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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
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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...
Diamond’s 2-billion-year growth charts tectonic shift in early Earth’s carbon cycle
Gem quality diamond from Letlhakane, containing multiple orange garnets.Credit: M. Gress, VU Amsterdam
A study of tiny mineral 'inclusions' within diamonds from Botswana has shown...
Study provides clues to relationship between schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis
An in-depth computational analysis of genetic variants implicated in both schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh points to eight...
Researchers use holography to improve nanophotonic circuits
A photonic crystal chip is illuminated with violet laser light that is patterned by a spatial light modulator. The patterned laser light effectively cancels...
