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‘Zombie’ genes? Research shows some genes come to life in the brain after death
Post-mortem changes may shed light on important brain studiesCredit: Dr. Jeffrey Loeb/UIC In the hours after we die, certain cells...
Identifying banknote fingerprints can stop counterfeits on streets
Credit: University of Warwick In 2016 the Bank of England introduced plastic (polymer) banknotes, alongside 50 other countries that use...
Artificial neurons help decode cortical signals
Credit: Alexey Ossadtchi Russian scientists have proposed a new algorithm for automatic decoding and interpreting the decoder weights, which can...
Taking microelectronics to a new dimension
Credit: by Erik Hagen Waller, Julian Karst, and Georg von Freymann Metallic microstructures are the key components in almost every...
Containing the coronavirus effects on the nervous system
INRS research could prevent infection of nervous system cells by coronaviruses, such as the one responsible for COVID-19Credit: INRS A...
Enhanced ceramics could play pivotal role in advancing 5G technology
Some 5G technologies still considered the wild west in material, design developmentCredit: Skyworks Solutions WASHINGTON, March 23, 2021 -- 5G,...
Microchip models of human lungs enable better understanding of disease, immune response
Lung-on-a-chip platforms can provide a more rapid alternative for preliminary testing of drug candidates to treat coronavirus-induced lung infectionsCredit: Yildiz-Ozturk...
Electronic nose sniffs out free radicals
Collaboration works on nanosensors to detect atmospheric pollutantsCredit: G. Mannaerts, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Smog?uselang=de#/media/File:Ciel_du_Havre_04.JPG) An international project involving researchers at...
Time-expanded phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry
Credit: by Miguel Soriano-Amat, Hugo F. Martins, Vicente Durán, Luis Costa, Sonia Martin-Lopez, Miguel Gonzalez-Herraez and María R. Fernández-Ruiz Distributed...
Underwater swimming robot responds with feedback from soft ‘lateral line’
Credit: Seoul National University Stuttgart - A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in...
A simple laser for quantum-like classical light
Credit: by Yijie Shen, Isaac Nape, Xilin Yang, Xing Fu, Mali Gong, Darryl Naidoo and Andrew Forbes Tailoring light is...
New results challenge leading theory in physics
Credit: CERN When so-called beauty quarks are produced during the collision of high-energy proton beams in the Large Hadron Collider...
Metasurfaces for manipulating terahertz waves
Credit: by Xiaofei Zang, Bingshuang Yao, Lin Chen, Jingya Xie, Xuguang Guo, Alexei V. Balakin, Alexander P. Shkurinov, and Songlin...
Protecting and managing forests with AI
KIT and EDI GmbH develop intelligent assistance system for forest management under a changing climate - new interactive video of...
An exotic metal-insulator transition in a surface-doped transition metal dichalcogenide
Credit: International Center for Quantum Materials, Peking University Metal-insulator transition (MIT) driven by many-body interactions is an important phenomenon in...
World’s first market-ready diamond-based quantum accelerator set for release
Credit: Photo: Quantum Brilliance CANBERRA, March 24, 2021 -- Quantum Brilliance, a venture-backed Australian quantum computing startup from The Australian...
Discovery of non-toxic semiconductors with a direct band gap in the near-infrared
New compound may replace toxic mercury cadmium telluride and gallium arsenide in near-infrared devicesCredit: NIMS NIMS and the Tokyo Institute...
New treatment can reduce facial pressure injuries from PPE in frontline healthcare workers
Credit: RCSI A study has found that a new 'care bundle' can reduce the incidence of facial pressure injuries in...
New result from the LHCb experiment challenges leading theory in physics
Credit: LHCb Collaboration Imperial physicists are part of a team that has announced 'intriguing' results that potentially cannot be explained...
New evidence in search for the mysterious Denisovans
Credit: Photo supplied by the Trustees of the Natural History Museum. An international group of researchers led by the University...
