Strange gamma-ray heartbeat puzzles scientists
Cosmic gas cloud blinks in sync with circling black holeCredit: Credit: DESY, Science Communication Lab Scientists have detected a mysterious gamma-ray heartbeat coming from a...
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First ever observation of ‘time crystals’ interacting
Credit: Aalto University/Mikko Raskinen For the first time ever, scientists have witnessed the interaction of a new phase of matter known as "time crystals". The...
Discovery promising for millions at risk from antibiotic resistance
Credit: Professor Mark Schembri There is new hope for approximately 700,000 people who die each year from antibiotic resistant infections, with University of Queensland researchers...
Unexpectedly-fast conduction electrons in Na3Bi
Exchange, correlation effects crucial to electron speed and mobilityCredit: FLEET An Australian-led study uses a scanning-tunnelling microscope 'trick' to map electronic structure in Na3Bi, seeking...
Energy-efficient tuning of spintronic neurons
Credit: Johan Åkerman and Shunsuke Fukami The human brain efficiently executes highly sophisticated tasks, such as image and speech recognition, with an exceptionally lower energy...
Adebiyi awarded $4.5 million from the NIH for vascular, kidney dysfunction research
Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (August 14, 2020) - Despite a plethora of treatment options, the burdens of cardiovascular and kidney disease still pose significant challenges...
2D materials for ultrascaled field-effect transistors
One hundred candidates under the ab initio microscopeCredit: Mathieu Luisier/ETH Zurich With the increasing miniaturization of electronic components, researchers are struggling with undesirable side effects:...
Tumour gene test could help to predict ovarian cancer prognosis
Credit: Photo: UNSW A tumour test could help to identify ovarian cancer patients with predicted poor survival, and down the track inform new therapeutical approaches,...
New practice guidelines on non-invasive ventilation in chronic stable Hypercapnic COPD
Published by the American Thoracic SocietyCredit: ATS August 17, 2020 -- A subcommittee of the American Thoracic Society Assembly in Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology has...
A new treatment concept for age-related decline in motor function
Enhancement of motor function and muscle strength in aged mice by enhancing formation of neuromuscular junctionsCredit: ©YAMANASHI Yuji In an aging society, one of the...
Desert greenhouses offer growth opportunities
Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Ivan Gromicho Emerging technologies can be harnessed to use the strengths of hot, humid coastal deserts of the Middle East and...
Future mental health care may include diagnosis via brain scan and computer algorithm
Computer IDs differences in brains of patients with schizophrenia or autismCredit: Image by Shinsuke Koike, CC-BY Most of modern medicine has physical tests or objective...
FAU awarded $2.2 million to monitor harmful algal blooms in Lake Okeechobee
FAU harbor branch scientist receives grant from Florida's Department of Environmental ProtectionCredit: Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute With a surface area of 730...
Novel method can efficiently create several ‘building blocks’ of pharmaceutical drugs
Scientists demonstrate new method of producing a specific class of organic compounds, which promises to accelerate drug discovery research for several diseasesCredit: Waseda University Several...
Realtime observation of structural dynamic of influenza A hemagglutinin during viral entry
Credit: Nano Letters Unlike living organisms, to avoid extinction, viruses need to hijack living host machineries to generate new viruses. The devastating respiratory virus, influenza...