Controlling angular dispersions in optical metasurfaces
Credit: by Xiyue Zhang, Qi Li, Feifei Liu, Meng Qiu, Shulin Sun, Qiong He, Lei Zhou Despite of impressive successes already achieved on metasurfaces, most...
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HKU ecologists and international team discover ongoing and future tropical diversity decline
Credit: Katsunori Kimoto How can patterns in the marine biodiversity of the past help us to understand how it may change in the future? A...
Promising pre-clinical results for USask VIDO-InterVac COVID-19 vaccine
Credit: University of Saskatchewan SASKATOON - A COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the University of Saskatchewan's (USask) Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac)...
Metal collector made of bacteria
BiotechnologyCredit: © RUB, Marquard How to extract metals from the environment Microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria as well as plants generate a wide range...
A nice day for a quantum walk
Researchers at Osaka University use their ability to precisely control the vibrations of coupled ions to demonstrate a "quantum random walk." This work may lead...
High-speed femtosecond laser plasmonic lithography of graphene oxide film
Credit: by Tingting Zou, Bo Zhao, Wei Xin, Ye Wang, Bin Wang, Xin Zheng, Hongbo Xie, Zhiyu Zhang, Jianjun Yang, and Chun-lei Guo Graphene analogues,...
The analysis of copper levels in blood facilitates diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: TalTech In biology it is well-known that every living organism is triggered by the hereditary material or DNA that encodes various protein molecules, which...
New system for widespread availability of green hydrogen
Credit: © RGH2 As an alternative propulsion technology in the transport sector, hydrogen is playing an important role in the energy transition. However, it is...
Increased usability and precision in vascular imaging
Credit: Willy Kuo, University of Zurich Various diseases in humans and animals - such as tumors, strokes or chronic kidney disease - damage the blood...
Kirigami/origami: Unfolding the new regime of advanced 3D micro-/nanofabrication with ‘folding’
Credit: by Shanshan Chen, Jianfeng Chen, Xiangdong Zhang, Zhi-Yuan Li, and Jiafang Li 3D micro-/nanofabrication holds the key to build a large variety of micro-/nanoscale...
Rejuvenated fibroblasts can recover the ability to contract
Credit: National University of Singapore Fibroblasts are the most common connective tissue cells. They produce the structural framework for animal tissues, synthesise the extracellular matrix...
NIH grant opens research, training for young scientists to study metabolic disorders
$11 million Center for Biomedical Research Excellence grant awarded to Pennington Biomedical Research Center, a campus of Louisiana State UniversityCredit: LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center....
Even natural products can be harmful for the unborn child
Credit: University of Bern Plant products ingested by pregnant women through their diet are broken down by the intestinal microbiota into chemical substances, some of...
Worth their salt: Skoltech and MIPT researchers report first case of hexagonal NaCl
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech and MIPT scientists have predicted and then experimentally confirmed the existence of exotic hexagonal thin films of NaCl on...
The wildlife trade encompasses all major branches of the biological tree of life
Credit: Marco Antonio de Freitas. Besides being a major threat to biodiversity, the wildlife trade can be a cause of global public health issues and...