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Physics & Astronomy

Data storage: Adopting changes

Phase-change semiconductors have the ability to switch back and forth between amorphous (non-crystalline solid) and crystalline phases upon heating. As such,…

Materials Sciences

Success in Self-Assembly of Quantum Dots with World’s Highest Density

Dr. Takaaki Mano, a Senior Researcher, Dr. Masafumi Jo, a Post Doctoral Fellow, and Dr. Yoshiki Sakuma, Group Leader of the Quantum Nanostructures Group,…

Health & Medicine

Nanomedicine: Bringing brighter light into living bodies

Fluorescent nanoparticles loaded with organic light-emitting dyes are expected to transform live-animal imaging technologies. Compared to inorganic quantum…

Materials Sciences

Photonics: Sensing with holes

The detection of small quantities of molecules is important for a myriad of applications, ranging from gas sensing to biomedical diagnostics. The majority of…

Environmental Conservation

Environmental concerns increasing infectious disease in amphibians

Amphibians are now, and always have been hosts for a wide range of infectious organisms, including viruses, bacteria and fungi, scientists said in a review…

Life & Chemistry

Friends with benefits

Harvard researchers are unlocking the evolutionary secrets of one of the world's most recognizable groups of mushrooms, and to do it, they're using one of the…

Life & Chemistry

Green Plants Cut City Pollution By 8X More Than Expected

Thomas Pugh and colleagues explain that concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and microscopic particulate matter (PM) — both of which can be harmful to…

Life & Chemistry

Enhanced Royal Jelly Creates Jumbo Queen Bee Larvae

Their study, which found that the super RJ that makes queen bee larvae grow 2-3 times larger than normal, appears in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food…

Health & Medicine

Botanical Compound Shows Promise for Influenza Healing

Building on previous work with the botanical abscisic acida, researchers in the Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory (NIMML) have…

Health & Medicine

Helping Alzheimer's patients stay independent

Family members or professional caregivers who do everything for older adults with Alzheimer's disease may just be wanting to help, but one University of…

Studies and Analyses

New targeting technology improves outcomes for patients with atrial fibrillation

In a landmark study of atrial fibrillation, researchers from UCLA, UC San Diego and Indiana University report having found for the first time that these…

Studies and Analyses

Single-cell parasites co-opt 'ready-made' genes from host: UBC research

Part of a group of parasitic microbes called microsporidia, Encephalitozoon hellem and Encephalitozoon romaleae are related to fungi and are commonly found in…

Earth Sciences

NASA Observes Tropical Storm Khanun Weakening Before Landfall

When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Storm Khanun on July 18 at 0459 UTC (12:59 a.m. EDT), the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Aqua Satellite Monitors Post-Tropical Storm Fabio

When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over post-tropical storm Fabio on July 18 at 1023 UTC (6:23 a.m. EDT), the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument…

Life & Chemistry

Chagas Disease: Tackling a Global Health Challenge

Around the world, almost 10 million people are infected with the disease – mostly in Central and South America and parts of the USA. Tourism and immigration,…

Health & Medicine

New technology improves heart rhythm treatment

Researchers from UC San Diego, the University of California Los Angeles and Indiana University report having found, for the first time, that atrial…

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