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Physics & Astronomy

PPPL Shares Insights on Workforce Development at APS Gathering

Included among PPPL staffers were members of the Science Education Department who presented their work focused on workforce development and diversity, and…

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Pneumococcus Evasion of Immune Defenses

Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is a major cause of life-threatening invasive diseases such as pneumonia, septicaemia and meningitis, and is…

Life & Chemistry

New Chip Mimics Blood Vessels in Artificial Tissue Innovation

Cultivating human cells in the Petri dish is not a big challenge today. Producing artificial tissue, however, permeated by fine blood vessels, is a much more…

Science Education

How Early Brain Gene Activation Shapes Adult Learning Potential

During early postnatal development, primary sensory regions of the brain undergo periods of heightened plasticity (critical period), which sculpt neural…

Life & Chemistry

Stealth-Cap Technology Enhances Light-Emitting Nanoparticles

Nanoparticles are tiny structures, typically less than 100 nanometers in size, which is about 500 to 1000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair.

Materials Sciences

Innovative Fabric Powers Wearable Biosensors for Health Monitoring

A major factor holding back development of wearable biosensors for health monitoring is the lack of a lightweight, long-lasting power supply.

Studies and Analyses

Researchers simplify tiny structures' construction drip by drip

The trick comes in controlling the droplets, which form under competing influences like gravity and surface tension. A new study, published Oct. 26 in the…

Physics & Astronomy

Two-Atom Quantum Duet: Advancing Quantum Information Processing

The scientists used the magnetism of single atoms, known as spin, as a basic building block for quantum information processing. The researchers could show that…

Life & Chemistry

In focus: Peptides, the “little brothers and sisters” of proteins

TU Berlin is to act as host university of the new “Bioactive Peptides – Innovative Aspects of Synthesis and Biosynthesis” Research Training Group (RTG2473/1).

Materials Sciences

New Experimental Scheme for Custom Mirror Molecules

Exploring the mystery of the molecular handedness in nature, scientists have proposed a new experimental scheme to create custom-made mirror molecules for…

Health & Medicine

New Flexible Biopatch Enhances Drug Delivery and Observation

Purdue University researchers have developed a new flexible and translucent base for silicon nanoneedle patches to deliver exact doses of biomolecules directly…

Health & Medicine

Exosomes 'swarm' to protect against bacteria inhaled through the nose

Bacteria are present in just about every breath of air we take in. How the airway protects itself from infection from these bacteria has largely remained a…

Materials Sciences

Self-Lubricating Breathing Material Inspired by Earthworms

The scientists recently published their results in the journal Advanced Materials.

Physics & Astronomy

Understanding Solar System Formation From Mauna Kea Insights

The observatory on Mauna Kea in Hawaii is world-famous. Less well-known is the fact that the Hawaiian Islands are home to one of the leading institutes for…

Physics & Astronomy

New Milestone in Atomic Parity Violation Research Unveiled

A reflection always reproduces objects as a complete mirror image, rather than just its individual parts or individual parts in a completely different…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Nano-Scale Process Speeds Development of Cheaper Hi-Tech Products

The process could speed the commercial development of devices, materials and technologies that exploit the physical properties of nanoparticles, which are…

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