World’s First Slide-Style Vein Authentication Technology Based on Palm Veins
How the new technology is used, and how it processes information. Credit: Fujitsu
Fujitsu Laboratories has announced development of the world's first slide-style palm vein...
Researchers announce master plan for better science
An international team of experts has produced a "manifesto" setting forth steps to improve the quality of scientific research.
"There is a way to perform...
Zeroing in on the true nature of fluids within nanocapillaries
Left: The experimental result (neutron Bragg reflection) in perfect agreement with theoretical predictions (red line) that demonstrated the core-shell structure formed by a binary...
Short-lived greenhouse gases cause centuries of sea-level rise
Researchers report that warming from short-lived compounds -- greenhouse gases such as methane, chlorofluorocarbons, or hydrofluorocarbons, that linger in the atmosphere for just a...
Semiconductor eyed for next-generation ‘power electronics’
The schematic at left shows the design for an experimental transistor made of a semiconductor called beta gallium oxide, which could bring new ultra-efficient...
Cultural differences may leave their mark on DNA
A UC San Francisco-led study has identified signatures of ethnicity in the genome that appear to reflect an ethnic group's shared culture and environment,...
Effect of methane on climate change could be 25% greater than we thought
Image Credit: Flickr/barnyz
Methane emissions caused by human activity may have a bigger impact on global warming than previously thought, scientists have found.
Research led by...
‘Goldilocks’ drug prevents chronic kidney disease in primates
This image shows a cross section of a kidney. Credit: Holly Fischer/Wikipedia
Cells in any organ will die if their blood supply is cut off...
Retroviruses ‘almost half a billion years old’
Phylogeny of Retroviruses; genera that include endogenous genomes are marked with an asterisk.Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0
Retroviruses - the family of viruses that includes HIV...
A possible solution to a long-standing riddle in materials science
Illustration of the polar directions in relaxor-ferroelectric solid solutions where a small amount of polar nanoregions embedded in a long-range ferroelectric domain leads to...
How a moon slows the decay of Pluto’s atmosphere
Charon, a moon of Pluto. When Charon is positioned between the sun and Pluto, Georgia Tech research indicates that the moon can significantly reduce...
