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Physics & Astronomy

Tiny Lensless Endoscope Captures 3D Images of Micro Objects

Researchers have developed a new self-calibrating endoscope that produces 3D images of objects smaller than a single cell. Without a lens or any optical,…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Redundancy Boosts Bacterial Competition in Squid Symbiosis

A paper describing the research, which provides insight into the molecular mechanisms of competition among bacteria in a microbiome, appears online in the Journal of Bacteriology…

Life & Chemistry

DBFZ Project Enhances Value Chain With Insect Biomass

The research project “Competitive Insect Products (CIP)” of the DBFZ and Hermetia Baruth GmbH, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF),…

Life & Chemistry

Stem-Cell Insights: Stomach Lining Renewal Explained

The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is an organ system that takes in food, extracts nutrients and removes waste. The GI lining suffers much abuse from the abrasive…

Environmental Conservation

Ocean Rescue Plan: Urgent Action Needed to Combat Change

“There is an urgent need for action, because there are signs that the ocean is changing at a faster pace than even recent models predicted,” says Thiele, one…

Materials Sciences

New 3D interconnection technology for future wearable bioelectronics

It seems the days are gone when just tossing a smart watch on your wrist makes you look cool. The wearable biotech industry has recently revealed its…

Power and Electrical Engineering

A miniature stretchable pump for the next generation of soft robots

Most soft robots are actuated by rigid, noisy pumps that push fluids into the machines' moving parts. Because they are connected to these bulky pumps by tubes,…

Materials Sciences

Rewriting the periodic table at high pressure

The study maps how both the electronegativity and the electron configuration of elements change under pressure. These findings offer materials researchers an…

Physics & Astronomy

How many Earth-like planets are around sun-like stars?

Thousands of planets have been discovered by NASA's Kepler space telescope. Kepler, which was launched in 2009 and retired by NASA in 2018 when it exhausted…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists find powerful potential weapon to overcome antibiotic resistance

Staphylococcus aureus bacteria are a major cause of serious infections that often persist despite antibiotic treatment, but scientists at the UNC School of…

Life & Chemistry

Scars: gone with the foam

A scar on the elbow that is strained with every movement, or a foot, on which a wound simply does not want to close – poorly healing injuries are a common…

Life & Chemistry

Stressed plants must have iron under control

Unlike animals, plants cannot move and tap into new resources when there is a scarcity or lack of nutrients. Instead, they have to adapt to the given…

Earth Sciences

New insight into glaciers regulating global silicon cycling

This, say the researchers, could have implications for marine primary productivity and impact the carbon cycle on the timescales of ice ages.

Physics & Astronomy

Virtual 'universe machine' sheds light on galaxy evolution

Observing real galaxies in space can only provide snapshots in time, so researchers who want to study how galaxies evolve over billions of years have to revert…

Studies and Analyses

Fracking prompts global spike in atmospheric methane

The research suggests that this methane has less carbon-13 relative to carbon-12 (denoting the weight of the carbon atom at the centre of the methane molecule)…

Life & Chemistry

Rapid evolution: New findings on its molecular mechanisms

The mechanisms by which new species arise are still not fully understood. What are the evolutionary processes that drive the evolution of new species?…

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