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Materials Sciences

Stronger Metals: New Insights from Spaced-Out Nanotwins

In a paper in the journal Science, the researchers show that varying the spacing between twin boundaries, as opposed to maintaining consistent spacing…

Life & Chemistry

Fluorescent Marker Enhances Precision in Brain Tumor Removal

The research was carried out with patients who had suspected glioma, the disease that killed Dame Tessa Jowell, and the most common form of brain cancer….

Life & Chemistry

Nanorobots Navigate the Eye: A Step Forward in Medical Innovation

Researchers of the “Micro, Nano and Molecular Systems” Lab at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, together with an international…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular Toolbox Boosts Bacterial Motility and Infection

Various bacterial pathogens stimulate their hosts to engulf them during infection processes, allowing the bacteria to gain access to the host cell cytoplasm….

Studies and Analyses

Lateral Inhibition: How It Keeps Memories Distinct

When you park in the office car park, you usually have no problem finding your car again at the end of the day. The next day, you might park a few spots…

Health & Medicine

Boost Your Health: The Role of Zinc, Chocolate, Tea, and Coffee

Zinc is a trace mineral we need in order to remain healthy. FAU researchers working together with Prof. Dr. Christian Goldsmith from Auburn University,…

Materials Sciences

Electronic Highways at Nanoscale Boost Computing Efficiency

Computers are getting faster and increasingly powerful. However, at the same time computing requires noticeably more energy, which is almost completely…

Life & Chemistry

Bio-Sprit Aus Dem Container: Nachhaltige Energieinnovation

Mehr als vier Milliarden Tonnen Rohöl werden jedes Jahr gefördert. Strom aus Wind-, Solar- und Wasserkraftwerken reicht nicht aus, um fossile Energieträger zu…

Materials Sciences

Engineers Create Eco-Friendly Conductive Graphene Fabrics

Recently the research article “A method for producing conductive graphene biopolymer nanofibrous fabrics by exploitation of an ionic liquid dispersant in…

Earth Sciences

NASA's CloudSat gets a slice of Typhoon Yutu's eye

CloudSat flew over the eye of Typhoon Yutu on October 28, 2018 at 12:58 a.m. EDT (0458 UTC) as the storm was approaching the Philippines in the Western North…

Physics & Astronomy

High-Resolution MRI Imaging Inspired by Antenna Design

How can you make a high-frequency MRI machine more precise? By taking an electrical engineering approach to creating a better, uniform magnetic field.

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble reveals cosmic Bat Shadow in the Serpent's Tail

The Serpens Nebula, located in the tail of the Serpent (Serpens Cauda) about 1300 light-years away, is a reflection nebula that owes most of its sheen to the…

Health & Medicine

New Biomarker Identified for Common Heart Failure Type

A team led by a Cedars-Sinai physician-scientist has discovered a biomarker–a protein found in the blood–for the most common type of heart failure, a new…

Life & Chemistry

Origin of Rare Bird Species Discovered on Inaccessible Island

By wings or maybe riding on debris, that's how a now-flightless and rare species of tiny birds likely got to Inaccessible Island, an aptly named small island…

Earth Sciences

Micro-Earthquakes: Early Warning Signs Before Istanbul’s 4.2 Quake?

In a new study, led by Peter Malin and Marco Bohnhoff of the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, the authors report on the observation of foreshocks…

Life & Chemistry

Atomic view of nature's amazing molecular machines at work

This method not only simplifies the experiment but accelerates it so much that many snapshots can now be recorded in a single experimental session. These can…

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