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Scientists Observe Growth of Gallium Arsenide Nanowires

Scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have succeeded in monitoring the growth of minute gallium arsenide wires. Their findings do not only…

Physics & Astronomy

Laser-Heated Nanowires Enable Micro-Scale Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear fusion, the process that powers our sun, happens when nuclear reactions between light elements produce heavier ones. It's also happening – at a smaller…

Life & Chemistry

Helicobacter’s Role in Immune Blind Spots Explained

While gastritis and gastric ulcer disease used to be put down to stress and dietary factors, it was discovered in the 1980s that the actual culprit is…

Physics & Astronomy

Citizen Scientists Uncover Mystery of Purple Lights in Sky

Notanee Bourassa knew that what he was seeing in the night sky was not normal. Bourassa, an IT technician in Regina, Canada, trekked outside of his home on…

Life & Chemistry

Nanostructures created at UCLA could make gene therapies safer, faster & more affordable

UCLA scientists have developed a new method that utilizes microscopic splinter-like structures called “nanospears” for the targeted delivery of biomolecules…

Information Technology

Galaxy Europe Launches New Open Source Server at Freiburg

The new usegalaxy.eu server was officially brought into operation during a conference at the University of Freiburg. Galaxy, an open source platform enabling…

Life & Chemistry

Epigenetic Analysis: Naming Tumors for Better Treatment

The “Hopp Children's Cancer Center at the NCT Heidelberg” (KiTZ) is a joint institution of Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) and the German Cancer Research…

Physics & Astronomy

Successful Twin Orbit Testing at BESSY II: New Beam Dynamics

The Twin Orbit operation mode makes use of non-linear beam dynamics and provides two stable well separated orbits for storing two electron beams in one storage…

Life & Chemistry

Ultrashort Laser Pulses Transform Greenhouse Gas Into Raw Material

Every day, nature shows humans how to elegantly bind carbon dioxide from the air and transform it into a much-needed raw material. Plants perform…

Physics & Astronomy

Advancing Magnon Spintronics: Controlling Spin Currents Innovatively

In the emerging field of magnon spintronics, researchers investigate the possibility to transport and process information by means of so-called magnon spin…

Materials Sciences

New Spectroscopic Thermometer Enhances Nanomaterial Insights

This discovery, published in Physical Review Letters, promises to improve the understanding of useful yet unusual physical and chemical behaviors that arise in…

Earth Sciences

Exploring Antarctic Ice Shelf Insights from Recent Expedition

The world’s second-largest ice shelf was the destination for a Polarstern expedition that ended in Punta Arenas, Chile on 14th March 2018. Oceanographers from…

Earth Sciences

Surveying the Arctic: Tracking Carbon Particles in Greenland

On 15 March, the AWI research aeroplane Polar 5 will depart for Greenland. Concentrating on the furthest northeast region of the island, an international team…

Physics & Astronomy

Russian Physicists Create Laser-Blasted Toy Asteroids

Asteroids are celestial bodies consisting of carbon, silicon, metal, and sometimes ice. Scientists usually classify objects larger than 1 meter as asteroids,…

Health & Medicine

Promising Antibody Treatment for Drug-Resistant K. Pneumoniae

Researchers are developing a promising alternative to antibiotic treatment for infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria resistant to carbapenem…

Physics & Astronomy

Multifunctional Metalens: New Advances in Flat Optics

Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a flat optical component that is simultaneously a…

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