Researchers flip a magnetic memory cell with a light pulse at record speed
University of Minnesota electrical and computer engineering researchers have created a magnetic tunnel junction that can be switched by a pulse of light lasting one...
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Why guillemot chicks leap from the nest before they can fly
Credit: Knud Falk Before they have the wing span to actually permit them to fly, young guillemots (also known as murres) leap hundreds of metres...
Hubble dates black hole’s last big meal
Credit: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levy (STScI) For the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, it's been a long time...
Chemical that detects plaques in Alzheimer’s brains extends lifespan of roundworms
While many anti-aging drugs don't live up to their claim, a tightly replicated study by Rutgers and a group of researchers from around the country...
Keeping liquids off the wall
Credit: NASA On Earth, liquid flows downhill thanks to gravity. Creating an effective liquid fuel tank involves little more than putting a hole at the...
First global maps of volcanic emissions use NASA satellite data
Credit: Simon Carn / Michigan Technological University Volcanoes erupt, they spew ash, their scarred flanks sometimes run with both lava and landslides. But only occasionally....
Cancer immunotherapy: Revived T cells still need fuel
Anti-cancer drugs blocking the PD-1 pathway - known as checkpoint inhibitors - are now FDA-approved for melanoma, lung cancer and several other types of cancer....
Mayo Clinic researchers clarify chemo resistance, and perhaps a new therapy
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic scientists have identified a specific protein implicated in drug resistance, as well as a possible therapeutic tool. Their work appears...
Researchers assemble five new synthetic chromosomes
Loading video... Credit: NYU Langone Medical Center A global research team has built five new synthetic yeast chromosomes, meaning that 30 percent of a key...
Conquering metal fatigue
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Metal fatigue can lead to abrupt and sometimes catastrophic failures in parts that undergo repeated loading, or stress. It's a major cause...
Tianjin team makes breakthrough in synthetic yeast project
Led by Tianjin University (TJU) Professor Ying-Jin Yuan, TJU's synthetic biology team has completed the synthesis of redesigned yeast chromosomes synV and synX with the...
NASA catches newly formed Tropical Cyclone 11S
Credit: Credits: NASA JPL/Ed Olsen Just after Tropical Cyclone 11S formed in the Southern Indian Ocean NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead gathering data using infrared...
Brain is 10 times more active than previously measured, UCLA researchers find
A new UCLA study could change scientists' understanding of how the brain works -- and could lead to new approaches for treating neurological disorders and...
New way to tune electronic energy levels may lead to valleytronic devices
Faster, more efficient data storage and computer logic systems could be on the horizon thanks to a new way of tuning electronic energy levels in...
Penn engineers’ ‘photonic doping’ makes class of metamaterials easier to fabricate
Credit: University of Pennsylvania The field of metamaterials, an intersection of materials science, physics, nanotechnology and electrical engineering, aims to produce structures with unusual elec..
