Chemistry
Researchers discover molecular light switch in photoreceptor cells
Researchers from Osaka University identify an enzyme that helps control vision in bright and dark spaces, with significant implications for...
4D imaging with liquid crystal microlenses
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07104 Most images captured by a camera lens are flat and two dimensional....
Outback telescope captures Milky Way center, discovers remnants of dead stars
Credit: Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker (ICRAR/Curtin) and the GLEAM Team A radio telescope in the Western Australian outback has captured a...
UTHealth student has research showcased at Neuroscience 2019
Credit: Photo by Rob Cahill/UTHealth Brain research by a student in a laboratory at McGovern Medical School at The University...
Fly me (partway) to the moon
To measure the Moon's brightness, NIST scientists sent a telescope as high as planes can flyCredit: NASA photo/Ken Ulbrich Last...
Deep brain stimulation safer for patients with new MRI compatible electrode
Brain-computer interface advancementsCredit: SDSU Imagine having an electrode embedded in your brain in a surgical procedure that involves drilling holes...
Scientists use modern technology to understand how ochre paint was created in pictographs
Ochre, one of Earth's oldest naturally occurring materials, was often seen as a vivid red paintCredit: University of Missouri Ochre,...
Study on surface damage to vehicles traveling at hypersonic speeds
Credit: University of Illinois Department of Aerospace Engineering Vehicles moving at hypersonic speeds are bombarded with ice crystals and dust...
Tiny filters help detect cancerous blood cells
A computer model is used to guide the design of tiny pillars in a microfluidic device used to detect malignant...
A remote control for everything small
Atoms, molecules or even living cells can be manipulated with light beams; at TU Wien a method was developed to...
Birds of a feather flock together, but how do they decide where to go?
Researchers propose a new method of studying coordinated behavior in biological systems, which they use to study pigeon flightsCredit: Angie...
Laying out directions for future of reliable blood clotting molecule models
Emerging methods for simulating the net-forming molecule behind clots, von Willebrand Factor, point to several promising avenues for future thrombus...
Scientists find evidence of missing neutron star
Astronomers uncover the relic at the heart of Supernova 1987A that has been hidden for over 30 yearsCredit: Cardiff University...
Rare gas find solves puzzle of Southern Africa’s soaring landscape
Credit: Stuart Gilfillan The discovery of gases released from deep beneath the Earth's crust could help to explain Southern Africa's...
Clean carbon nanotubes with superb properties
Scientists at Aalto University, Finland, and Nagoya University, Japan, have found a new way to make ultra-clean carbon nanotube transistors...
Simultaneous measurement of biophysical properties and position of single cells in a microdevice
Credit: SUTD Tracking the lateral position of single cells and particles plays an important role in evaluating the efficiency of...
Atoms don’t like jumping rope
Scientists have removed an important obstacle to the practical use of nanooptical traps.Credit: Mathieu L. Juan By controlling individual atoms,...
Scientists develop a new method to detect light in the brain
Researchers from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, University of Salento, and Harvard Medical School have developed a new light-based method to...
Ayahuasca compound changes brainwaves to vivid ‘waking-dream’ state
Credit: Imperial College London, Chris Timmermann Scientists have peered inside the brain to show how taking DMT affects human consciousness...
How LISA pathfinder detected dozens of ‘comet crumbs’
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by ESA (the European Space Agency) that included NASA...
