Tracking cells with omnidirectional visible laser particles
Credit: by Shui-Jing Tang, Paul H. Dannenberg, Andreas C. Liapis, Nicola Martino, Yue Zhuo, Yun-Feng Xiao, and Seok-Hyun Yun Laser particles are micrometre and nanometre...
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Venus flytraps found to produce magnetic fields
Physicists use atomic magnetometers to measure the biomagnetic signals of the carnivorous plantCredit: photo/©: Anne Fabricant The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant...
Generation of conjunctivae in a dish
Researchers from Osaka University generate functional conjunctival tissue in a dishCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Conjunctival tissue is perhaps most recognizable to the average...
Temperature, humidity, wind predict second wave of pandemic
Weather parameters, typically excluded from pandemic modeling, improve prediction capabilitiesCredit: Talib Dbouk and Dimitris Drikakis, University of Nicosia WASHINGTON, February 2, 2021 -- The "second...
How do electrons close to Earth reach almost the speed of light?
New study found that electrons can reach ultra-relativistic energies for very special conditions in the magnetosphere when space is devoid of plasma.Credit: Ingo Michaelis and...
EU project on development of high-performance photonic processors gets started
Consortium headed by physicist Wolfram Pernice from Münster University acquires funding of almost €6 millionCredit: AG Pernice - xvivo Artificial intelligence (AI) is seen as...
Body and mind: hormones in the brain may explain how exercise improves metabolism
During moderate exercise, the brain's hypothalamus - the region controlling metabolism - releases a hormone linked to obesity resistance, according to research in mice.Credit: Stephanie...
Air-guiding in solid-core optical waveguides: A solution for on-chip trace gas spectroscopy
Credit: by Marek Vlk, Anurup Datta, Sebastián Alberti, Henock Demessie Yallew, Vinita Mittal, Ganapathy Senthil Murugan, Jana Jágerská Optical waveguides suspended in air are capable...
Supercomputer in your bedroom
Researchers unleash potential of desktop PCs to run simulations of mammals' brainsCredit: Stuart Robinson/University of Sussex University of Sussex academics have established a method of...
Fine tuned: adjusting the composition and properties of semiconducting 2D alloys
Scientists experimentally realize 2D Si-Ge alloys with tunable electronic properties, getting us closer to a breakthrough in modern electronicsCredit: Picture Courtesy: Antoine Fleurence from JAIST...
Biosensors require robust antifouling protection
Despite advances in biosensor antifouling approaches, further development is neededCredit: Yuliang Zhang and Aleksandr Noy (LLNL) WASHINGTON, February 2, 2021 -- Some promising biosensors and...
Novel photocatalyst effectively turns carbon dioxide into methane fuel with light
Credit: City University of Hong Kong Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the major greenhouse gases causing global warming. If carbon dioxide could be converted...
How plants stabilize their water pipes
New techniques allow live-observation of forming cell walls in the vascular tissueCredit: MPI-MP/ René Schneider Trees are by far the tallest organisms on Earth. Height...
What evolution reveals about the function of bitter receptors
From coelacanths to humansCredit: Graphic by Sabine Bijewitz from @LeibnizLSB, Template: Drawing by former FishBase artist Robbie Cada. To evaluate the chemical composition of food...
“Genetic SD-card”: Scientists obtained new methods to improve the genome editing system
Researchers take a step in the development of genome editing technology.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University...
