Professor Jim Al-Khalili awarded CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Professor Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Theoretical Physics and Distinguished Chair in physics at the University of Surrey as well as a university chair in public...
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Boundary of heliosphere mapped for the first time
Using data from NASA's IBEX satellite, scientists created the first-ever 3D map of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space Los Alamos, N.M.,...
Brain capillary structures show a correlation with their neuron structures
Drs. Itokawa, Mizutani and colleagues performed microtomography experiments the BL20XU beamline of the SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility and found that brain capillary structures show a...
One step towards a daily-use deep UV light source for sterilization and disinfection
Researchers construct a gallium nitride optical microcavity with high reflectivity distributed Bragg reflectors to double the frequency of incoming light, which may be utilized for...
NUS engineers devise novel approach to wirelessly power wearable devices
Researchers successfully demonstrated the use of the human body as a medium for transmitting and harvesting energy to power wearables Advancements in wearable technology are...
New program fuels Canada’s sustainable energy critical skills training and research
A new national research and training program will help to jumpstart the development of greener and more resilient energy grids--the networks that deliver our power--...
Improving dialysis through design
Interdisciplinary team finds better way to design clot-prone grafts currently used for dialysis People with end-stage renal disease often undergo hemodialysis, a life-sustaining blood-filtering treatment....
Trions exhibit novel characteristics in moiré superlattices
New physics revealed by UC Riverside-led research could improve understanding of moiré superlattices RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- When two similar atomic layers with mismatching lattice constants...
Study presents new species of bizarre, extinct lizard previously misidentified as a bird
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- An international research team has described a new species of Oculudentavis, providing further evidence that the animal first identified as a hummingbird-sized...
Plant-based diet protects from hypertension, preeclampsia
A plant-based diet appears to afford significant protection to rats bred to become hypertensive on a high-salt diet, scientists report. When the rats become pregnant,...
Stents inspired by paper-cutting art can deliver drugs to the GI tract
MIT engineers used kirigami-style etching to design a stent that can temporarily lodge in tubular organs to release drugs. CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Inspired by kirigami,...
New model accounts for the effect of behavior changes to predict COVID-19 cases
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- By adding behavioral components to an infectious disease model, Brown University researchers have developed a new modeling approach that captures the peaks...
New method makes generic polymers luminescent
Credit: Koji Kubota et al., Angewandte Chemie International Edition. May 14, 2021 Hokkaido University researchers have developed a simple method that converts existing generic polymers...
The sun’s clock
All cycles fit the picture: New calculations support and expand planetary hypothesis Not only the very concise 11-year cycle, but also all other periodic solar...
Novel magnet design with magic mirror-like properties
Researchers at Tohoku University have demonstrated the designability of novel magnets with magic mirror-like characteristics in organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite (OIHP)-type compounds. OIHP-type compounds, a type...