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Zebrafish Embryo: Transforming from Cells to Liquid States

Zebrafish aren’t just surrounded by liquid, but turn liquid – in part – during their development. As the zebrafish embryo develops from a ball of cells to a…

Life & Chemistry

Advancements in Super-Resolution Microscopy for Deeper Imaging

Immersing deeper and deeper into cells with the microscope. Imaging the nucleus and other structures more and more accurately. Getting the most detailed views…

Physics & Astronomy

Electrons Navigate Phase Changes at Zebra Crossings

Since high school we know that matter appears in three different phases (solid, liquid, gas); yet the microscopic details about the transformation from one…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Electric Heating: A Smart Solution to Cut CO2 Emissions

The dependence of renewable energy generation on the time of day and the seasons is one of the biggest challenges for the transition to a sustainable energy…

Life & Chemistry

Neural Networks Communicate: Insights into Brain Architecture

The brain is organized into a network of specialized networks of nerve cells. For such a brain architecture to function, these specialized networks – each…

Life & Chemistry

Neurons Navigate Early Brain Development Like Trains on Rails

In their study, the researchers examined the brain development of mouse embryos. They concentrated on a pool of neuronal precursor cells that develops in the…

Earth Sciences

Exploring Environmental Changes in the Current Basin Trends

The results, published in the current issue of Scientific Reports, are the first to tackle the potential environmental changes that the overall basin could…

Life & Chemistry

New RNA Sequencing Strategy Reveals Gut Microbiome Insights

Researchers from the University of Chicago have developed a high-throughput RNA sequencing strategy to study the activity of the gut microbiome.

Architecture & Construction

Long-Term Soil Quality: Innovations for Sustainable Agriculture

By virtue of its properties, soil fulfils a wide variety of functions. Its value to society – in agriculture and forestry, drinking water production,…

Physics & Astronomy

Storing Data in Molecules: A New Frontier in Tech

Around the world, researchers are attempting to shrink data storage devices to achieve as large a storage capacity in as small a space as possible. In almost…

Physics & Astronomy

Formed to Meet Customers’ Needs – New Laser Beams for Glass Processing

The smartphone displays raised the question of how round shapes in tempered glass can be separated, both quickly and easily. The question has significantly…

Physics & Astronomy

Tangled Magnetic Fields Boost Cosmic Particle Accelerators

Magnetic field lines tangled like spaghetti in a bowl might be behind the most powerful particle accelerators in the universe. That's the result of a new…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Memory Chip Technology Saves Power and Boosts Speed

Millions of new memory cells could be part of a computer chip and provide that speed and energy savings, thanks to the discovery of a previously unobserved…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Discovers Fast Evaporating Exoplanet Near Missing Worlds

In fact, most of the known Neptune-sized exoplanets are merely “warm,” because they orbit farther away from their star than those in the region where…

Health & Medicine

Collagen Nanofibrils Strengthen in Mammals Through Exercise

Because one collagen fibril is about one millionth in size of the cross-section of a human hair, studying it requires equally small equipment. The group in the…

Life & Chemistry

Mass Spectrometry Uncovers Clues in Thallium Poisoning Case

In 1994, Chinese university student Zhu Ling began experiencing stomach pain, hair loss and partial paralysis. By the time doctors diagnosed Ling with thallium…

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