Swansea University scientists working at CERN have again made a landmark finding, taking them one step closer to answering the question of why matter exists…
Hybrid materials are those that combine components of differing origins (organic and inorganic) in order to obtain materials different from conventional ones…
Investigators at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new sensor array-based…
Filtering information for search engines, acting as an opponent during a board game or recognizing images: Artificial intelligence has far outpaced human…
What, exactly, happens right around the edge of the crack, in the area in which those large stresses are concentrated? Prof. Eran Bouchbinder of the Weizmann…
When hemoglobin undergoes just one mutation, these protein complexes stick to one another, stacking like Lego blocks to form long, stiff filaments. These…
Using a new algorithm to enhance observations from the Kepler Space Telescope in its K2 Mission, the team has performed the most detailed study yet of the…
On 22 February 2017 astronomers announced the discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, 40 light-years away [1]….
The personality of a researcher can play an important part in his or her decision to share research data. This is the result of a national, interdisciplinary…
The discovery of boron on Mars gives scientists more clues about whether life could have ever existed on the planet, according to a paper published today in…
No energy transition without catalysts: On their own, the chemical processes necessary in order to manufacture hydrogen gas using electricity, to convert the…
Not only would improved predictive models help scientists better model how evolution works, but also they could aid in efforts to prevent infectious diseases….
Researchers from the Development and Growth Control Laboratory at IRB Barcelona have identified the cell types and molecular mechanism responsible for the…
Cell Press has just released the first issue of Joule, a new journal dedicated to sustainable energy research. In this issue James Birrell, Olaf Rüdiger,…
The microscopic mechanism proposed by the researchers differs significantly from the usual half-metal model based on a strong electron-electron interaction….
To fly safely, drones need to know their precise position and orientation in space at all times. While commercial drones solve this problem using GPS, this…
Fraunhofer ILT from Aachen relies on a clever combination of robotics and a laser scanner with new optics as well as process monitoring, which it has developed…
Drastic advances in research of artificial intelligence have led to a wide range of fascinating developments in this area over the last decade. Autonomously…
Despite high-profile demonstrations, promises have fallen short, and start-ups have revised business models to include production of specialty lipids, such as…
The microcomputer processors found inside every computer, mobile phone and microwave comprise mind-bogglingly complex networks of millions or billions of…