New solution for making 2-D nanomaterials
Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have been made by dissolving layered materials in liquids, according to new UCL-led research. The liquids can be used to apply the...
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Watching how plants make oxygen
Credit: Johannes Messinger In a new study, an international team of researchers made significant progress in visualizing the process how plants split water to produce...
New clues emerge in 30-year-old superconductor mystery
Credit: Hsieh Lab/Caltech One of the greatest mysteries of experimental physics is how so-called high-temperature superconducting materials work. Despite their name, high-temperature superconductor..
The cost of feeling like a fraud
Have you ever felt that you are not good enough and that someday soon someone will see through your façade of competence and expose you...
Sooner on your feet after hip fracture
(Linköping University) An already available drug can help patients get back on their feet more rapidly after a hip fracture, according to an international study...
Household smoke exposure linked to antisocial behavior in young adolescents
Researchers found modest, yet reliable long-term links between early childhood household smoke exposure and self-reported antisocial behavior in early adolescence. For the study, parents of...
Massive investment in future autonomous systems for industry and society
Credit: Mikael Hansson The Kempe Foundations have granted two years of funding for eight postdoctoral researchers in autonomous systems in a major investment at Umeå...
AAAS and Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering announce 2016 Fellows
Pittsburgh, PA--James H. Garrett, Jr., and Vijayakumar Bhagavatula of Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement...
A new system to detect spinal deformity
Credit: Images: Hokkaido University/Noa Co., Ltd. Hokkaido University researchers have developed a symmetry-recognition system for the surface of the human back that can three-dimensionally detect...
Rice Professor Mason Tomson elected AAAS fellow
Credit: Tommy LaVergne/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Nov. 21, 2016) -- Rice University engineer Mason Tomson has been elected a fellow of the American Association for...
Fiction-book narratives: Only six emotional storylines
Our most beloved works of fiction hide well-trodden narratives. And most fictions is based on far fewer storylines than you might have imagined. To come...
Calculations predict unexpected disorder in the surface of polar materials
The small units that constitute materials are ordered in their surfaces. The knowledge of the surface structure allows scientists to predict their properties so they...
Investing in the ‘bioeconomy’ could create jobs and reduce carbon emissions
A new article looks at the potential benefits of a Billion Ton Bioeconomy, a vision to enable a sustainable market for producing and converting a...
Study uncovers high prevalence of military sexual trauma among transgender veterans
New research found a high prevalence of military sexual trauma (MST) among transgender veterans and an association between the experience of MST and certain mental...
Seven MD Anderson faculty elected as AAAS Fellows
In recognition of wide-ranging contributions to the fields of cancer prevention, patient care, and basic, translational, and clinical research, seven faculty members from The University...
