Lanky models strutting in cotton, linen and silk, making statement for beautiful creations – why not make statement with a ‘pineapple’? Alluring dresses from…
The Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) plans on using laser sintering* to improve the surface of micro-implants, for example for use in the circulatory system…
“My research demonstrates the benefits of combining traditional laboratory experiments with computer-based calculation models to understand and explain how the…
Transitions between different phases of matter are a phenomenon occurring in everyday life. For example water – depending on its temperature – can take the…
“The aim was to investigate whether quantitative measurement methods, in other words sensitive computer-based methods, could be used to detect small changes in…
Using a molecular procedure they developed, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) research leader Charles Bacon, microbiologist Dorothy Hinton, and Edwin…
New research by Rice University scientists suggests that a class of material known as metallacarborane could store hydrogen at or better than benchmarks set by…
“This method makes it possible to clearly differentiate between the five types of tea – something that is often not easy to do by eye alone – by using analysis…
Northwestern University researchers have taken another step towards realizing a new class of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) enzyme mimics, opening the door…
It's also helped clear up why some patients with delayed puberty have no sense of smell, said Dr. Lawrence C. Layman, chief of the MCG Section of Reproductive…
“Our findings provide new insights into the ways such cancer cells develop resistance to and survive treatment,” says Grant, associate director for…
This report comes at a critical time when many municipalities, some with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, are in the process of…
The planet, which is probably 30 percent larger than Earth, was discovered using one of the telescopes of the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea. It orbits a…
The team includes scientists from NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, Oregon State University, the California Seafloor Mapping Program, the U.S….
Our attempts to use solar energy continue to be very ineffective; the true masters of this craft are photosynthetic plants, algae, and bacteria. Science is…
AQUA, an amphibious, otter-like robot, is small and nimble, with flippers rather than propellers, designed for intricate data collection from shipwrecks and…