Even in the Middle Ages, gold particles were used to create vibrant red and blue colours, for example to illustrate biblical scenes in stained glass windows….
Bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) is an infectious animal disease with significant health consequences and global economic impact.
The scientists of the innovation network GROTESK want to 3D print optics and optomechanical components made of different materials, such as glass, polymers and…
Electrical engineers in the accelerator physics group at TU Darmstadt have developed a design for a laser-driven electron accelerator so small it could be…
A general concept in biology is that cells use two different systems to transport substances across their membrane: selective pores, which allow passive transport driven by a concentration gradient, and active transport complexes, which use energy to transport substances against a gradient. Now scientists from the University of Groningen, together with colleagues from Germany and Spain, have described a system that combines a pore and a transporter to import potassium ions into cells against an extreme concentration gradient. The results…
In recent years, invisibility has become an area of increasing research interest due to advances in materials engineering.
New generations of these devices are being made that manipulate molecules or work with smaller concentrations of molecules, for example detecting rare cancer…
Inspired by Actinia, a sea organism that ensnares its prey with its tentacles, a team of researchers has developed a method for efficiently treating water.
Crescent-shaped dunes called barchans are structures that appear in a wide variety of environments, including beaches and deserts, riverbeds and the seafloor,…
Materials scientists at Duke University and UC San Diego have discovered a new class of carbides expected to be among the hardest materials with the highest…
In a paper published in Nature Communications this week, researchers documented extensive diversity in the microbial communities living in the extremely hot,…
Frogs' capture their prey with the sticky mucus covering their tongues, but this mucus isn't inherently adhesive. Frog mucus is thought to be…
Wildfires, like those currently in California, have a large environmental impact. Uncontrolled blazes can burn tens of thousands of acres, destroy vegetation…
The deep-sea is a vast, still little studied area where ecological processes are slow due to low temperatures, darkness and limited food supply. The ecosystem…
Using a hair-thin optical fibre, the researchers can look into deep brain areas of a living mouse as if through a keyhole. Recently introduced methods for…
In a recent publication, Dr. Bin Wang from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Professors…
Feedback
