It’s a fish eat tree world
Credit: Andrew Tanentzap (Millbrook, NY) Most of the planet's freshwater stores are found in the northern hemisphere, a region that is changing rapidly in response...
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Under the dead sea, warnings of dire drought
Credit: Yael Kiro/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Nearly 1,000 feet below the bed of the Dead Sea, scientists have found evidence that during past warm periods, the...
Machine learning lets scientists reverse-engineer cellular control networks
Credit: Patrick Collins, Tufts University The flow of information between cells in our bodies is exceedingly complex: sensing, signaling, and influencing each other in a...
Researchers use light to remotely control curvature of plastics
Credit: Amber Hubbard Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a technique that uses light to get two-dimensional (2-D) plastic sheets to curve into...
3-D printing turns nanomachines into life-size workers
Credit: © Chenfeng Ke Using advanced 3-D printing, Dartmouth College researchers have unlocked the key to transforming microscopic nanorings into smart materials that perform work...
Metabolites of Resveratrol (Longevinex) pass through blood-ocular barriers in humans
Inability to obtain biopsy specimens from tissues in the brain and eyes of humans had previously thwarted confirmation of resveratrol or its metabolites in nervous...
Ultrafast measurements explain quantum dot voltage drop
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 22, 2017--Solar cells and photodetectors could soon be made from new types of materials based on...
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