Tree scars record 700 years of natural and cultural fire history in a northern forest
Credit: Jørund Rolstad, NIBIO Until the modern era, the human mark on the northernmost forests of North America, Europe, and Asia was light. Human populations...
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First solar images from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite
Credit: NOAA The first images from the Solar Ultraviolet Imager or SUVI instrument aboard NOAA's GOES-16 satellite have been successful, capturing a large coronal hole...
Nanoinjection increases survival rate of cells
Credit: Photo: Bielefeld University In a new study to be found in 'Scientific Reports' published by 'Nature', they show that with this method, nine out...
Hubble cooperates on galaxy cluster and cosmic background
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, T. Kitayama (Toho University, Japan) The events surrounding the Big Bang were so cataclysmic that they left an indelible imprint on...
Chiral metamaterial produces record optical shift under incremental power modulation
Credit: Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have demonstrated an optical metamaterial whose chiroptical properties in the nonlinear regime produce a...
New collection in RIO Journal devoted to neuroscience projects from 2016 Brainhack events
Credit: Neurohackweek A new collection devoted to neuroscience projects from 2016 Brainhack events has been launched in the open access journal Research Ideas and Outcomes...
White paper proposes democratized OA academic journal publishing to solve serials crisis
CHICAGO, IL (March 1, 2017) - Scholastica, a peer review and open access (OA) publishing platform for academic journals, announces "Democratizing Academic Journals: Technology, Services,...
Researchers imitate molecular crowding in cells
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Chemistry Enzymes behave differently in a test tube compared with the molecular scrum of a living cell. Chemists from...
Testing program monitors stability of vaccines for neglected tropical diseases
Credit: Flickr user gtzecosan A new generation of vaccines for neglected tropical diseases is moving into clinical trials, and understanding the long-term stability and effectiveness...
Researchers coax particles to form vortices using magnetic fields
Credit: Alexey Snezhko. In a new study published last week in Science Advances, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory created...
Combination of ground-breaking treatments offer powerful new path for blood cancer therapies
Researchers at Monash University and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre have identified for the first time how a new class of epigenetic drug engages with the...
In flow state
Ever wonder why you have to shake your bottle of ketchup or mustard before pouring? Or why, to get out of quicksand, you must move...
How to monitor urine in pools — by testing sweetness
Even though Olympic swimmers have admitted doing it, peeing in the pool is not a condoned practice. Urine contributes to the formation of compounds in...
A galaxy on the edge
Credit: ESO Spiral galaxies throughout the Universe take on all manner of orientations with respect to Earth. We see some from above (as it were)...
New drug lead identified in fight against TB
Credit: University of Sydney Antibacterial compounds found in soil could spell the beginnings of a new treatment for tuberculosis, new research led by the University...
