Tiny plankton wields biological ‘gatling gun’ in microbial Wild West
Credit: Photo: Urban Tillmann. Researchers have obtained an unprecedented view of the 'ballistic' weaponry of planktonic microbes, including one that can fire projectiles as if...
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Multi-university effort to advance materials, define the future of mobility
Credit: Image: Photostock. Three MIT-affiliated research teams will receive about $10M in funding as part of a $35M materials science discovery program launched by the...
Blood vessels and the immune system talk to each other; implications for cancer treatment
Credit: Baylor Colleg of Medicine Some cancer therapies aim at stopping tumor growth by affecting the blood vessels that nurture the tumor mass, while others...
Early climate ‘payback’ with higher emission reductions
Climate scientists at the Met Office Hadley Centre have shown that the early mitigation needed to limit eventual warming below potentially dangerous levels has a...
Photonic crystal and nanowire combo advances ‘photonic integration’
Credit: Takigucki et al. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 3, 2017 -- Contrary to the tremendous success story of electronic integration, photonic integration is still in its...
Tiny black holes enable a new type of photodetector for high speed data
Loading video... Credit: Saif Islam, UC Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Tiny "black holes" on a silicon wafer make for a new type...
Graphene sieve turns seawater into drinking water
Graphene-oxide membranes have attracted considerable attention as promising candidates for new filtration technologies. Now the much sought-after development of making membranes capable of sieving com..
Jumping droplets whisk away hotspots in electronics
Loading video... Credit: Chuan-Hua Chen, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Engineers have developed a technology to cool hotspots in high-performance electronics using the same physical...
Artificial pancreas improves blood sugar control in young kids
ORLANDO--An artificial pancreas, which delivers insulin in an automated way to individuals with type 1 diabetes, appears to be safe and effective for use in...
Stretching the boundaries of neural implants
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Implantable fibers have been an enormous boon to brain research, allowing scientists to stimulate specific targets in the brain and monitor electrical...
New report links early life antibiotic use to inflammatory gut diseases in adulthood
A new research report in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology involving mice shows that antibiotic use very early in life that alters the normal development/growth...
Ethics complicate clinical interpretation & reporting of human genome sequence results
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 3, 2017-Medical use of a patient's genomic sequence information can improve diagnostic capabilities and enable...
Progesterone and bisexuality: Is there a link?
Bisexuality is quite common among men and women whose mothers received additional doses of the sex hormone progesterone while pregnant. This is one of the...
Batteries — quick coatings
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using the precision of an electron beam to instantly adhere cathode coatings for...
Microscopy — Biomass close-up
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists created an approach to get a better look at plant cell wall characteristics at high...
