Discovery could lead to jet engines that run hotter—and cleaner
Credit: The Ohio State University
Researchers here have made a discovery in materials science that sounds like something from the old Saturday morning cartoon Super...
Developing ‘Green’ Electronics
An artist's rendition of Geobacter expressing electrically conductive nanowires. Microbiologists at UMass Amherst have discovered a new type of natural wire produced by bacteria...
Depression as hard on the heart as obesity and cholesterol
Risk of a fatal cardiovascular disease due to depression is almost as great as that due to elevated cholesterol levels or obesity. Image credit:Flickr/HAMZA...
Why scientists should research emojis and emoticons :-P
An example of the communicative power of emojis in reducing ambiguity in eritten discourse. Credit: Trends in Cognitive Sciences
More than 90% of online populations...
A natural compound can block the formation of toxins associated with Parkinson’s disease
Neurons derived from human neural stem cells. Credit: Wellcome images
A naturally-occurring compound has been found to block a molecular process thought to underlie Parkinson's...
Want to Ace an Exam? Tell a Friend What You Learned
Telling someone else about what you've learned is a really effective way for students to study instead of just re-reading the textbook or class...
Laser-driving of semimetals allows creating novel quasiparticle states
Dancing Weyl cones: When excited by tailored laser pulses (white spiral), the cones in a Dirac fermion material dance on a path (8-shape) that...
Every meal triggers inflammation
Image Credit: Flickr/stu_spivack
When we eat, we do not just take in nutrients – we also consume a significant quantity of bacteria. The body is...
First-ever X-ray image capture of material defect process
Argonne researchers are the first to capture the formation of nanomaterial defects in near-real time. Their work will help other researchers model the behavior...
Flexible ferroelectrics bring two material worlds together
A scanning electron microscopy image of flexible haloimidazole crystals, which were found to show both ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties. (Image by Seungbum Hong/Argonne National...
Fossils found reveal unseen ‘footprint’ maker
Trilobite species: An illustration of a trilobite (a different species than the recent find). Credit: University of Adelaide
Fossils found in Morocco from the long-extinct...
