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UB Workshop to Explore Spin, Quantum Optics and Optical Metamaterials

These developments, which open a new paradigm in spin- and quantum-related phenomena in optical physics, are the subject of “Beyond the Imagination of Nature:…

Life & Chemistry

Buck Institute and Biotica Investigate Polyketides in Extension of Healthy Lifespan

Building on observations that rapamycin extends healthy lifespan in various species (Kaeberlein & Kennedy; Nature 2009), the collaborators will evaluate…

Materials Sciences

Researchers Predict New Superhard Materials

The findings of their work have just been published in a paper entitled “Evolutionary search for superhard materials: Methodology and applications to forms of…

Life & Chemistry

Evolution: Not as Long as You Think

The paper, “Contemporary Evolutionary Divergence for a Protected Species following Assisted Colonization,” is based on research by Dr. Craig Stockwell, a James…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Researchers Begin Testing of Promising New Nanomaterial for Hydrogen Storage

During their testing of the new material, they have discovered that it can store and release hydrogen extremely fast and at low temperatures compared to…

Earth Sciences

Newborn Dinosaur Discovered in Maryland

It is the youngest nodosaur ever discovered, and a founder of a new genus and species that lived approximately 110 million years ago during the Early…

Life & Chemistry

This Beetle Uses Eggs as Shields Against Wasps

They lead modest lives among the palo verde, mesquite and acacia trees throughout the Southwestern U.S., laying their eggs on seed pods and defending the…

Materials Sciences

From Rice Husks to Valuable Chemical Products for the Future

The Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES), an Institute of The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), is collaborating with…

Life & Chemistry

Affordable Solar Innovation: Breakthrough in Renewable Energy

The biggest obstacle to making use of solar energy has been the excessively high price of solar cells made of inorganic semiconductors. In contrast, solar…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Printed Solar Cells on Paper: Affordable Solar Innovation

These days, everyone talks about the use of solar energy for the generation of electricity. Conventional solar cells, however, use expensive materials and are…

Architecture & Construction

Discover Shukov’s Innovative Construction Techniques

He developed a number of revolutionary construction techniques including the first suspended roof structure. The Russian engineer built lattice towers up to…

Studies and Analyses

Henry Ford study links 23 microRNAs to laryngeal cancer

The role of microRNA (miRNA), the small, non-coding RNA molecules that regulate human genes, has recently come into greater focus as researchers continue to…

Studies and Analyses

Study predicts sea level rise may take economic toll on California coast

The study forecasts the economic impact of sea level rise on five communities: Ocean Beach in San Francisco; Venice Beach and Malibu in Los Angeles;…

Materials Sciences

Arizona civil engineering professor develops 'superlaminate' industrial pipe repair system

The national Gas Technology Institute (GTI) recently published a test report approving a new technology called PipeMedic that uses carbon and glass laminates…

Health & Medicine

New Hope for Hepatitis C Vaccine: Breakthrough Discovery

Hopes for an effective vaccine and treatment against the potentially fatal hepatitis C virus (HCV) have received a major boost following the discovery of two…

Life & Chemistry

Smithsonian Team Unveils New Method for Dating Silk

Now, for the first time, scientists at the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute have developed a fast and reliable method to date silk. This new…

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