well as of single artworks of our cultural heritage are receiving increasing attention....

But whenever a brand tries to shave a few percentages off the size of their product, consumers immediately notice and...

Credit: Dr. Lennart de Nooijer (NIOZ) Fact: More carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air also acidifies the oceans. It seemed...

Antibodies are able to activate human nerve cells within milliseconds and hence modify their function -- that is the surprising...

The International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Call for Proposals is now open. Whether you have...

Credit: Yakobson Research Group HOUSTON - (Jan. 26, 2017) - Hold on, there, graphene. You might think you're the most...

Credit: Brian Gratwicke As human diseases become alarmingly antibiotic resistant, identification of new pharmaceuticals is critical. The cane toad and...

Credit: Press photo Scientists of Institute of Physics, Nanotechnology and Telecommunications of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU)...

Credit: Henry H.Q. Heng , Bentham Science Publishers Various -omics studies have unexpectedly highlighted the importance of molecular cytogenetics and...

In shampoo ads, hair always looks like a shiny, smooth surface. But for physicists peering into microscopes, the hair surface...

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Women over 50 who have been treated for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are more likely to...

Scientists have discovered a key 'survival gene' that prevents strains of tuberculosis (TB) from mutating into drug-resistant 'superbugs'. In a...

Credit: University of British Columbia Biochemical reactions that cause Alzheimer's disease could begin in the womb or just after birth...

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Treating head and neck cancer patients with a twice-daily radiation therapy combined with chemotherapy could save more...

Loading video... Credit: Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (Jan. 27, 2017) - Scientists from Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences,...

A large-scale, population based study led by Dr. Laurent Azoulay, Senior Investigator with the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish...