Unlike ordinary metals, superconductors have the unique capability of transporting electrical currents without any loss. Nowadays, their technological…
Just a slight movement of the hand is an intricate concert of interactions between nerve cells. For a signal from the brain to reach the spinal cord and then…
“We know of the many advantages of mixed forests,” states Professor Hans Pretzsch, co-author of the study and author of a recently released, internationally…
Infrasound waves oscillate at frequencies humans can't hear, but they're extremely useful for monitoring nuclear blasts because infrasound decays so slowly…
Organic chemists generally rely on an arsenal of laboratory reactions to control chiral purity. For materials, there is another, more elegant approach -…
A joint research team from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and North Carolina State University has clarified the fundamental principles for…
At issue are diffraction gratings, which are used to manipulate light in everything from electronic displays to fiber-optic communication technologies.
“It's like we found a general control that simultaneously turns the lights on and off in many rooms, rather than having a single switch that controls each…
But researchers at Texas A&M University have now identified another gene that may have an impact on breast cancer–associated with the body's circadian rhythm.
It is known that the metabolites of bacteria influence the composition and function of immune cells resident within the gut. These defense cells include MAIT…
Transitions between different phases of matter are part of our day-to-day lives: when water freezes, for example, it passes from liquid to solid state. Some of…
Stem cells are our body’s emergency reserve. In the blood system, so-called hematopoietic (blood) stem cells are responsible for continuously producing immune…
In a new study, a team of researchers at Colorado State University found that snow persistence — the amount of time snow remains on the ground — can be used…
In the wake of its recent discovery of a flat form of gallium, an international team led by scientists from Rice University has created another two-dimensional…
They expect their hypothesis to generate controversy. Geologists usually place the start of plate tectonics at about 3 billion years ago, while the new…
The Ebola virus causes a severe illness with high mortality rates in humans. Several strategies have been developed to treat Ebola infection, including ZMapp,…
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