Global study reveals effectiveness of protected area
Certain countries perform significantly better than their neighbors in the effectiveness of their protected areas, finds new study.Credit: Pixabay Researchers have conducted a global study...
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Scientists discover nanoclusters effective for cancer in the second near-infrared synergy therapy
Credit: WANG Hui As a minimally invasive method for cancer therapy at precise locations, NIR-induced photothermal therapy (PTT) has drawn extensively attention. The therapeutic mechanism...
Project Air View maps ultrafine particles, soot and other substances in Amsterdam air
Credit: Google Maps & Utrecht University Over the past two years, the municipality of Amsterdam, Utrecht University and Google have collaborated on Project Air View,...
Clinic boosts transgender young people’s mental health
Credit: Shane A clinic to help transgender young people and their families receive quicker support has boosted mental health, family functioning and quality of life,...
Teaching sound topological tricks
Credit: ©Science China Press The concept of topological phases have not only revolutionized our understanding of physics or materials, but also brought about new possibilities...
Stopping illegal trade of Aussie lizards
Credit: Photo supplied by Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia. Australian reptiles face serious conservation threats from illegal poaching fueled by international demand...
Researchers resolve magnetic structures of different topological semimetals
Credit: ZHANG Lei Topological semimetals are one of the major discoveries in condensed-matter physics in recent years. The magnetic Weyl semimetal, in which the Weyl...
DNA reveals the evolutionary history of museum specimens
An international team, led by UNIGE and MHN, has optimized a method for analyzing the genomes of specimens from natural history collections making possible to...
Electrons in quantum liquid gain energy from laser pulses
Credit: © IEP - TU Graz The absorption of energy from laser light by free electrons in a liquid has been demonstrated for the first...
Restless nights: Shelter housed dogs need days to adapt to new surroundings
Nocturnal activity of dogs as an indicator of adaptabilityCredit: Janneke van der Laan Every year, thousands of dogs end up in a shelter in the...
Smarter by the minute: Myriad of applications unlocked by artificial intelligence
A collection of articles show how fast machine learning will soon make its way into our livesCredit: IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica Automation of technology...
‘Hydrogel-based flexible brain-machine interface’
The interface is easy to insert into the body when dry, but behaves 'stealthily' inside the brain when wetCredit: KAIST A KAIST research team and...
Data science technique helps measure atomic positions more precisely
Scientists achieve remarkable precision in measuring atomic displacements by combining electron microscopy with a technique borrowed from data scienceCredit: Kohei Aso from JAIST. Ishikawa, Japan...
Revealing the mystery behind the threat of non-alcoholic liver disease
Credit: Helmholtz Zentrum München / Anne Loft Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common liver disorder worldwide and is present in approximately 25 percent...
Maria Ermolaeva to present at the 8th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting 2021
Maria Ermolaeva to present new research in the biology of aging at the world's largest aging research for drug discovery conferenceCredit: Insilico Medicine Hong Kong...
