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Researchers find new way to control light with electric fields
Researchers from North Carolina State University have discovered a technique for controlling light with electric fields. "Our method is similar...
eLearning Stakeholders and Researchers Summit 2017 is held in Moscow for the first time
National Research University Higher School of Economics, in cooperation with the global online learning platform Coursera, is holding eLearning Stakeholders...
MIT researchers engineer shape-shifting food
Credit: Michael Indresano Photography "Don't play with your food" is a saying that MIT researchers are taking with a grain...
Ag/ZnO-Nanorods Schottky diodes based UV-PDs are fabricated and tested
Credit: NANO In the recent past ZnO has emerged as a promising alternative to Si and GaN in devices like...
Unveiling the quantum necklace
Credit: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University The quantum world is both elegant and mysterious. It is a...
Controlling 3-D behavior of biological cells using laser holographic techniques
Credit: KAIST A research team led by Professor YongKeun Park of the Physics Department at KAIST has developed an optical...
Regenerative medicine researcher’s startup companies give hope to patients
Credit: David Hungate/Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Sometimes it takes a researcher with a flair for entrepreneurship to translate a...
Summer rainfall in vulnerable African region can be predicted
Summer rainfall in one of the world's most drought-prone regions can now be predicted months or years in advance, climate...
High pressure key to lighter, stronger metal alloys, Stanford scientists find
High pressure could be the key to making advanced metal mixtures that are lighter, stronger and more heat-resistant than conventional...
Elsevier adds ClinicalKey to Research4Life access program for developing countries
Philadelphia, PA, May 25, 2017 - Elsevier, the information analytics company specializing in science and health, will add ClinicalKey to...
Development of compound that captures specific alkane gas molecule with its color change
Credit: Kanazawa University A ring-shaped molecule may possess a cavity because of its three-dimensional structure. This cavity can accommodate a...
Whales only recently evolved into giants when changing ice, oceans concentrated prey
Credit: Copyright Silverback Films/BBC. The blue whale, which uses baleen to filter its prey from ocean water and can reach...
Fighting forgery with paper fingerprints
Fingerprinting official documents could provide a cost-effective way to prevent forgery, new research shows. Scientists from Newcastle University, UK, have...
New study finds lean pork fits in a balanced eating plan for weight loss and healthy aging
DES MOINES, Iowa, May, 25, 2017: Including nutrient-rich lean pork as part of a weight-loss diet could help women achieve...
Can fat ‘feel’ fat?
Researchers at the University of Iowa have discovered that a molecule which can sense the swelling of fat cells also...
Georgia State receives $2.3 million renewal grant to study enzyme in diabetic vascular diseases
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA -- Dr. Ming-Hui Zou, director of the Center for Molecular & Translational Medicine and a...
Scientists to probe dolphin intelligence using an interactive touchpad
Loading video... Credit: The Marine Mammal Communication and Cognition collaboration (www.m2c2.net) Using optical technology specifically developed for this project, dolphins...
Water forms ‘spine of hydration’ around DNA, group finds
Credit: Credit: Poul Petersen, Cornell University Water is the Earth's most abundant natural resource, but it's also something of a...
USDA invests $17.7 million in plant health and production workforce
WASHINGTON, D.C. May 25, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Targeted conservation could protect more of Earth’s biodiversity
Credit: Yale University/University of Grenoble New Haven, Conn. - A new study finds that major gains in global biodiversity can...
