Researchers have developed an ultrafast light-emitting device that can flip on and off 90 billion times a second and could form the basis of optical computing.
Amongst other things, this is due to a milk powder scandal in China where babies fell ill and even died because of poisonous milk powder.
Professor Robson Santos’ research focuses on angiotensin peptides. These are part of an intricate system of hormones and enzymes known as the renin-angiotensin…
Climate change, environmental pollution or land use changes – there are numerous influences threatening biodiversity in forests around the globe. The resulting…
Modern catalytic converters for the treatment of exhaust gases in vehicles with a combustion engine have largely contributed to reducing of pollutant…
Bighorn herds tend to be small and isolated in their mountain ecosystems, putting the animals at high risk for a genetic “bottleneck,” said Catherine Driscoll,…
In plants as in animals and humans, intricate molecular networks regulate key biological functions, such as development and stress responses. The system can be…
A bacterial signal that when recognized by rice plants enables the plants to resist a devastating blight disease has been identified by a multi-national team…
The study, published in Ecology, makes a case for using host-parasite relationships as a tool to understand why there are typically more species–and more…
The study shows that plankton, the tiny drifting organisms in the sea, produce airborne gases and organic matter to seed cloud droplets, which lead to brighter…
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a very aggressive form of pulmonary fibrosis and has a particularly poor prognosis. This fatal disease, for which so far no…
40 years after the launch of its first series model, Siretom, Siemens Healthcare is looking back on the successful development of its computed tomography…
Semiconductors, metals and insulators must be integrated to make the transistors that are the electronic building blocks of your smartphone, computer and other…
Bacteria have plenty of things to send out into world beyond their own boundaries: coordinating signals to other members of their species, poisons for their…
New research has accurately mapped out the movement of the devastating 7.8-magnitude Nepal earthquake that killed over 9,000 and injured over 23,000 people….
The spectacular thread-like carnivorous foliage is up to 24 cm long forming medusa-like clusters of sticky, glistening leaves.
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