A team of Caltech researchers that has spent years searching for the earliest objects in the universe now reports the detection of what may be the most distant…
A single-photon source never emits two or more photons at the same time. Single photons are important in the field of quantum information technology where, for…
Tiger, harpy eagle, giant salamander: Emerging economies from Brazil to China are home to some of the most fascinating and threatened animals on earth. But…
Today some farms are implementing measures more frequently found in an operating theater: To enter the stable, employees have to change clothes. Before and…
Scientists from 27 European countries want, with the support of the EU, to declare war on iodine deficiency. With the EUthyroid network, a pan-European…
The Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH) and the Institute for Electronic Materials and Devices (MBE) of the Leibniz University Hannover have…
Extrusion is one of the most common shaping processes in technical ceramics. Preferably, it is used for the cost-effective production of axisymmetric…
Despite its outstanding chemical, thermal and tribological properties, the high costs of production currently prevent the use of silicon-infiltrated SiSiC in…
For millions of years, the Pacific and North American plates have been sliding past — and crashing into — one another. This ongoing conflict creates uplift,…
Some are florist's staples, like phalaenopsis, the hot-pink and white flower that is easy to grow and easier to sell. Beyond the “job” of looking beautiful,…
“Our research fulfills a famous prediction in physics for which confirmation seemed unattainable,” said N. Phuan Ong, Princeton's Eugene Higgins Professor of…
NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Kilo and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument took an image of the storm that showed Kilo…
Over-fertilization and its consequences still are the major environmental issues of the Baltic Sea. To reduce the discharge of nutrients, therefore, is of…
For example, synthetic structures made of DNA could one day be used to deliver cancer drugs directly to tumor cells, and customized proteins could be designed…
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder or AIRS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite gathers infrared data that reveals temperatures.
Even in the hospital, doctors can't do much more than offer supportive care. But, with a new study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and…
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