Volcanic glass spray shows promise in controlling mosquitoes
Credit: Photo courtesy of Michael Roe, NC State University. An indoor residual spray made by combining a type of volcanic glass with water showed effective...
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Can deep water masses in the Mediterranean cross the Sicily Strait?
Underwater frontier between Mediterranean basinsCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA The Sicily Strait, an underwater relief connecting the Italian island with the Tunisian coasts, is not a...
A tiny arctic shrub reveals secrets of plant growth on Svalbard
Counting tiny rings showed synchronous growth across an entire arctic archipelagoCredit: Lisa Sandal, NTNU The polar willow (Salix polaris) may not seem like much when...
Russian scientists demonstrate ion implantation advantages for the use of silicon in optoelectronics
A model of temperature dependence of dislocation-related photoluminescence in ion-doped silicon has been proposed for the first time. Calculations using this model explain the increased...
Wearable brain scanner technology expanded for whole head imaging
Credit: University of Nottingham Scientists from the University of Nottingham developed an initial prototype of a new generation of brain scanner in 2018 which is...
Magnetic liquid structure elucidated through hybrid reverse Monte Carlo simulation
Credit: Ryusuke Futamura, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Shinshu University A research team lead by Ryusuke Futamura of Shinshu University investigated the response of...
How is a metal formed?
Credit: IOCB Prague What does it mean to be a metal and how is a metal formed? These seem like textbook questions with a simple...
Cracking open the proton
Frontera guides development of new instrumentation for future COMPASS++/AMBER experiment at CERN and prepares COMPASS data for final analysisCredit: Caroline Riedl Physicists around the world...
Largest ever study of radiosurgery for brain metastases from small cell lung cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The international First-line Radiosurgery for Small-Cell Lung Cancer (FIRE-SCLC) analysis led by University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers and...
‘Whispering gallery’ effect controls electron beams with light
Research team led by the University of Göttingen succeeds in coupling free electrons to optical resonatorsCredit: Dr Murat Sivis When you speak softly in one...
UTA teams with UT Southwestern on CPRIT-funded lung cancer project
Customized treatment for lung cancer patientsCredit: UT Arlington A researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington has teamed up with a colleague at UT...
BESSY II: Experiment shows for the first time in detail how electrolytes become metallic
An international team has developed a sophisticated experimental technique at BESSY II to observe the formation of a metallic conduction band in electrolytes.Credit: Charles Universität...
From Africa to the World: Connecting African innovators and ideas to industry
Credit: @AAS 2020 There is a disconnect between industry, angel donors, venture capitalists and research in Africa. This has resulted in few Research and Development...
High uric acid levels benefit women’s lungs in aging and disease
Credit: Dr. Tsuyoshi Shuto Researchers at Kumamoto University in Japan have discovered that uric acid, an antioxidant, protects against declining lung function from age or...
T cell immunity in the elderly
Credit: (C) Felix Kraus - Monash BDI A study by Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) expands the understanding of the molecular pathways that control T...