How molecules self-assemble into superstructures
Researchers from Kiel control the size of molecular superstructures on surfacesCredit: Manuel Gruber and Torben Jasper-Toennies Most technical functional units are built bit by bit...
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We’re getting better at wildlife conservation, AI study of scientific abstracts suggests
Credit: © Monterey Bay Aquarium, photo by Jessica Fujii Researchers are using a kind of machine learning known as sentiment analysis to assess the successes...
Sugar leads to early death, but not due to obesity
Credit: Suzy Hazelwood via Pexels.com Sugar-rich diets have a negative impact on health independent of obesity reports a new study led by the MRC London...
NASA finds little strength left in Tropical Cyclone Herold
Credit: NASA/NRL Wind shear pushed former Tropical Cyclone Herold apart and infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed the system with very little strength remaining....
Understanding how COVID-19 affects children vital to slowing pandemic, doctors say
Credit: Sanjay Suchak | UVA Communications Though COVID-19 so far appears to be largely sparing children, researchers are cautioning that it is critical to understand...
Pembrolizumab shows promise for some advanced, hard-to-treat rare cancers
Open-label Phase II study at MD Anderson reports on four cancer typesCredit: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- A study conducted...
Special issue of ‘Neurochemical Research’ honors Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D.
Credit: Children's National Hospital At a pivotal moment early in his career, Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D., was accepted to work with Professor Giulio Levi at the...
Study reveals secret of 18th-century portrait
Credit: Nikolay Simonenko et al./Heritage Science Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of RAS,...
Unraveling the optical parameters: New method to optimize plasmon enhanced spectroscopy
Credit: by Marie Richard-Lacroix and Volker Deckert For exploring the nanoscale far beyond the optical resolution limit, tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) is widely recognized as...
The power of light for internet of underwater things
Credit: © 2020 Filho et al. A system that can concurrently transmit light and energy to underwater energy devices is under development at KAUST. Self-powered...
Trauma relapse in a novel context may be preventable
Discovery of a brain region linked to fear renewal may hold promise for developing PTSD treatment strategiesCredit: @ Korea Brain Research Institute Korea Brain Research...
Chip-based devices improve practicality of quantum-secured communication
Researchers demonstrate fast and cost-effective platform for keeping data secureCredit: Henry Semenenko, University of Bristol monstrated new chip-based devices that contain all the optical components...
Sea otters, opossums and the surprising ways pathogens move from land to sea
A new twist added to decades of sea otter researchCredit: Joe Tomoleoni/USGS A parasite known only to be hosted in North America by the Virginia...
Open sesame: Micro RNAs regulate plant pores
Environmental changes trigger tiny RNA segments to modify plant pores involved in photosynthesis.Credit: DGIST Environmental cues prompt small RNA segments to regulate the development and...
Building a better color vision test for animals
UC biologists create a novel device to determine how well animals discern colorCredit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Services Fiddler crabs have a simple solution to life's...