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Synthesizing a five-membered ring nitrogen compound
LLNL scientists synthesized a long sought-after five-ring nitrogen compound under pressure starting from a mixture of cesium azide (CsN3) and molecular nitrogen. Credit: Adam...
How bacteria survive antibiotic treatment
Multiresistant bacteria Scientists around the world are working hard to win the battle against multi-resistant bacteria. A new publication from the BASP Centre, University...
Laser pulses help scientists tease apart complex electron interactions
Microscopic image of one of the bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide samples the scientists studied using a new high-speed imaging technique. Color changes show...
Sunlight offers surprise benefit — it energizes infection fighting T cells
Credit: Georgetown University
Sunlight allows us to make vitamin D, credited with healthier living, but a surprise research finding could reveal another powerful benefit of...
Researchers analyze 125 compounds from oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico to determine...
Surface burning of oil slicks during the Deepwater Horizon event. Credit: David Valentine
The oil discharged into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion and...
Study helps prove galaxy evolution theory
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), as captured in phenomenal panorama from 5,000 meters at Chilean Altiplano -- the highlands of the Andes Mountains....
Alzheimer’s advance: early stage study in mice show new drugs that restore memory loss...
Picture of nerve cells dying in the brain of prion-diseased mice. The nerves are stained pink and can be seen dying in the CA1...
Mimicking biological movements with soft robots
Harvard researchers used mathematical modeling to optimize the design of an actuator to perform biologically inspired motions. Credit: Harvard SEAS
Designing a soft robot to...
First use of graphene to detect cancer cells
Normal and cancerous brain cells interfaced with graphene show different activity levels under Raman imaging.Image Credit:UIC/Vikas Berry
What can't graphene do? You can scratch "detect...
New prehistoric bird species discovered
This is an artist's rendering of Tingmiatornis arctica, the new prehistoric bird species discovered by scientists at the University of Rochester.Credit: Artist rendering by...
The case of the missing diamonds
Artist’s conception of comet approaching Earth-like planet. The explosion of a comet near our planet’s surface, it was proposed, might have lofted enough dust...
