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Physics & Astronomy

High-Precision Nanoparticle Control for Digital Uses

Colloids are minute particles that are finely distributed throughout a liquid. Suspensions of colloidal particles are most familiar to us as beverages,…

Earth Sciences

Most comprehensive projections for West Antarctica’s future revealed

“The IPCC’s [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] 4th and 5th Assessment Reports both note that the acceleration of West Antarctic ice streams in…

Life & Chemistry

Linking Molecules to Microbes: Unveiling Chemical Communication

Microbes are the oldest and most successful organisms on the planet, and they communicate and interact using chemistry as their language. While research of the…

Earth Sciences

NASA's Terra Satellite sees powerful storms ring Typhoon Atsani's eye

Typhoon Atsani formed on August 14 as Tropical Depression 17W. By 2100 UTC (5 p.m. EDT) that day, 17W strengthened into a tropical depression was named Atsani….

Earth Sciences

Meteorite Impacts May Create DNA Building Blocks in Oceans

With precise analysis of the products recovered after impacts, the team found the formation of nucleobases and amino acids from inorganic compounds. The…

Life & Chemistry

Superconductivity Breakthrough: No Resistance at Record Temps

For many solid-state physicists, superconductors that are suitable for use at room temperature are still a dream. Up until now, the only materials known to…

Earth Sciences

Substantial glacier ice loss in Central Asia’s largest mountain range

An international research team led by the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences and including the institute of the French Centre National de la Recherche…

Physics & Astronomy

The world's first electrically powered optical antenna

Electrically powered miniature light sources will be useful in the future, for example, in smartphone displays. Given the increased integration of 3D…

Earth Sciences

Future Water Shortages: Central Andes Precipitation Decline

The population in the Central Andes already faces water shortages today. Now geographers at the University of Zurich have collaborated with Swiss and South…

Materials Sciences

Drexel engineers 'sandwich' atomic layers to make new materials for energy storage

Led by postdoctoral researcher Babak Anasori, PhD, a team from Drexel's Department of Materials Science and Engineering created the material-making method,…

Physics & Astronomy

New Insights on 2-D Molybdenum Disulfide from Berkeley Lab

Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have used a unique nano-optical probe to study the…

Event News

Navigating Big Data Challenges at Heidelberg Laureate Forum

The 3rd Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), from August 23-28, hosts a multi-faceted discussion riveted on Big Data and resolving challenges produced by…

Corporate News

Siemens Modernizes Power Distribution in Five Indian Cities

As part of the modernization, Siemens will implement its Spectrum Power network control system and equip the grid with SCADA/DMS functions (Supervisory Control…

Environmental Conservation

The 'End of the high seas', or we watch the seas die

Speaking to the world's major gathering of geochemists, Professor Peter F Sale (University of Windsor, Canada) spelled out the stark choice facing climate…

Life & Chemistry

Flexible Electronics: Monitoring Health and Infrastructure

A new world of flexible, bendable, even stretchable electronics is emerging from research labs to address a wide range of potentially game-changing uses. The…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Everyday Innovations in Nanomaterials

A wide range of industrially synthesized nanomaterials are present in products we use daily and, in the meantime, are part of our everyday life. Due to their…

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