Development of revolutionary color-tunable photonic devices
A team at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), spearheaded by Professor Su Seok Choi and Ph.D. candidate Seungmin Nam from the Department of...
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LIST to help develop gas sensors for everyday products under new Horizon Europe project
The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) will be coordinating a new Horizon Europe project, called AMUSENS, aimed at developing gas sensors for electronic...
The coldest lab in New York has a new quantum offering
There’s a hot new BEC in town that has nothing to do with bacon, egg, and cheese. You won’t find it at your local bodega,...
Wire snare removal in protected areas is labor-intensive but effective – and essential to solving the Southeast Asian snaring crisis
Snaring – a non-selective method of poaching using wire traps – is widespread in tropical forests in Southeast Asia. Snaring decimates wildlife populations and has...
Researchers unveil sperm release mechanism in bryophytes
Using liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) as a model, researchers led by Prof. LI Hongju from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy...
Fungus breaks down ocean plastic
A fungus living in the sea can break down the plastic polyethylene, provided it has first been exposed to UV radiation from sunlight. Researchers from,...
New catalyst brings commercial high-efficiency zinc-air batteries closer to reality
The effective conversion from fossil fuel-based to renewable energy sources requires cost-efficient, high-capacity, rechargeable batteries. Zinc-air batteries (ZAB) can theoretically store large amounts of energy,...
Paving the way for hydrogen from algae enzymes
Ligands on the cluster facilitate hydrogen productionCredit: RUB, Marquard Ligands on the cluster facilitate hydrogen production “Iron-sulphur () clusters are essential, widely distributed protein cofactors...
KTU’s new food technology set to transform senior care in nursing homes
Dehydration is one of the main problems faced by many older people due to psychological, cognitive, and swallowing disorders affecting their ability to eat and...
The unexpected connection between brewing coffee and understanding turbulence
In 1883 Osborne Reynolds injected ink into water in a short, clear pipe to observe its movement. His experiments showed that as the input water...
400,000-year-old stone tools designed specifically for butchering fallow deer, following the disappearance of elephants
Credit: Tel Aviv University The unique stone tools were made of flint from the Mountains of Samaria, which were probably also the fallow deers' calving...
How sharks survived a major spike in Earth’s temperature
The sharks we know today as the open ocean’s top predators evolved from stubby bottom dwellers during a dramatic episode of global warming millions of...
New flexible crystals for optical tuning with multiple deformation options
In recent years, significant strides to enhance the functionality and adaptability of devices have been taken in the field of optoelectronics aiming. Now, a team...
Groundbreaking progress in quantum physics: how quantum field theories decay and fission
An international research team around Marcus Sperling, a researcher at the Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, has sparked interest in the scientific community with...
Genetic editing of ideal small grain size genes enables fully mechanized hybrid rice breeding
In a study published in Nature Plants, Prof. LI Yunhai from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences...
