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Physics & Astronomy

A galactic test will clarify the existence of dark matter

Using one of the fastest supercomputers in the world, the scientists have simulated the matter distribution of the so-called satellite “dwarf” galaxies. These…

Life & Chemistry

New mechanism for the plant hormone auxin discovered

When the seed of a plant germinates, its root needs to quickly establish the direction of gravity and bend to grow deeper inside the soil, where it can anchor…

Earth Sciences

Insights from History: Preparing for a Warmer Future

The study was an outcome of a workshop that took place in Bern and was coordinated by the University of Bern in Switzerland, the University of New South Wales…

Medical Engineering

Artificial pancreas proves effective and safe in a hospital setting

About 20 percent of hospitalized patients suffer from diabetes mellitus. In these patients, the achievement of recommended glycemic targets is a major…

Materials Sciences

Superconducting vortices quantize ordinary metal

These fundamental results, published in the journal Nature Communications, enable a better understanding and description of the processes occurring at the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

'Stealth' material hides hot objects from infrared eyes

Hiding from such detectors could become much easier, thanks to a new cloaking material that renders objects — and people — practically invisible.

Earth Sciences

Using tree-fall patterns to calculate tornado wind speed

Tornadoes, hurricanes, and other extreme windstorm events cause millions of dollars in structural damage and related losses each year. They can also…

Environmental Conservation

Upcycling of PET Bottles: New Ideas for Resource Cycles in Germany

Upcycling Instead of Recycling

Physics & Astronomy

Rapid water formation in diffuse interstellar clouds

Accumulations of gas and dust in space can be observed with telescopes as interstellar clouds. Despite the low temperatures and densities, a rich variety of…

Earth Sciences

Fast rising bedrock below West Antarctica reveals an extremely fluid Earth mantle

An international team of researchers, with a new study published in Science with DTU Space as lead author, finds that the bedrock below the West Antarctic Ice…

Materials Sciences

Beyond conventional solution-process for 2-D heterostructure

Xiao Huang and co-workers, who were devoted to the development for the synthesis of 2D nanomaterial-based hybrids and their applications in sensing and…

Life & Chemistry

Zebrafish's near 360 degree UV-vision knocks stripes off Google Street View

A zebrafish view of the world has been forensically analysed by researchers at the University of Sussex to reveal that how they see their surroundings changes…

Materials Sciences

Graphene Assembled Film Outperforms Graphite in Thermal Conductivity

Until now, scientists in the graphene research community have assumed that graphene assembled film cannot have higher thermal conductivity than graphite film….

Physics & Astronomy

When fluid flows almost as fast as light — with quantum rotation

Each proton and each neutron is composed of several quarks bound by strong interactions carried by intermediary particles called gluons. When heavy ions built…

Life & Chemistry

New Pathway Revealed: Inflammation and Artery Disease Link

Investigators have identified a new cellular pathway that may help explain how arterial inflammation develops into atherosclerosis–deposits of cholesterol,…

Life & Chemistry

Fracking Chemicals Linked to Fat Cell Development in Lab Study

Exposure to fracking chemicals and wastewater promotes fat cell development, or adipogenesis, in living cells in a laboratory, according to a new Duke…

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