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Physics & Astronomy

Fast Radio Burst Discovered in Extreme Cosmic Environment

Using data from the Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, and the Green Bank Telescope, West Virginia, astronomers have shown that the radio bursts from the…

Earth Sciences

How Sludge Reveals Black Sea’s Environmental Changes

Oxygen deficiency together with the occurrence of toxic hydrogen sulphide below water depths of 100 – 150 m are the most prominent features of the Black Sea,…

Life & Chemistry

Greener Carbon Fiber: Bio-Based Compound Innovations

From cars and bicycles to airplanes and space shuttles, manufacturers around the world are trying to make these vehicles lighter, which helps lower fuel use…

Physics & Astronomy

MSU Scientists Develop Magnetic Trap for Neutrons

Waveguides are quite a broad class of objects utilized in many spheres of life, from telecom (optic wave guides) to medicine (a stethoscope is a sound wave…

Medical Engineering

New Wearable Health Monitor for Sick Babies by Sussex Physicists

Sick babies in remote parts of the world could be monitored from afar thanks to new wearable technology designed by physicists at the University of Sussex. And…

Materials Sciences

Scientists Uncover Inner Structure of Photonic Crystals

With the help of electronic microcopy, scientists have managed to track defects in the surface of two-dimensional photonic crystals, but there was a problem…

Information Technology

New Magnetic Materials Enhance Brain-Like Memory Storage

From various magnetic tapes, floppy disks and computer hard disk drives, magnetic materials have been storing our electronic information along with our…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Robotic Weeders: Transforming Farming for the Future

The future of weeding is here, and it comes in the form of a robot.

Environmental Conservation

Fungi on Dead Trees: Key Players in Forest Ecology

So far, little research has been conducted on fungi that live on dead trees, although they are vital to the forest ecology by breaking down dead wood and…

Trade Fair News

Holistic Laser Machining Insights from Paris Innovation Week

No other industry has attracted as much public attention to composite materials as the automotive industry, which along with the aerospace industry is a driver…

Environmental Conservation

Mountain Meadow Management Boosts Resilience to Climate Extremes

The results of the study, currently published in the Journal of Ecology, show that land use controls the resistance and recovery capacity of mountain meadows…

Earth Sciences

Tropical Overheating: Insights From 250 Million Years Ago

In a new study published today, Dr Massimo Bernardi and Dr Fabio Massimo Petti of the MUSE – Science Museum in Trento, Italy and Professor Mike Benton from the…

Life & Chemistry

Harnessing Hydrogen: The Future of Green Energy Economy

Hydrogenases are enzymes capable of making hydrogen gas (H2) using protons from water, a reaction with relevance to a potential future green energy economy…

Earth Sciences

New study reveals strong El Niño events cause large changes in Antarctic ice shelves

A new study published Jan. 8 in the journal Nature Geoscience reveals that strong El Nino events can cause significant ice loss in some Antarctic ice shelves…

Health & Medicine

Throwing molecular wrench into gene control machine leads to 'melting away' of leukemia

In tests in mice, the newly discovered method has resulted in what the researchers describe as the “melting away” of aggressive blood cancers while at the same…

Environmental Conservation

Red Sea Study Reveals Minimal Plastic in Surface Waters

Samples of floating plastic rubbish were collected by the team from 120 sites along 1500km of shoreline on the eastern margin of the Red Sea during voyages in…

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