Green light on gold atoms
Credit: Nicolas Antille, www.nicolasantille.com Because individual atoms or molecules are 100 to 1000 times smaller than the wavelength of visible light, it is notoriously difficult...
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New nondestructive broadband imager is the next step towards advanced technology
Credit: Tokyo Tech One of the key aspects of academic and industrial research today is non-destructive imaging, a technique in which an object or sample...
First-of-its-kind flower smells like dead insects to imprison ‘coffin flies’
First plant found to deceive pollinators by mimicking decomposing insectsCredit: Credit: T. Rupp, B. Oelschlägel, K. Rabitsch et al. The plant Aristolochia microstoma uses a...
Novel immune checkpoints have applications for cancer, autoimmune disease treatment
UConn researcher Laijun Lai has developed recombinant proteins and antibodies to combat autoimmune diseases and immunosuppression in cancer patientsCredit: UConn Photo The immune system is...
Thin is now in to turn terahertz polarization
Rice lab's discovery of 'magic angle' builds on its ultrathin, highly aligned nanotube filmsCredit: Kono Laboratory/Rice University HOUSTON - (May 20, 2021) - It's always...
Engineering smarter stents
Pitt Engineer Youngjae Chun is part of international group that received $2M to create smarter coronary artery stentsCredit: University of Pittsburgh An estimated two million...
UC leads infant health study
Researchers and community members work together to promote healthy eating habits for babiesCredit: Provided by Stough Many parents of young children can relate to the...
What makes some oysters more resilient than others?
New research by Louisiana State University biologists offers insight into this commercially important speciesCredit: Photo Credit: Morgan Kelly, LSU Oysters live and grow in saltwater....
The doctor will see you (on the computer) now: telehealth’s time has come
Telehealth gained popularity during the pandemic. New research from Syracuse University shows it won't be going away anytime soonCredit: Syracuse University During the pandemic, the...
Global acceleration in rates of vegetation change
Credit: Artwork by Milan Teunissen van Manen (@MilanTvM). Wherever ecologists look, from tropical forests to tundra, ecosystems are being transformed by human land use and...
ALMA discovers the most ancient galaxy with spiral morphology
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), T. Tsukui & S. Iguchi Analyzing data obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers found a galaxy with a spiral...
A new form of carbon
Not graphene: researchers in Germany and Finland discover new type of atomically thin carbon materialCredit: University of Marburg, Aalto University Carbon exists in various forms....
Earth’s vegetation is changing faster today than it has over the last 18,000 years
Credit: Jack Williams. MADISON - A global survey of fossil pollen has discovered that the planet's vegetation is changing at least as quickly today as...
Worrying about your heart increases risk for mental health disorders
Heart-focused anxiety a significant predictor of depressionCredit: University of Houston For coffee drinkers, a common scenario might involve drinking an extra cup only to end...
New biosensor developed to aid early diagnosis of breast cancer
It is an easy-to-use, low-cost prototype of a nanoporous device, and provides results in less than an hourCredit: UPV A team of Spanish researchers have...
