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Environmental Conservation

Nordic Forests Under Pressure: Insights from IBFRA 2015

The Future of Nordic Forests – A Global Perspective was launched yesterday at the International Boreal Forests Research Association (IBFRA) conference 2015 in…

Life & Chemistry

New Study Reveals Forests’ Impact on Climate Change

This is concluded in an international study led by the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) and the University of Helsinki. The results were…

Materials Sciences

Nanobionics Boost Photosynthesis with Carbon Nanotubes

A new process has been developed for spontaneously incorporating and assembling carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and oxygen scavenging nanoparticles into chloroplasts,…

Earth Sciences

Ocean Microbes: Key to Cloud Properties and Climate Insights

A factor that determines the properties of clouds that help moderate the planet’s temperature may be decided in the oceans.

Information Technology

Engineers Advance Computing Speed with Light Technology

University of Utah engineers have taken a step forward in creating the next generation of computers and mobile devices capable of speeds millions of times…

Materials Sciences

Mesoporous Particles Enhance Safe Drug Delivery Systems

A research group led by MANA Scientist Kohsaku Kawakami, postdoctoral researcher Shaoling Zhang and MANA Principal Investigator Katsuhiko Ariga, at the…

Materials Sciences

Nanospace-Controlled Gold Material: A Breakthrough in Molecular Tech

A research group led by Yusuke Yamauchi at National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in cooperation with other research organizations in Japan and…

Materials Sciences

Gold Nanoparticles Enhance Stem Cell Osteogenic Differentiation

Tissue Regeneration Materials Unit at MANA, NIMS successfully developed gold nanoparticles that have functional surfaces and act on osteogenic differentiation…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Self-Destructing Devices: A Breakthrough in Reducing E-Waste

University of Illinois researchers have developed heat-triggered self-destructing electronic devices, a step toward greatly reducing electronic waste and…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Pollock Surveys in Alaska Show Positive Trends for Fisheries

Shelikof Strait, in the Gulf of Alaska, is an important spawning area for walleye pollock, the target of the largest–and one of the most valuable–fisheries…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble observes one-of-a-kind star nicknamed 'Nasty'

First discovered several decades ago, Nasty 1 was identified as a Wolf-Rayet star, a rapidly evolving star that is much more massive than our sun. The star…

Information Technology

NOAA's GOES-R satellite begins environmental testing

The environmental testing will take place at Lockheed Martin Corporation's Littleton, Colorado, facility where the spacecraft is being built. The satellite…

Social Sciences

Penn researchers show that mental 'map' and 'compass' are two separate systems

In a new study in mice, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that these systems work independently. A cue that unambiguously provided both…

Physics & Astronomy

Basel Physicists Unveil Efficient Signal Transmission Method

Electronic components are becoming smaller and smaller. Components measuring just a few nanometers – the size of around ten atoms – are already being produced…

Life & Chemistry

Brain Size Advantage: Boosting Cognitive Performance Explained

A larger brain brings better cognitive performance. And so it seems only logical that a larger brain would offer a higher survival potential. In the course of…

Environmental Conservation

Savannahs Combat Climate Change by Absorbing CO2

Carbon dioxide (CO2) exists naturally in the atmosphere, but it is also the greenhouse gas that is most altered by human activities, most notably fossil fuel…

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