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Life & Chemistry

Seeing the world of nanotechnology from a single-molecule perspective

Observing the structure of collapsing unstable atomic nuclei using electrons is an experimental goal that has not been achieved anywhere in the world. Masanori…

Physics & Astronomy

Are All Stellar Explosions Created Equal? Exploring the Cosmos

Cosmic distances are difficult to grasp and no less difficult to measure. When it comes to other galaxies or even remote parts of our own Milky Way, distance…

Materials Sciences

Nanowires in Harmony: Enhancing Performance and Stability

Growing up is not easy, especially for tiny nanowires: With no support or guidance, nanowires become unruly, making it difficult to harness their full…

Power and Electrical Engineering

An “Eye” that Measures Liquid Steel Temperatures

That’s why Siemens has developed a system called Simetal RCB Temp, which consists of an optical sensor that can determine the temperature of the molten metal…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Sinorix H2O Jet: Low-Pressure Water Mist Fire Solution

Sinorix H2O Jet is meant for industrial environments, including turbines, painting lines, or production equipment. Special nozzles generate a fine mist of tiny…

Life & Chemistry

Treatment with vitamin C dissolves toxic protein aggregates in Alzheimer’s disease

The brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease contain lumps of so-called amyloid plaques which consist of misfolded protein aggregates. They cause nerve cell…

Earth Sciences

Greenland Glacier Melting Faster Than Anticipated, Study Reveals

Dr Hanna, from the University of Sheffield's Department of Geography, was part of a team of researchers that also included Dr Sebastian Mernild from the Los…

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Earth Sciences

NASA Confirms Hurricane Greg, Tropical Storm Fernanda Update

Greg grew into a hurricane today is it continues moving near the western coast of Mexico, while Fernanda has maintained tropical storm strength.The…

Health & Medicine

Lung Function Declines in Children with Severe Pectus Excavatum

“These results confirm what we have observed anecdotally, that children with more severe pectus excavatum report more incidents of shortness of breath and a…

Life & Chemistry

Biologists' discovery may force revision of biology textbooks

According to the textbooks, chromatin, the natural state of DNA in the cell, is made up of nucleosomes. And nucleosomes are the basic repeating unit of…

Health & Medicine

Boosting Immune Memory to Combat Chronic Infections

But chronic infections such as those caused by viruses like HIV and hepatitis C are different. If the immune system can't clear the infection out of the body…

Studies and Analyses

Four-Year-Olds Show Insight Beyond Being Right

A new study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that when…

Materials Sciences

Innovative Inks, Paints, and Coatings: A New Era Emerges

If you've ever spilled a drop of coffee on a surface, you might have noticed the curious way the color concentrates at the edges when the coffee dries. This is…

Life & Chemistry

Bacteria from Dog Feces Detected in Urban Air, CU-Boulder Study

The CU-Boulder study showed that of the four Midwestern cities in the experiment, two cities had significant quantities of fecal bacteria in the atmosphere –…

Life & Chemistry

Fishing games gone wrong – Trial-and-error behind important cause of female infertility

The unexpected degree of trial-and-error involved in this process could explain why errors in the number of chromosomes in the egg cell are the leading cause…

Studies and Analyses

Color-Changing Stress Sensor Developed by Penn Scientists

Now, thanks to a clever bit of molecular design by University of Pennsylvania and Duke University bioengineers and chemists, such warning can come in the form…

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