'We have run checks on the majority of the satellite's systems and found that the devices are fully functional,' Aalto University's Professor Jaan Praks, who…
“This is part of a series of work we have done in our lab on high-temperature dielectrics for use in capacitors,” said Qing Wang, professor of materials…
After bending, the tetrapods automatically retain its original shape, without suffering any damage. This makes advanced applications conceivable, both in…
A growing number of species are under threat of extinction – in particular due to global environmental changes. Political instruments such as the International…
Based on the findings of Ou, Mayer, and additional co-authors of the study, the primeval creature †Xianguangia sinica, which lived approximately 520 million…
Los Alamos National Laboratory has produced the first known material capable of single-photon emission at room temperature and at telecommunications…
According to Paulo Artaxo, Full Professor at the University of São Paulo's Physics Institute (IF-USP) in Brazil and a co-author of the study, isoprene is one…
Yu and his research group have just described two structures and mechanisms – efflux pumps and reinforced cell walls – that certain disease-causing bacteria…
Jean-Sabin McEwen knocks out a web search for “North Dakota,” “night sky” and “flaring,” and quickly finds a picture from space showing a glowing cluster…
The FIND consortium is composed of leading proponents from industry and research who have joined together to develop the foundation for the industrial Internet…
Washington State University physicists have found a way to write an electrical circuit into a crystal, opening up the possibility of transparent,…
The new research, published July 28 in Science, is expected to make such materials easily available for eventual use in everything from LED displays to…
The so-called Beluga sapphires were discovered near Kimmirut, Baffin Island, Nunavut by brothers Nowdluk and Seemeega Aqpik in 2002. The location is Canada's…
The sorting of individual cells is necessary for many biological applications, including the isolation of specific cell types from cell suspensions. A…
Researchers at Hokkaido University have found that the molecule “L-gutamate/L-aspartate transporter” (GLAST) plays an essential role in establishing and…
The protein amyloid beta is believed to be the major cause of Alzheimer's disease. Substances that reduce the production of amyloid beta, such as BACE…