Story tips: Air taxis, fungi speak, radiation game and climate collab
Credit: Michael B. R. Smith and M. Scott Greenwood/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Transportation - Taking to the skies If air taxis become a viable...
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Climate change warms groundwater in Bavaria
Credit: Applied Geology / Uni Halle Groundwater reservoirs in Bavaria have warmed considerably over the past few decades. A new study by researchers at Martin...
The new generation solar, developed by TalTech, cells contribute to the green revolution
Credit: TalTech The European Union is determined to undertake a major reform known as the European Green Deal with an aim of making Europe the...
SLC25A51 regulates the transport of the coenzyme NAD into the mitochondria
Previously poorly characterized gene proved to be an important regulator with potential for the development of new metabolic therapies against ageing and cancerCredit: Klaus Pichler/CeMM...
Skoltech scientists run a ‘speed test’ to boost production of carbon nanotubes
Credit: Pavel Odinev/Skoltech Skoltech researchers have investigated the procedure for catalyst delivery used in the most common method of carbon nanotube production, chemical vapor deposition...
Tweaking carotenoid genes helps tomatoes bring their a-game
A research team led by the University of Tsukuba shows that modern gene editing techniques can help tomato breeders introduce diversity and improve the nutrition...
Tunable rainbow light trapping in ultrathin resonator arrays
Credit: by Nazir Kherani Through the manipulation of quasiparticles known as surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) metallic nanostructures can control light at the nanoscale, confining it...
System-on-chip design: From system to transistor
A must-read for system and circuit designers, technologists and physicists from the World Scientific Advanced Series in Electrical and Computer EngineeringCredit: World Scientific Today's integrated...
RABus rolls out self-driving busses
New collaboration project to test electrified and autonomous vehicles in regular traffic -- KIT studies acceptance and impactsCredit: ZF Testing electrified and autonomous vehicles in...
Ultrasensitive transistor for herbicide detection in water
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo A new polymer-based, solid-state transistor can more sensitively detect a weed killer in drinking water than...
Treating brain diseases now possible
Credit: POSTECH Neurological diseases of the brain such as dementia, autism and schizophrenia are now a growing social problem. Nevertheless, studies on their definitive cause...
KU Leuven vaccine candidate protects against Covid-19 and yellow fever
Credit: Layla Aerts for KU Leuven Virologists at the Rega Institute at KU Leuven (Belgium) have developed a vaccine candidate against Covid-19 based on the...
A semiconductor chip detects antigen concentrations at 1 parts per quadrillion molar mass
For use as an at-home IoT biosensorCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview: Associate Professor Kazuhiro Takahashi and Assistant Professor Yong-Joon...
SMART researchers develop customised targeting of bacteria using lysins
The discovery can help cure bacterial infections without inducing resistance or causing harm to good bacteriaCredit: Wei Lin Lee, SMART AMR New method to customise...
Kick-off of the CRIMSON project for a next-generation microscope
Coordinated by Politecnico di Milano, the project is funded by European Commission with a budget exceeding 5M€Credit: Politecnico di Milano A breakthrough in microscopy and...
