Bottlebrushes rise up to control coatings
Rice University engineers find bottlebrush copolymers can be tailored for applicationsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 14, 2019) - A microscopic polymer in the...
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A turbocharger for the supercomputer JUWELS
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Atos and ParTec with NVIDIA and Mellanox plan expansion of the Jülich supercomputerCredit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich / Ralf-Uwe Limbach The Jülich supercomputer JUWELS...
A step closer to cancer precision medicine
Credit: University of Helsinki Researchers from the Faculty of Medicine and the Institute for Molecular Medicine (FIMM) at the University of Helsinki have developed a...
New material breaks world record turning heat into electricity
A new type of material generates electrical current very efficiently from temperature differences. This allows sensors and small processors to supply themselves with energy wirelessly.Credit:...
Sociable crows are healthier — new research
Study shows link between health and size of social groupCredit: Photo by Dr Claudia Wascher, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) A new study has found that...
Architecture of a bacterial power plant decrypted
Credit: Rudolf-Virchow-Zentrum / University of Würzburg Both humans and many other creatures need oxygen for survival. In the conversion of nutrients into energy, the oxygen...
FEFU scientists obtained new compounds with potential antitumor effect from sea sponge
Credit: FEFU press office Chemists from Far Eastern Federal University's School of Natural Sciences (SNS FEFU) developed a new method to synthesize biologically active derivatives...
Tailor-made carbon helps pinpoint hereditary diseases and correct medication dosage
A new method of analysis is speeding up the researchCredit: Anja Aarva / Aalto University Sensors manufactured with carbon-based materials can provide uniquely accurate and...
Observing changes in the chirality of molecules in real time
Credit: ETH Zurich / Joachim Schnabl Some molecules can exist in two mirror-image forms, similar to our hands. Although such so-called enantiomers have almost identical...
Simulation reveals how bacterial organelle converts sunlight to chemical energy
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists have simulated every atom of a light-harvesting structure in a photosynthetic bacterium that generates energy...
Typhoons and marine eutrophication are probably the missing source of organic nitrogen in ecosystems
Credit: Ming Chang Atmospheric nitrogen deposition has a significant impact on both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and alterations in its level will significantly affect the...
Research award for project on heart transplantation
Credit: Steven Kohl Heart failure is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the most severe cases, heart transplantation is the...
Bacteria in the gut may alter ageing process, finds NTU Singapore study
Credit: NTU Singapore An international research team led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found that microorganisms living in the gut may alter...
Crystal coatings could help solve mystery of fracture patterns
Credit: Lander et al. Fractures are everywhere. They are the cracks in the sidewalk. The rifts in roadcuts. The spidery textures in brick and boulders....
New study casts doubt on China’s organ donation data
Credit: Benjamin John Keough, ANU The Chinese government may have been systematically misreporting the number of organs it claims it has voluntarily collected since 2010,...
