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Scientists fabricate a new class of crystalline solid
This image shows the results of scanning X-ray microdiffraction (μSXRD) with submicron spatial resolution. Lauediffraction (a) from an unconstrained Sb2S3 single crystal (top) and...
Next-generation smartphone battery inspired by the gut
Computer visualisation of villi-like battery material.Credit: Teng Zhao
A new prototype of a lithium-sulphur battery -- which could have five times the energy density of...
Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-looking Iron Meteorite
The dark, golf-ball-size object in this composite, colorized view from the ChemCam instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is a nickel-iron meteorite, as confirmed...
Predicting cancer cells’ response to chemotherapy
When cells suffer DNA damage, there are several different pathways that can kick in to help repair it, depending on the type of damage....
James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors Will Piece Together Cosmic Puzzles
Image Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn
The primary mirror of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope consisting of 18 hexagonal mirrors looks like a giant puzzle piece standing...
NASA Completes Webb Telescope Center of Curvature Pre-test
Engineers conduct a white light inspection on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in the clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.Credits:...
New research uncovers pattern in global flu outbreaks
Scripps-led human health study links key environmental driver to flu outbreaks
As cold winter weather approaches, millions of people look for remedies to avoid the...
The pop-up effect: Why buoyant spheres don’t always leap out of the water
A metallic sphere rising through water. Credit: The Splash Lab
It's a common swimming pool game: Force a buoyant ball underwater and let it go....
Mystery of tropical human parasite swimming solved by Stanford researchers
Researchers in the Prakash Lab created a scaled-up robotic swimmer to learn how the parasite that causes schistosomiasis disease swims. (Image credit: Kurt Hickman)
Bioengineers...
First time physicists observed and quantified tiny nanoparticle crossing lipid membrane
Lipid-covered hydrophobic gold nanoparticles cross the membrane. Credit: URV
This discovery may raise concerns about safety of nanomaterials for public health and may suggest to...
Fuel from sewage is the future – and it’s closer than you think
Sludge from Metro Vancouver’s wastewater treatment plant has been dewatered prior to conversion to biocrude oil at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.Courtesy of WE&RF
It may...
