Tungsten isotope helps study how to armor future fusion reactors
Credit: Jaimee Janiga/ORNL The inside of future nuclear fusion energy reactors will be among the harshest environments ever produced on Earth. What's strong enough to...
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Cellular energy audit reveals energy producers and consumers
A team at Gladstone Institutes screened the human genome for genes that play a role in making or consuming cellular energyCredit: Photo: Gladstone Institutes SAN...
Capturing big picture connection of macro- and micro-evolution – NSF grant
Credit: Virginia Tech Scientists know a lot about evolution. And like, evolution, this knowledge is always changing, growing, becoming stronger. But for all the work...
What did the katydids do when picking up bat sounds?
When predator and non-predator cues are similar in the same habitatCredit: Laurel Symes Ithaca, N.Y.--Ecosystems can be incredibly complex, with many interacting species. In many...
Researchers explore how retail drone delivery may change logistics networks
Credit: UT Dallas Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas say drone technology has the potential to be a genuine game changer in the...
Maternal insecticide use during pregnancy and neonatal jaundice
Credit: Copyright © 2020, Springer Nature The data of 61,751 pregnant women, out of approximately 100,000 collected by the Japan Environment and Children's Study analyzed...
The “gold” in breast milk
Alarmins have a positive post-natal impact on the development of intestinal flora and the immune systemCredit: © Sven Döring für VolkswagenStiftung Breast milk strengthens a...
Researcher receives NIH grant to study noninvasive treatment for metastatic breast tumors
Credit: Laura McWhinney for Virginia Tech Eli Vlaisavljevich, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics at Virginia Tech, received a Trailblazer Award from the...
A novel salvinia-like slippery surface
Credit: ©Science China Press Superhydrophobic surfaces are widely used in many industrial settings, which mainly consist of rough solid protrusions that entrap air to minimize...
Preventing infection, facilitating healing: New biomaterials from spider silk
New biomaterials developed at the University of Bayreuth prevent colonization by bacteria and fungi, but at the same time proactively assist in the regeneration of...
How bacteria adhere to fiber in the gut
Molecular mechanics of bacterial superglueCredit: University of Basel, Department of Chemistry Researchers have revealed a new molecular mechanism by which bacteria adhere to cellulose fibers...
Failures of Germany’s largest cliff coast sensed by seismometers
Dry summers are increasing the risk of large cliff collapsesCredit: photo: Kristen Cook, GFZ The ten km long, bright white coast of Germany's largest island,...
A young scientist of Samara Polytech invented a glove for the deaf
A unique invention will help people with profound hearing loss to get a better spatial awarenessCredit: @Samara Polytech Today, the lost hearing can be restored...
Optical imaging enters sub-nanometer era
Credit: YANG Ben, HUANG Wen et al. Prof. DONG Zhenchao and Prof. HOU Jianguo from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of Chinese...
Round nanoparticles improve quality factors of surface lattice resonances: Study
Credit: SIAT Plasmonic surface lattice resonances (SLRs) supported by metal nanoparticle arrays have many merits such as strong field enhancements extended over large volumes, as...