Expandable foam for 3D printing large objects (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society It's a frustrating limitation of 3D printing: Printed objects must be smaller than the machine making them. Huge machines are impractical...
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‘The head-tail of tadpoles’: The dynamics of polymers with a very singular shape
They are born from the union between a circular component and a linear component and present very special physical characteristicsCredit: Angelo Rosa, SISSA They are...
Noble metal aerogels enabled by freezing
Multi-scale structured materials for electrocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysisCredit: Wiley-VCH As a new class of porous materials, noble metal aerogels (NMAs) have drawn tremendous attention because of...
COVID-19 disease map: LCSB researchers coordinate international effort
COVID-19 Disease Map: A comprehensive repository incorporating all current knowledge on the virus-host interaction mechanismsCredit: Credits_scienceRELATIONS In the fight against the current pandemic, researchers of...
A disease trigger for pancreatitis has been identified
A Calcium channel is involved in the development of pancreatitisCredit: Prof. Dr. Heiko Witt Patients suffering from chronic pancreatitis experience an either recurring or permanent...
Where neutrinos come from
Russian researchers trace high-energy neutrino origins to black holes in far-off quasarsCredit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Russian astrophysicists have come close to solving the mystery...
Genome of beloved sea otter Gidget now available for browsing
UC Santa Cruz's widely used genome browser can offer help to scientists diving into sea otter genetic diversityCredit: Monterey Bay Aquarium SANTA CRUZ, CA -...
X-ray imaging of atomic nuclei
Credit: ©Science China Press As is well known, atomic nuclei not only are the cores of substances but also directly participate in bremsstrahlung (namely deceleration...
Excess coffee consumption a culprit for poor health
Credit: Photo by Cyril Saulnier on Unsplash Cappuccino, latte or short black, coffee is one of the most commonly consumed drinks in the world. But...
Detecting dyslexia with interactions that do not require a knowledge of language
This is the aim of MusVis, a web game developed by Maria Rauschenberger, supervised by Ricardo Baeza-Yates and Luz Rello, researchers associated with the Department...
Significant differences exist among neurons expressing dopamine receptors
Credit: INC-UAB An international collaboration, which included the involvement of the research team from the Institut de Neurociències of the UAB (INC-UAB), has shown that...
Missing component of innate immune signaling identified
Credit: © Ella Maru Studio / CeMM How cells recognize pathogens and alert the immune system swiftly is a fundamental process of high importance for...
New map reveals distrust in health expertise is winning hearts and minds online
Researchers warn scientists are fighting health misinformation in the wrong placeCredit: Neil Johnson WASHINGTON (May 13, 2020)--Communities on Facebook that distrust establishment health guidance are...
Artificial intelligence helps researchers up-cycle waste carbon
A collaboration between University of Toronto Engineering and Carnegie Mellon University has produced a record-setting catalyst for CO2-to-ethylene conversionCredit: Daria Perevezentsev / University of Toronto...
Pofatu: A new database for geochemical ‘fingerprints’ of artefacts
The Pofatu Database is the first comprehensive open-access compilation of geochemical analyses and contextual information for archaeological sources and artefacts facilitating new insights into ancient...
