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Physics & Astronomy

Perfect nanospheres using ultrashort laser pulses

As a result, for the first time, the scientists succeeded in generating and positioning perfectly round silicon nanoparticles with a diameter of 165 nm. This…

Corporate News

Siemens Secures Fifth Offshore Grid Connection Order from TenneT

Siemens receives an order from TenneT for an offshore wind farm grid connection in the North Sea. In a consortium with Petrofac Siemens will supply the…

Physics & Astronomy

Shiny Quantum Dots Enhance Future Solar Cell Technology

Photovoltaic solar-panel windows could be next for your house

Earth Sciences

NASA Captures Tropical Cyclone Ita Over Coral Sea

The VIIRS instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible look at Ita's elongating structure on April 14 at 4:12 UTC/12:12. The Visible…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellite Images Tropical Depression Peipah Over Philippines

NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured an image that showed Peipah's clouds covering the Visayas and Mindanao regions of the country.

Environmental Conservation

Innovative Solutions for Safer Dams for Fish Worldwide

Think of the pressure change you feel when an elevator zips you up multiple floors in a tall building. Imagine how you'd feel if that elevator carried you all…

Environmental Conservation

'Problem wells' source of greenhouse gas at unexpected stage of natural gas production

The study, which is one of only a few to use a so-called “top down” approach that measures methane gas levels in the air above wells, identified seven…

Life & Chemistry

Sibling Cooperation in Earwig Families Sheds Light on Social Behavior

Looking at the question of how social behavior has developed over the course of evolution, scientists from the universities in Mainz and Basel have gained new…

Life & Chemistry

Mapping Gene Expression: New Insights into Disease Causes

Pinpointing the genetic causes of common diseases is not easy, as multiple genes may be involved with a disease. Moreover, disease-causing variants in DNA…

Physics & Astronomy

Flat Surface Transformed into Spherical Antenna Innovation

By depositing an array of tiny, metallic, U-shaped structures onto a dielectric material, a team of researchers in China has created a new artificial surface…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers describe four new species of “killer sponges” from the deep sea

Scientists first discovered that some sponges are carnivorous about 20 years ago. Since then only seven carnivorous species have been found in all of the…

Life & Chemistry

Versatile Microcapsules: Innovations in Biomedicine and Tech

Microcapsules with a broad spectrum of applications in biomedicine, catalysis, and technology can be produced by using plant-derived, phenolic tannic acid and…

Physics & Astronomy

Cosmic Slurp: A Stellar Explosion in an Ordinary Galaxy

Somewhere in the cosmos an ordinary galaxy spins, seemingly at slumber. Then all of a sudden, WHAM! A flash of light explodes from the galaxy's center. A star…

Life & Chemistry

Plague Alters Cell Death Mechanisms in Host Cells

Northwestern Medicine scientists are continuing to unravel the molecular changes that underlie one of the world's deadliest and most infamous respiratory…

Life & Chemistry

Climate change a likely culprit in coqui frog's altered calls, say UCLA biologists

Authored by Peter Narins, UCLA distinguished professor of integrative biology and physiology and of ecology and evolutionary biology, and Sebastiaan…

Life & Chemistry

Targeted Chemotherapy Innovations: Advancing Cancer Treatment

Significant advances have been made in chemotherapy over the past decade, but targeting drugs to cancer cells while avoiding healthy tissues continues to be a…

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