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Life & Chemistry

New South American Insect Emits Blue Light Discovery

Brazilian researchers have discovered a new species of fungus gnat (Keroplatidae) whose larvae emit blue light. The small fly inhabits an Atlantic Rainforest…

Materials Sciences

New Impact-Resistant Concrete for Defense Structures Developed

The new concrete is suitable for the construction of military and civil defense structures, load-carrying structures of nuclear power plants, or for buildings…

Life & Chemistry

Visible Light and Nanoparticles Create Bioactive Molecules

Northwestern University chemists have used visible light and extremely tiny nanoparticles to quickly and simply make molecules that are of the same class as…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Researchers Double Sorghum Yields to Boost Food Supply

Sorghum, one of the world's most important sources of food, animal feed, and biofuel, is considered a model crop for research because it has a high tolerance…

Materials Sciences

Simple Recipe for Nanometer-Sized Corundum Production

High temperatures and pressures, processes lasting for even dozens of days. Current methods of producing nanometer-sized alumina, a material of significant…

Life & Chemistry

Tungsten Suboxide Enhances Platinum Efficiency in Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen has been touted as a promising alternative to fossil fuels. However, most of the conventional industrial hydrogen production methods come with…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Captures Unique Galaxy Collision in Stunning Detail

Although galaxy collisions are common — especially in the early universe — most are not head-on impacts like the collision that likely created this…

Life & Chemistry

Blood Test Predicts Prognosis in Deadly Brain Cancer

A blood test that measures the amount of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the bloodstream – called a liquid biopsy – correlates with how patients will progress after…

Information Technology

AI Unveils RNA-Protein Interactions with NucleicNet

The software, called NucleicNet, outperforms other algorithmic models of its kind and provides additional biological insights that could aid in drug design and…

Event News

Smart lasers open up new applications and are the “tool of choice” in digitalization

Laser is the “tool of choice” for industry 4.0

Studies and Analyses

Horses Learn From Humans: Insights From University Study

Two students at Nürtingen-Geislingen University studied learning techniques applied by horses for learning how to open a feed box after observing humans doing…

Life & Chemistry

Parasite Influences Algal Metabolism for Survival Benefits

Microalgae can form massive assemblages in oceans, attracting many opportunistic organisms; these are capable of eliminating the entire algal population within…

Materials Sciences

Lower-Cost Infrared Plastic Lenses Through Computational Chemistry

Five years ago, when University of Arizona materials scientist Jeffrey Pyun presented his first generation of orange-tinted plastic lens to optical scientist…

Life & Chemistry

New Drug Class Emerges for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

During their search for new therapeutic options for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), a team of researchers at Vetmeduni Vienna have discovered a new…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Pediatric Leukemia: Why It Affects Children

Over recent decades, research into pediatric cancer has intensified and treatments have improved, but the prognosis remains particularly unfavorable for young…

Life & Chemistry

New Method Detects Aggressive Breast Cancer Early

When a tumor starts to grow in the body, it usually does not go unnoticed by the immune system: Macrophages, a certain form of the body's own defense troops,…

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