Shortening the rare-earth supply chain via recycling
Credit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa - Modern life is closely intertwined with a set of 17 elements at the foot of the periodic table. Known as...
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Training with states of matter search algorithm enables neuron model pruning
Credit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa, Japan - Artificial neural networks are machine learning systems that are composed of a large number of connected nodes called artificial...
Exploring the structure and properties of new graphene-like polymers
A team of scientists from Siberian Federal University (SibFU) together with foreign colleagues described the structural and physical properties of a group of two-dimensional materials...
Alcohols as carbon radical precursors
Credit: Kanazawa University Alcohols play a pivotal role in organic synthesis because they are ubiquitous and can be used in a variety of well-established transformations....
NUS researchers turn plastic bottle waste into ultralight supermaterial
Credit: National University of Singapore Researchers from the the National University of Singapore (NUS) have made a significant contribution towards resolving the global issue of...
Molecular biology: Phaser neatly arranges nucleosomes
LMU researchers have, for the first time, systematically determined the positioning of the packing units of the fruit fly genome, and discovered a new protein...
Researchers at IRB Barcelona explain the origin of the periodicity of the genome
Credit: Author: Iris Joval Granollers Scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) have found an explanation for a periodicity in the sequence...
Russian physicists upgrade cheap diode laser for use in precise measurements
Credit: Pavlov NG et al./Nature Photonics Russian physicists have developed a method for drastically narrowing the emission spectrum of an ordinary diode laser, like that...
NIH greatly expands investment in BRAIN Initiative
The National Institutes of Health announces funding of more than 200 new awards, totaling over $220 million, through the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies...
Will there be enough water in the future?
Credit: Water Scarcity Atlas The average person in Europe uses 3000-5000 litres of water per day, of which the lion's share is spent on food...
Ring-shaped protein complex wrangles DNA
Credit: Dana Krepel/Rice University Biological physicists at Rice University have a new cellular mechanics theory that rings true. The Rice lab of José Onuchic has...
HKUST-Beijing Tiantan Hospital scientists bring new hope to brain tumor patients
Credit: HKUST sGBM is a rare type of brain cancer in adults. The incidence varies from 2 to 5 per million people per year. For...
Lateral inhibition keeps similar memories apart
Credit: Espinoza et al When you park in the office car park, you usually have no problem finding your car again at the end of...
Nature of immune cells in the human brain disclosed
Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Amsterdam UMC have disclosed the nature of how T cells protect the brain against harmful viruses. The...
Scientists find a ‘switch’ to increase starch accumulation in algae
Credit: Sousuke Imamura Results from a collaborative study by Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tohoku University, Japan, raise prospects for large-scale production of algae-derived starch,...
