At the limits of detectability
New approach facilitates spectroscopy on individual moleculesCredit: Andreas Battenberg While spectroscopic measurements are normally averaged over myriad molecules, a new method developed by researchers at...
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Insects in decline: On farmland, latecomers lose out
The pollination services provided by wild bees are indispensable, not only for ecological but also for eminently economic reasons. However, over half of the more...
Australian study shows specialist clinics are cost-effective for chronic wound care
Average saving of $3,947 per patient, and increased patient quality of life also reported A study published in PLOS ONE by academics in Australia and...
The role of intuition in music performance
Research carried out by Emilia Gómez and Álvaro Sarasúa of the Music Technology Group, within the European Phenicx project, describes the usability advantages of a...
Using tiny organisms to unlock big environmental mysteries
A new approach for studying microbial genes will provide insight into how ecosystems respond to changes in the environment and climateCredit: Irina Nogueira Da Silva/Berkeley...
Deep brain stimulation sites for OCD target distinct symptoms
Two DBS sites equally reduced OCD symptoms but improved distinct symptoms, according to a study in Biological Psychiatry Philadelphia, March 7, 2019 -- Deep brain...
When semiconductors stick together, materials go quantum
A new study led by Berkeley Lab reveals how aligned layers of atomically thin semiconductors can yield an exotic new quantum materialCredit: Berkeley Lab A...
Potential treatment for cancer in butterfly disease
New research lays foundation for upcoming clinical trial for patients with epidermolysis bullosa PHILADELPHIA - Children with the severe skin disease, recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa...
Increasingly complex mini-brains
Brazilian scientists produce brain organoids with primitive eyes using computational fluid dynamicsCredit: D'Or Institute for Research and Education. Scientists improved the initial steps of a...
Ocean life in 3D: Mapping phytoplankton with a smart AUV
An autonomous underwater vehicle learns during its travels to make accurate mapCredit: Image: David Fierstein and Arild Hareide. Phytoplankton form the base of the marine...
Crucial milestone for critically endangered bird
A team led by a conservation biologist from the University of Kent has successfully relocated threatened Seychelles paradise flycatchers (Terpsiphone corvina) to a different island...
Scientists engineer mouse ‘smart house’ to study behavior
Credit: Andrew Erskine Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed a 'smart house' for mice, that allows them to study the animals' behaviour with...
Waste materials to be tested as viable options for insulating buildings
The University of Bath is testing a number of waste materials to assess their thermal performance as potential materials for insulating buildingsCredit: University of Bath...
Probing water’s skin
Credit: KAUST 2019 From the wind-whipped surface of the open ocean, to trillions of tiny water drops in clouds, the air-water interface--water's skin-- is the...
Two for the price of one: Mechanistic insights lead to drug repositioning
Researchers at University of Tsukuba clarify the molecular mechanisms involved in the early stage of lung cancer, and identify two drugs with other clinical uses...
