Universal principles of phase transitions confirmed
An optical lattice lines up gaseous cesium atoms. As the lattice is shaken, the atoms are driven across a ferromagnetic phase transition.Credit: Logan W....
Positive School Climates Can Narrow Achievement Gaps
Comprehensive Research Review Confirms Positive School Climates Can Narrow Achievement Gaps. Image Credit: Flickr/lupuca
Positive school climates contribute to academic achievement and can improve...
‘Bots’ step up for 2016 election news coverage
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If you're reading about the US election, some of that news is likely to come to you from a "bot."
Automated...
Nanostructures made of pure gold
Nanostructure made of gold. Credit: Vienna University of Technology
It is the philosopher's stone of nanotechnology: Using a technological trick, scientists at TU Wien have...
Hubble Takes Flight with the Toucan and the Cluster
NGC 299 is an open star cluster located within the Small Magellanic Cloud just under 200,000 light-years away. Open clusters such as this are...
Detour via gravitational lens makes distant galaxy visible
Photons are emitted from a galaxy QSO B0218+357 in the direction of the Earth. Due to the gravitational effect of the intervening galaxy B0218+357G...
Tsunami of stars and gas produces dazzling eye-shaped feature in galaxy
Dazzling eyelid-like features bursting with stars in galaxy IC 2163 formed from a tsunami of stars and gas triggered by a glancing collision with...
Insulin resistance reversed by removal of protein
By removing the protein galectin-3 (Gal3), a team of investigators led by University of California School of Medicine researchers were able to reverse diabetic...
Light drives single-molecule nanoroadsters
A scanning tunneling microscope image shows two three-wheeled nanoroadsters created at Rice University and tested at the University of Graz. The light-activated roadsters, next...
Herbivorous mammals have bigger bellies
3-D animations of animals from the early ages until today. Credit: UZH
As an international study conducted by the University of Zurich based on 3-D...
Scientists find key protein for spinal cord repair
Adult zebrafish can regenerate their spinal cords after an injury. Supporting glial cells (shown in red) are first to bridge the gap between the...
