Recently, quantum dots (QDs)–nano-sized semiconductor particles that produce bright, sharp, color light–have moved from the research lab into commercial…
Capture and convert–this is the motto of carbon dioxide reduction, a process that stops the greenhouse gas before it escapes from chimneys and power plants…
This trend has led some to conclude that the Sun has played a significant role in modern climate change. However, a discrepancy between two parallel series of…
The partners of the ‘Factories of the Future’ project I-RAMP³ invite you to their final demonstration event from the 22nd – 23rd September 2015 in Harderwijk…
To better understand how a cell finds and fixes these misplaced crosslinks, researchers at The Rockefeller University and their colleagues are examining the…
“We've been trying to better understand how volcanoes alter the climate for about 30 years now,” said Lori Glaze of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in…
Researchers at the University of Montreal have developed techniques that enable computer cursors to interact in 3D in single or multiuser, local or remote…
Medical implants mimic the softness of human tissue by mixing liquids such oil with long silicone polymers to create a squishy, wet gel. While implants have…
Innovative research and new techniques in the field of environmental and ecosystem sciences not only lead to new understandings, but also to a flood of data….
The killing of the lion Cecil in a national park in Zimbabwe by a big-game hunter has sparked worldwide outrage. Researchers at the University of Oxford had…
When the right gene is expressed in the right manner in the right population of stem cells, the developing mouse brain can exhibit primate-like features….
The study, conducted by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL),…
Singapore scientists from A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have, for the first time, found further evidence of how the differentiation of…
Kensuke Kobayashi (Professor, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University) and Sadashige Matsuo (Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, The University of…
In intelligent power supply networks – smart grids – the quality of data transmission from digital meters to the power supply company is playing an…
If you‘ve had a good night’s sleep, you are mentally more alert and your memory works more reliably. During sleep, a part of our forebrain called the…