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Materials Sciences

Harnessing Magnetic Vortices to Create Nanoscale Antennas

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory are seeking ways to synchronize the magnetic spins in nanoscale devices to build…

Materials Sciences

New material coating technology mimics Nature's Lotus Effect

Of late, engineers have been paying more and more attention to nature's efficiencies, such as the Lotus effect, and studying its behavior in order to make…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Astronomers Explore Cosmic Lens and Distant Stars

Two teams of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have discovered three distant exploding stars that have been magnified by the immense…

Life & Chemistry

MERS Coronavirus: Transmission From Camels to Humans Explained

The so-called Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus was first found in June 2012 in a patient from Saudi Arabia, who suffered from severe…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Superheavy Element 117’s Decay Properties

The measured decay properties match previous data, strengthening the case for official recognition of 117 as a new element. New findings obtained in the…

Physics & Astronomy

Gamma-Ray Laser Innovation from Bose-Einstein Condensate

Twenty years ago, Philip Platzman and Allen Mills, Jr. at Bell Laboratories proposed that a gamma-ray laser could be made from a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)…

Physics & Astronomy

Syracuse Physicists Discover New Z(4430) Meson Type

Recently, Professor Tomasz Skwarnicki and a team of researchers proved the existence of a meson named Z(4430), with two quarks and two antiquarks, using data…

Studies and Analyses

New Insights Challenge Fish Diet Recommendations

Oily fish are currently recommended as part of a heart healthy diet. This guideline is partially based on the landmark 1970s study from Bang and Dyerberg that…

Health & Medicine

Atypical form of Alzheimer's disease may be present in a more widespread number of patients

The variant, called hippocampal sparing AD, made up 11 percent of the 1,821 AD-confirmed brains examined by Mayo Clinic researchers — suggesting this subtype…

Environmental Conservation

Nature's chemical diversity reflected in Swedish lakes

– Lake water is like a very thin broth with several thousand ingredients in the recipe, all with different properties. At the same time many of the molecules…

Life & Chemistry

Timing’s Role in Brain Progenitor Cell Development

During embryonic brain development, neural stem cells pass through a series of tightly regulated stages: from omnipotent stem cell to specialized progenitor…

Health & Medicine

New Hope for Stroke and Heart Attack Drug Innovations

The scientists now hope to be able to develop novel drugs using these results. These include tailor-made blood-thinning substances for heart attack and stroke…

Materials Sciences

Automated Joining of Complex Glass Parts Using Laser Technology

Scientists of the Glass Group at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) have therefore developed a process for the laser-based joining of borosilicate and…

Awards Funding

HFSP Grant Supports Global Research on Non-Coding RNA

In collaboration with Professor Brian Brown from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA, the researchers aim to decipher non-coding RNA regulatory…

Physics & Astronomy

The Intergalactic Medium Unveiled: Caltech's Cosmic Web Imager Directly Observes "Dim Matter"

Until now, the structure of the IGM has mostly been a matter for theoretical speculation. However, with observations from the Cosmic Web Imager, deployed on…

Medical Engineering

MRI Reveals Brain Connection Disruptions in Young ADHD Patients

The findings point to the potential of rfMRI to help provide objectively accurate, early diagnosis of a disorder that affects approximately 5 percent of…

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