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Life & Chemistry

Bacterial Genes Enhance Electrical Signaling in Human Cells

Duke University biomedical engineers have harvested genes for ion channels from bacteria that, with a few tweaks, can create and enhance electrical signaling…

Information Technology

New 3-D Wiring Technique Advances Scalable Quantum Computing

“The quantum socket is a wiring method that uses three-dimensional wires based on spring-loaded pins to address individual qubits,” said Jeremy Béjanin, a PhD…

Earth Sciences

UM Researchers Explore Ocean’s Carbon Reservoirs in Depth

The oceans hold a vast reservoir–700 billion tons–of carbon, dissolved in seawater as organic matter, often surviving for thousands of years after being…

Physics & Astronomy

Ames Lab Unveils Insights on Unconventional Superconductivity

Researchers combined innovative crystal growth, highly sensitive magnetic measurements, and the controlled introduction of disorder through electron…

Physics & Astronomy

It's official: Phonon and magnon are a couple

This study could provide an important breakthrough for solving a 100 year old physical problem, and deepen our knowledge of an interesting class of materials…

Transportation and Logistics

Bremen University Team Enters Finals With Delivery Robot

A place on the podium of the “DHL Robotics Challenge 2016” is now safe for the student team from three faculties of the University of Bremen, Germany, as they…

Science Education

How Children Learn Decision-Making Through Rules of Thumb

Which city has the larger population: Chicago or Akron? If you don’t know, you might base your judgement on which of the two names you recognize. This…

Information Technology

Quantum Computers: Breakthrough Boosts Stability Tenfold

Australian engineers have created a new quantum bit which remains in a stable superposition for 10 times longer than previously achieved, dramatically…

Physics & Astronomy

Nanowires Enhance Atomic Force Microscopes for Precision Sensing

Nanowires are extremely tiny filamentary crystals which are built-up molecule by molecule from various materials and which are now being very actively studied…

Physics & Astronomy

Physicists develop world's first artificial cell-like spheres from natural proteins

They immediately arrange themselves into tightly packed structures at the interface between water and glass or between water and air,' explains Karin Jacobs….

Life & Chemistry

New Bacteria RNA Binding Protein Discovered by JMU Team

Professor Jörg Vogel, head of the Institute for Molecular Infection Biology of the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) in Bavaria, Germany, is a…

Earth Sciences

Earthquake Impact: Uplift Variations at Continental Margins

To test their hypothesis, the scientists investigated ancient coastlines that were preserved over time, so-called paleoshorelines, to determine the rate of…

Information Technology

Stretchy, Biocompatible Optical Fibers From MIT & Harvard

Researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have developed a biocompatible and highly stretchable optical fiber made from hydrogel — an elastic, rubbery…

Physics & Astronomy

UCF Team Develops Highly Efficient Quantum Cascade Laser

A team of UCF researchers has produced the most efficient quantum cascade laser ever designed – and done it in a way that makes the lasers easier to…

Life & Chemistry

Plants Direct Seeds to Ideal Spots Using Wind and Water

Plants cannot move to find new places to live in, but they can actively direct their seeds to new suitable places for plant development. This 'directed…

Power and Electrical Engineering

'Super yeast' has the power to improve economics of biofuels

Though Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been the baker's and brewer's yeast of choice for centuries, it poses a unique challenge to researchers using it to make…

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