Markarian 1018: Starvation diet for black hole dims brilliant galaxy
Credit X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Sydney/R.McElroy et al, Optical: ESO/CARS Survey
Astronomers may have solved the mystery of the peculiar volatile behavior of a supermassive black...
Remote sensing data reveals hundreds more species at risk of extinction
The purplish-mantled tanager is classified as near-threatened by IUCN, but a new study suggests it should be in the vulnerable category due to forest...
Researchers restore leg movement in primates using wireless neural interface
The brain-spine interface uses a brain implant like this one to detect spiking activity in the brain's motor cortex. Seen here, a microelectrode array...
Study Links Shorter Sleep and Sugar-Sweetened Drink Consumption
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People who sleep five or fewer hours a night are likely to also drink significantly more sugary caffeinated drinks, such as sodas...
Physicists build diagnostic that measures plasma velocity in real time
Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have developed a diagnostic that provides crucial real-time information about the...
Lab-grown mini lungs successfully transplanted into mice
Researchers at the University of Michigan have transplanted lab-grown mini lungs into immunosuppressed mice where the structures were able to survive, grow and mature.
"In...
The thinnest photodetector in the world
(top) Devices with one-layer and seven-layer MoS2 were built on top of a silicon base and compared. Dielectric constants responsible for the difference in...
Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals to be made of recycled metals
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The medals to be distributed to athletes at 2020 Tokyo Olympic will be made from recycled and obsolete electronic products, organizers announced...
Nano-scale electronics score laboratory victory
At just one atom thick, tungsten disulfide allows energy to switch off and on -- important for nano-scale electronic transistors -- but it also...
Computers made of genetic material? Researchers conduct electricity using DNA-based nanowires
Scientists at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf conducted electricity through DNA-based nanowires by placing gold-plated nanoparticles on them. In this way it could become possible to develop...
Scientists probe underground depths of Earth’s carbon cycle
Carbon in the fluid of the Earth’s mantle is not in the form of carbon dioxide but rather in carbonate and bicarbonate ions, researchers...
