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Life & Chemistry

Squeezing Cells: New Method to Create Stem Cells Efficiently

EPFL scientists have developed a new method that turns cells into stem cells by “squeezing” them. The method paves the way for large-scale production of stem…

Materials Sciences

Self-Protecting Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes Unveiled

Scientists at three Department of Energy national laboratories have discovered how to keep a promising new type of lithium ion battery cathode from developing…

Materials Sciences

Graphene Nanoribbons: A Step Towards High-Speed Electronics

An international research team at Tohoku University's Advanced Institute of Materials Research (AIMR) succeeded in chemically interconnecting chiral-edge…

Health & Medicine

Knee Cartilage Study Reveals Key Insights for Better Treatments

Fibrocartilage tissue in the knee is comprised of a more varied molecular structure than researchers previously appreciated, according to a new study by…

Life & Chemistry

University of Washington Innovates Faster Bioassays Method

Three scientists at the University of Washington have proposed a way to speed up this waiting game. Their solution, reminiscent of the magic behind washing…

Materials Sciences

Seashell Strength: Nature’s Secret to Toughness Explained

Seashells and lobster claws are hard to break, but chalk is soft enough to draw on sidewalks. Though all three are made of calcium carbonate crystals, the hard…

Physics & Astronomy

New Theories on Large Hadron Collider’s Mysterious Collision

Adam Martin, assistant professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, said he and other theoretical physicists had heard about the results before they…

Physics & Astronomy

Quiet Quasar: A Glimpse Into Cosmic Change and Discovery

“We are used to thinking of the sky as unchanging,” said University of Washington astronomy professor Scott Anderson, who is principal investigator of the…

Transportation and Logistics

Siemens Powers Driverless Future for Paris Metro Line 4

Siemens received an order from the Paris public transport operator RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) to equip the 27 stations of Paris Metro Line…

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Architecture & Construction

Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Concrete: A Game Changer for Civil Engineering

Concrete which is reinforced with textiles instead of steel combines many advantages: it saves raw materials, has high potential for lightweight construction,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

“Quiet” Fire Extinguisher Protects Hard Disks

The use of cables and servers in computer centers increases the risk of fire, with such equipment accounting for around six percent of all infrastructure…

Life & Chemistry

Tiny 3D Glasses Reveal Insect Vision Insights

Most knowledge about 3D vision has come from vertebrates, however, a team from Newcastle University, UK publishing today in Scientific Reports, confirm that…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Fermi Space Telescope sharpens its high-energy vision

Major improvements to methods used to process observations from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have yielded an expanded, higher-quality set of data…

Physics & Astronomy

Optimizing Arctic Observations for Better Weather Forecasts

In September 2013, Dr. Jun Inoue from the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), Japan, and his international research team conducted joint Arctic…

Health & Medicine

Using Skin Cells to Heal Heart Damage After Trauma

Following a heart attack or other heart trauma, the heart is unable to replace its dead cells. Patients are often left with little option other than heart…

Life & Chemistry

Jumping Genes in Stem Cells: Implications for Therapy Safety

Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) hold substantial promise for biomedical applications because they have the potential to give rise to every cell…

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