NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite shows two views of California’s smoky skies
Credit: NOAA/NASA NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured two images that tell the story about the smoke coming off the fires in California. One instrument on...
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Researchers set sights on theory of deep learning
DOD-funded team is developing guiding principles for popular form of AICredit: Jade Boyd/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug 31, 2020) - Deep learning is an increasingly...
Red, green and blue single-mode lasing in heterogeneously coupled system
Credit: by Yuxiang Du, Chang-Ling Zou, Chunhuan Zhang, Kang Wang, Chan Qiao, Jiannian Yao, and Yong Sheng Zhao Miniaturized lasers capable of emitting over the...
Study finds missing link in the evolutionary history of carbon-fixing protein Rubisco
Credit: D. M. Banda et al, 2020 A team led by researchers at the University of California, Davis, has discovered a missing link in the...
Scientists develop low-temperature resisting aqueous zinc-based batteries
Credit: CHANG Nana Aqueous zinc-based batteries (ZBBs) are widely used for portable and grid-scale applications due to their high safety, low cost and high energy...
NSF backs first community platform for smarter wireless
Rice researchers developing tools to make networks, mobile applications more intelligentCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 31, 2020) - Rice University researchers have received a...
Demonstrating the dynamics of electron-light interaction originating from first principle
New toolbox for the nanooptics allows the theoretical description to the highest accurate level possibleCredit: Nahid Talebi With the highest possible spatial resolution of less...
New evidence for quantum fluctuations near a quantum critical point in a superconductor
Theory suggests that quantum critical points may be analogous to black holes as places where all sorts of strange phenomena can exist in a quantum...
Biocompatible TeSex nano-alloys for PT/PA/CT/PET imaging-guided NIR-II-photothermal therapy
Credit: ©Science China Press Nanotheranostics, integrating diagnostic and therapeutic functions by nanoplatform, exhibits a great potential in precision and personalized medicine, and also raises the...
Vaccine narrows racial disparities in pneumococcal disease
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center In a major public health success, the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine PCV13, or Prevnar 13, in 2010 in the...
Astrophysics: A direct view of star/disk interactions
Credit: Mark A. Garlick A team including researchers from the Institute for Astrophysics of the University of Cologne has for the first time directly observed...
College students access eating disorders therapy via phone app
Multi-university study shows app can help students reduce symptoms, ease depressionCredit: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR HEALTHY WEIGHT AND WELLNESS More than 13% of women and...
Nanomaterials based strategies for treatment of hypoxic tumor
Credit: ©Science China Press Hypoxia is a typical characteristic of most tumors, owing to the fast consumption of oxygen by tumor tissue over the supply...
Can black hole fire up cold heart of the phoenix?
Credit: Akahori et al. Radio astronomers have detected jets of hot gas blasted out by a black hole in the galaxy at the heart of...
Researchers develop dustbuster for the moon
Credit: IMPACT lab A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder is pioneering a new solution to the problem of spring cleaning on the...