Sculpting optical microstructures with slight changes in chemistry
Credit: (Credit Wim L. Noorduin/ C. Nadir Kaplan/ Harvard University) In 2013, materials scientists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied...
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Rotating molecules create a brighter future
Scientists have discovered a group of materials which could pave the way for a new generation of high-efficiency lighting, solving a quandary which has inhibited...
Wispy remains of supernova explosion hide possible ‘survivor’
Credit: NASA, ESA and H.-Y. Chu (Academia Sinica, Taipei) Of all the varieties of exploding stars, the ones called Type Ia are perhaps the most...
Researchers reveal atomic-level activity of green catalyst used in PVC production
An international group of scientists has unlocked the secret of a gold-based catalyst that is responsible for a new, environmentally friendly method of producing the...
UAB creates triple-threat cancer-fighting polymer capsules for guided drug delivery
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Chemists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have designed triple-threat cancer-fighting polymer capsules that bring the promise of guided...
Different databases, differing statistics on racial disparities in immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy
March 30, 2017 - Three major national databases include varying estimates of racial gaps in the use of immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) after mastectomy for...
This timid little fish escapes predators by injecting them with opioid-laced venom
Credit: Richard Smith/OceanRealmImages Fang blennies are small fish with big teeth. Specifically, they have two large canine teeth that jut out of their lower jaw....
Even short-duration heat waves could lead to failure of coffee crops
CORVALLIS - "Hot coffee" is not a good thing for java enthusiasts when it refers to plants beset by the high-temperature stress that this century...
£3 million awarded to Oxford-led consortium for national machine learning computing facility
(University of Oxford) A consortium of eight UK universities, led by the University of Oxford, has been awarded £3 million by the Engineering and Physical...
Newly characterized protein has potential to save US farmers millions annually
Credit: Claire Benjamin/University of Illinois Instead of turning carbon into food, many plants accidentally make a plant-toxic compound during photosynthesis that is recycled through a...
High doses of vitamin C to improve cancer treatment passes human safety trial
Credit: Schoenfeld, et al. Clinical trials found that it is safe to regularly infuse brain and lung cancer patients with 800 -- 1000 times the...
Speeding star gives new clues to breakup of multi-star system
This view of the center of the Orion Nebula reveals the home of three speedy, wayward stars that were members of a now-defunct multiple-star system.......
Mysterious cosmic explosion surprises astronomers studying the distant x-ray universe
Credit: NASA/CXC/F. Bauer et al. A mysterious flash of X-rays has been discovered by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in the deepest X-ray image ever obtained....
Built from the bottom up, nanoribbons pave the way to ‘on-off’ states for graphene
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy; scanning tunneling microscopy by Chuanxu Ma and An-Ping Li OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 30, 2017 --...
Search for stellar survivor of a supernova explosion
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to observe the remnant of a supernova explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Beyond...
