Physicists uncover clues to mechanism behind magnetic reconnection
Current sheets and plasmoids are formed during the simulation of a process called coaxial helicity injection, which could produce effective startup current-drive in spherical...
New metamaterial can switch from hard to soft—and back again
Topological transitions of a deformed kagome lattice by uniform soft twisting. Credit: Nature Communications (2017). DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14201
When a material is made, you typically cannot...
Breaking the optical bandwidth record of stable pulsed lasers
Narrow-bandwidth pulses, produced by a new scheme using a microring resonator, are characterized with a beating technique. Credit: Ultrafast Optical Processing Group, INRS-EMT
The Ultrafast...
New sensors can detect single protein molecules
MIT chemical engineers have developed arrays of carbon nanotube sensors that can detect single protein molecules as they are secreted from cells.Credit: Massachusetts Institute...
Nicotine normalizes brain activity deficits that are key to schizophrenia
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and other brain imaging technologies allow for the study of differences in brain activity in people diagnosed with schizophrenia....
NOAA’s GOES-16 Satellite Sends First Images to Earth
This composite color full-disk visible image of the Western Hemisphere was captured from NOAA GOES-16 satellite at 1:07 pm EST on Jan. 15, 2017...
Online media use shows strong genetic influence
Online media use such as social networking and gaming could be strongly influenced by our genes, according to a new study. Image Credit: Flickr/ebayink
Online...
Spanish scientists create a 3-D bioprinter to print human skin
Prototype for a 3-D bioprinter that can create totally functional human skin. Credit: UC3M
Scientists from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), CIEMAT (Center...
We need to talk about school start times
Later start times could help Canadian teens’ grades and health, research indicates.Credit: Image courtesy of McGill University
Later start times could help Canadian teens' grades...
New ancient otter species among largest ever found
Siamogale melilutra had a large, powerful jaw with the enlarged, bunodont (rounded-cusped) teeth typical of many otter lineages. This raises the question of whether...
World still ‘grossly underprepared’ for infectious disease outbreaks
The world remains "grossly underprepared" for outbreaks of infectious disease, which are likely to become more frequent in the coming decades, warn a team...
