Chemistry
Tomato pan-genome makes bringing flavor back easier
Nearly 5,000 new tomato genes mappedCredit: Agricultural Research Service-USDA ITHACA, NEW YORK, May 13, 2019--Almost everyone agrees that store-bought tomatoes...
Just like toothpaste: fluoride radically improves the stability of perovskite solar cells
Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology Solar cells made of perovskite hold much promise for the future of solar energy. The...
Software library to serve for faster chemical reaction processing
A new tool has been proposed by Kazan University chemoinformatics lab Big Data has become ubiquitous in recent years, and...
Physicists discover new type of spin waves
This could help create innovative concepts for future IT applications Current technologies for information transfer and processing are challenged by...
Stopping inflammation in its tracks: A leap forward for new anti-inflammatory drugs
Credit: University of Queensland Treatments for chronic inflammatory diseases are one step closer as University of Queensland researchers discover a...
Study: Glassy menagerie of particles in beach sands near Hiroshima is fallout debris
X-ray studies at Berkeley Lab provide evidence for source of exotic assortment of melt debrisCredit: Mario Wannier Mario Wannier, a...
Power to the constants!
On World Metrology Day, 20 May 2019, what defines a kilogram, an ampere and all the other units will change...
Optical security: Tunable-resonator upconverted emission color printing
Credit: SUTD Viewing bank notes under ultraviolet or infra-red light is a common check for counterfeits. Doing so causes invisible...
Quieter intensive care units may translate to better outcomes for infants in new study
Researchers find quiet times in hospital neonatal units may be related to improved infant health -- results to be reported...
Locating a shooter from the first shot via cellphone
French acoustics researchers hope soldiers will soon be able to look to locate shooters on their smart phones with information...
GPs need training to tackle chronic opioid use
GPs must be better-equipped to support patients to manage the psychological challenge of reducing their opioid use - according to...
Manipulating superconductivity using a ‘mechanic’ and an ‘electrician’
Credit: NINS/IMS In the strongly correlated materials such as cuprate high-temperature superconductors, superconductivity can be controlled either by changing the...
Smallest pixels ever created could light up color-changing buildings
Credit: NanoPhotonics Cambridge/Hyeon-Ho Jeong, Jialong Peng The smallest pixels yet created - a million times smaller than those in smartphones,...
Army discovery opens path to safer batteries
Credit: (U.S. Army illustration) ADELPHI, Md. -- Soldiers carrying 15-25 pounds of batteries could carry batteries a fraction of the...
Our history in the stars
Matter around a young star helps astronomers explore our stellar historyCredit: © 2019 Rohan Mehra - Division for Strategic Public...
Computing faster with quasi-particles
Credit: Picture: Ewelina Hankiewicz Majorana particles are very peculiar members of the family of elementary particles. First predicted in 1937...
Hope on the horizon for treating stroke
UC Riverside biomedical scientist's decades-long work moves to clinical trialsCredit: Carrie Rosema. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A stroke treatment developed by...
Gravitational waves leave a detectable mark, physicists say
ITHACA, N.Y. - Gravitational waves, first detected in 2016, offer a new window on the universe, with the potential to...
Mathematical framework explores how the brain keeps a beat
New 'neuronal metronome' suggests how the brain might learn a rhythm, not just perceive it A new mathematical model demonstrates...
Back to the sources of neural diversity
By deciphering the genetic programmes of neurons of the cerebral cortex, Swiss and Belgian researchers unravel the mechanisms controlling the...