Diamonds that deliver
Water is seen as small red and white molecules on large nanodiamond spheres. The colored tRNA can be seen on the nanodiamond surface.Credit: Michael...
Mars More Earth-like than moon-like
This is a solidified lava flow over the side of a crater rim of Elysium.Credit: NASA HiRISE image, David Susko, LSU
Mars' mantle may be...
Brain imaging headband measures how our minds align when we communicate
Cartoon image of brain 'coupling' during communication. Credit: Drexel University
Great ideas so often get lost in translation—from the math teacher who can't get through...
Materials that emit rainbows
An illustrative summary of the developed organic luminescent material. Credit: Youhei Takeda
Mechanochromic luminescent (MCL) materials change their color in response to a change in...
Dietary prebiotics improve sleep, buffer stress
A new study suggests that lesser-known gut-health promoters called prebiotics - which serve as food for good bacteria inside the gut -- can also...
High levels of chemicals found in indoor cats
A study from Stockholm University has now established what was previously suspected, that the high levels of brominated flame retardants measured in cats are...
Watching birds near your home is good for your mental health
People living in neighbourhoods with more birds, shrubs and trees are less likely to suffer from depression, anxiety and stress. Image credit: Flickr/Peter Miller
People...
The making of music
Music is a tricky topic for evolutionary science: it turns up in many cultures around the world in many different contexts, but no one...
Successful insomnia treatment may require nothing more than a placebo
Insomnia affects between 10 and 35% of the population worldwide. Image credit: Flickr/Mateus Lunardi Dutra
A new study published in Brain indicates that successful treatment...
New tool to map RNA-DNA interactions could help researchers translate gene sequences into functions
Artistic rendering of RNA-DNA interactions. A 3-D structure of tightly coiled DNA is depicted as the body of a dragon in Chinese myth. Interacting...
Researchers use confined nanoparticles to improve hydrogen storage materials performance
Hydrogenation forms a mixture of lithium amide and hydride (light blue) as an outer shell around a lithium nitride particle (dark blue) nanoconfined in...
