Organic light-emitting diodes have already found acceptance as a light source in first luminaires on the market on rigid glass. However, far larger shares of…
Any kid who pulls on a lizard tail knows it can drop off to avoid capture, but how they regrow a new tail remains a mystery. Now, researchers at the…
University of Toronto Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Keith Pardee and an international team of collaborators, including scientists from the Wyss Institute at…
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has developed a device with the potential of shortening the time required to rapidly diagnose…
When you see how difficult it is to get even next week's weather forecast right, you can imagine the challenges researchers are faced with when it comes to…
This year the most important award in the field of metrology, the science of making precise measurements, was awarded to a team of five Frankfurt atomic…
Unlike what is possible with the human eye, fish are able to regenerate injuries to the retina at the cellular level. Scientists at Heidelberg University's…
The automated detection of products or by-products directly during the process has become an indispensable part of monitoring production processes. Mass…
An international team led by Indiana University researchers has uncovered the regulation of a system that allows a globally abundant bacterium to efficiently…
Clouds are among the most important mediators of heat reaching Earth's surface. Where clouds are absent, darker surfaces like the ocean or vegetated land…
Hoverflies (also called flower flies), are conspicuous flower visitors of the dipteran family Syrphidae which often mimic the colouration of bees and wasps for…
The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) feeds on insects. It attracts a meal with its flower-like reddish color and ripe fruity smell on leaves converted to…
In the human body there is a constant balance between cell growth and cell death. Cells that are old or diseased must be eliminated. The destruction of…
Because of its shape, the control center of memory bears the poetic name of “hippocampus” (seahorse). New sensations to be stored continually enter this region…
Since lasers were invented more than 50 years ago, they have transformed a diverse swath of technology — from CD players to surgical instruments.
Microlasers are tiny optical devices a few tens of micrometres in diameter that are able to create intense light with only one colour or wavelength. OIST…
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