Destruction of an Atlantic rain forest fragment raises the local temperature
Brazilian researchers show that if 25% of a one-hectare forest remnant is cut down, the impact on the local climate will be a temperature increase...
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New type of indoor solar cells for smart connected devices
Credit: Marina Freitag In a future where most things in our everyday life are connected through the internet, devices and sensors will need to run...
Virginia Tech, University of Virginia work to safeguard US tomato industry
Credit: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech entomologist Muni Muniappan has warned of Tuta absoluta's likely arrival into the United States since he began monitoring the pest's...
High-tech contact lenses correct color blindness
Researchers apply metasurfaces to standard contact lenses for customizable color correctionCredit: Sharon Karepov, Tel Aviv University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have incorporated ultra-thin optical devices known...
Birds of a feather better not together
'Homogenization' threatens ecosystems at larger geographic scalesCredit: Courtesy Proceedings of the Royal Society B Diversity plays a key role in maintaining the stability of plant...
Using ultrasound localization microscopy to detect oxygen levels in tissues
Credit: Doris Dahl, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are using...
Waves and tides have bigger impact on marine life than human activity
Study of over 170 species in Swansea Bay, WalesCredit: Ruth Callaway/Swansea University The biggest impacts on the sea life in Swansea Bay, Wales, come from...
Expanding the plasmonic painter’s palette
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07523 By blending paints in their palette, artists can create a broad spectrum of colors with subtly different...
Micromotors get supercharged with three ‘engines’
Credit: Adapted from Chemistry of Materials 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04873 Someday, microscopic robots could perform useful functions, such as diagnostic testing in lab-on-a-chip sensors, micropatterning surfaces...
Nanoscale spectroscopy review showcases a bright future
Modern society is working closer to the nanoscale than it realisesCredit: Luco Bravo Unsplash Modern society is working closer to the nanoscale than it realises....
Newfound cell defense system features toxin-isolating ‘sponges’
Credit: Courtesy of Nature A "decoy" mechanism has been found in human and animal cells to protect them from potentially dangerous toxins released by foreign...
A talented 2D material gets a new gig
Berkeley Lab scientists tap into graphene's hidden talent as an electrically tunable superconductor, insulator, and magnetic device for the advancement of quantum information scienceCredit: Guorui...
Scientists discover new repair mechanism for alcohol-induced DNA damage
Credit: Image copyright: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology or MRC LMB Researchers of the Hubrecht Institute (KNAW) in Utrecht, The Netherlands, and the MRC Laboratory...
Exciting apparatus helps atoms see the light
Researchers study unusual particles involved in quantum information processingCredit: OIST Researchers in the Light-Matter Interactions for Quantum Technologies Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science...
Personalised medicine increases IVF success rate
Credit: Image credit: sathyatripodi from Pixabay. Becoming pregnant can be a lengthy and stressful process for one in every six couples. As fertility treatment protocols...
