Chemistry
Curve at tip of shoes eases movement but may lead to weaker muscles, problems
Researchers say toe springs in shoes may come at a costCredit: Freddy Sichting The toe of most shoes, especially sneakers,...
New smart drug delivery system may help treatment for neurological disorders
Drug delivery technology is aimed at helping people with spinal cord and other nervous system disordersCredit: KiBum Lee, Letao Yang...
Medical robotic hand? Rubbery semiconductor makes it possible
Rubbery electronics offer promise for new applicationsCredit: University of Houston A medical robotic hand could allow doctors to more accurately...
Kessler Foundation tests digital therapeutic approach to improve walking after stroke
Karen Nolan, PhD, of Kessler Foundation, is site investigator for a multi-site trial of a music-based digital therapeutic device with...
Researchers demonstrate record speed with advanced spectroscopy technique
Fast, sensitive dual-comb spectroscopy could be used for fast measurements of fast and non-repeatable eventsCredit: David R. Carlson, National Institute...
A new species of spider
University of Bayreuth researcher discovers new species of spider during a research stay in the highlands of ColombiaCredit: Photo: Charlotte...
Fast calculation dials in better batteries
Analytical model from Rice University helps researchers fine-tune battery performanceCredit: Fan Wang/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 16, 2020) - A...
Women hold prominent roles, publish more in ‘open science’ vs. ‘reproducibility’ model
Analyses reveal that two common practices to improve science - 'open science' and 'reproducibility / replicability' - operate independently and...
Major NSF grant accelerates development of the Giant Magellan Telescope
One of the world's most powerful telescopes begins development of revolutionary optical technologies necessary to transform humanity's view and understanding...
Nicotine vapour more rewarding for adolescents than adults
Credit: University of Guelph University of Guelph researchers are the first to discover that adolescents react differently to e-cigarette vapour...
MTU and Argonne engineers improve signal processing for small fiber optic cables
Credit: Miguel Levy/Michigan Tech Optical signals produced by laser sources are extensively used in fiber-optic communications, which work by pulsing...
A quantum thermometer for measuring ultra-cold temperatures
Researchers show that a quantum sensor using a single atom can accurately measure the coldest places in the universeCredit: OIST...
Immunotherapy: Enhancing the therapeutic effectiveness of photothermal cancer treatments
Credit: by Zhongjian Xie, Minhua Peng, Ruitao Lu, Xiangying Meng, Weiyuan Liang, Zhongjun Li, Meng Qiu, Bin Zhang, Guohui Nie,...
Metalloxocubes: A new class of neutral Co13O8 clusters with cubic aromaticity
Credit: ©Science China Press Building materials with a clear composition and stable structure is one of the primary challenges in...
Unraveling a spiral stream of dusty embers from a massive binary stellar forge
Credit: Lau et al. With almost two decades of mid-infrared (IR) imaging from the largest observatories around the world including...
Microsoft and University of Copenhagen collaboration yields promising material for quantum computing
Credit: Charles Marcus Researchers at the Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab and the University of Copenhagen, working closely together, have succeeded...
Novel photoresist enables 3D printing of smallest porous structures
Researchers of the cluster of excellence 3D matter made to order expand possibilities of two-photon microprintingCredit: Figure: 3DMM2O Researchers of...
Skoltech research puts exciton-polaritons in their place with new artificial laser-built lattices
Credit: Pickup, L. et. al./Nature Communications Researchers at the Hybrid Photonics Laboratories in Skoltech and Southampton (UK), in collaboration with...
SwRI scientist searches for stellar phosphorus to find potentially habitable exoplanets
Stellar chemical compositions used as proxy for potentially habitable systemsCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech SAN ANTONIO -- Sept. 16, 2020 -- A Southwest...
Scientists studied color change from green to red in the fluorescent protein
Credit: Dmitry A. Gorbachev et al/Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences Scientists from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), the...
