The availability of water from underground aquifers is vital to the basic needs of more than 1.5 billion people worldwide.
In the area 100 to 1,000 meters below the ocean's surface — dubbed the twilight zone because of its largely impenetrable darkness — scientists found that…
The nervous system is a complex organ that relies on a variety of biological players to ensure daily function of the human body. Myelin–a membrane produced by…
Most people don't find it more difficult to lie in a foreign language than in their native tongue. However, things are different when telling the truth: This…
On the other hand, hybrid compounds of transition metals and light elements, especially transition metal nitrides have been widely studied for their high…
Scientists from the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute have developed a new bone engineering technique called Segmental Additive Tissue…
It is known that myopia develops later when children are more outside before school and are exposed to bright illumination. What exactly makes them myopic when…
Over a period of five years, the TUM team along with colleagues from CK-CARE (Christine Kühne – Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos) took daily…
Scientists from the University of Freiburg have developed materials systems that are composed of biological components and polymer materials and are capable of…
Like all other living organisms, animals face the challenge of fending off enemies. Using chemical weaponry can be an effective strategy to stay alive. Instead…
The study, presented here today (July 16, 2018) at a meeting of internet network researchers, portrays critical communications infrastructure that could be…
When an insulating ferrimagnet is heated, the heat is first deposited in the atomic lattice which causes the atoms to move randomly around their cold…
Scientists at JILA, a joint institute of CU Boulder and NIST, have developed a device that uses a small plate to absorb microwave energy and bounce it into…
Borophene, the atomically flat form of boron with unique properties, is even more interesting when different forms of the material mix and mingle, according to…
Green energy gained by photovoltaic amounts ca. 6% of Germany’s gross power production . The most common solar cells currently used are made out of silicon….
As society moves toward connecting all objects to the internet – even furniture and office supplies – the technology that enables these objects to communicate…