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Physics & Astronomy

Future 'comb on a chip': NIST's compact frequency comb could go places

While typical lasers operate at only a single or handful of frequencies, laser frequency combs operate simultaneously at many frequencies, approaching a…

Life & Chemistry

Enhanced Nanoparticle Clusters for EHS and Biosensor Research

Toxicity, the persistence of the nanomaterials in the environment, their efficacy as biosensors and, for that matter, the accuracy of experiments to measure…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Reveals Thinking May Not Curb Temptation

Here’s some advice: Don’t stop and think. Thinking may not help.That is one surprising conclusion of a new study by Loran Nordgren and Eileen Chou at…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Kazakhstan’s Agricultural Growth: A Decade of Success

Kazakhstan extended its cereal acreage by five million hectares in the past ten years, doubled its added value in the grain sector and eradicated rural poverty…

Earth Sciences

RV Polarstern Begins 28th Antarctic Season with Global Team

Over 200 scientists and technicians from research institutions in 14 countries will take part in the five expedition legs.They will examine a wide variety of…

Information Technology

Quantum computer components 'coalesce' to 'converse'

However, prospects for achieving this kind of communication seemed distant—until now. A team of physicists working at the National Institute of Standards and…

Information Technology

NIST Updates Smart Grid Framework: Key Changes in 2023

The NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 2.0, builds upon and updates a January 2010 report. NIST's first outline,…

Health & Medicine

New Drug Target Identified to Combat MS Inflammation Effects

In the first phase of MS, those with the condition have lots of inflammation of their brain cells, resulting in continuous cycles of inflammation attacks…

Earth Sciences

Scientists Predict Faster Retreat for Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

The retreat of Antarctica’s fast-flowing Thwaites Glacier is expected to speed up within 20 years, once the glacier detaches from an underwater ridge that is…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Highlights Risks of Investing in Nevada-Based Companies

According to a study recently released by University of Virginia Professors Michal Barzuza and David C. Smith, publicly held companies incorporated in Nevada…

Physics & Astronomy

Media Webcast on Discoveries in Acoustics

The briefing will cover select topics being presented at the 162nd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) in San Diego, Calif., October 31–November…

Life & Chemistry

Students Coax Yeast Cells to Add Vitamins to Bread

That is the goal of a group of Johns Hopkins University undergraduate students who are using synthetic biology to enhance common yeast so that it yields beta…

Life & Chemistry

"Junk DNA" Defines Differences Between Humans and Chimps

However, when their genomes were later sequenced, researchers were surprised to learn that the DNA sequences of human and chimpanzee genes are nearly…

Health & Medicine

New Test Can Precisely Pinpoint Food Pathogens

A new approach, reported online Oct. 14 in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology by a collaborative team led by Cornell University scientists,…

Physics & Astronomy

Cornell Reaches Two Milestones Toward a New Coherent X-ray Source

For more than a decade, Cornell scientists have been conducting research and development for an Energy Recovery Linac (ERL) electron accelerator that would…

Life & Chemistry

One-Way Gate for Tau Proteins Enhances Nerve Cell Function

For a nerve cell to function properly, each protein must be in the right place.The tau protein, for example, has to be located in the axons – the long…

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