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Mystery of exploding stars yields to astrophysicists
A visualization of a computer simulation of a Type Ia supernova. Ejected material (brown) from an exploding white dwarf star crashes into its companion...
Anatomy of a cosmic snake reveals structure of distant galaxies
The Cosmic Snake is the image of a distant galaxy, deflected by a strong gravitational lens.
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, A.Cava
We have a fair understanding of...
Gene prompts cells to store fat, fueling obesity
The experimental mouse on the right lacks a gene for ankyrin-B, causing his fat cells to slurp up twice as much glucose and making...
World’s longest sauropod dinosaur trackway brought to light
Dinosaur tracks in Plagne, France (stock image).
Credit: © nmnac01 / Fotolia
In 2009, the world's largest dinosaur tracks were discovered in the French village of...
Autonomously growing synthetic DNA strands
Primer Exchange Reaction (PER) cascades enable the autonomous growth of single-stranded DNAs. On the top, a 'catalytic PER hairpin' binds a first 'primer' (shown...
An abundant and inexpensive water-splitting photocatalyst with low toxicity
Figure 1 from the press release material. Electron microscope imagery of Sn3O4 catalyst. The synthesized material is a collection of microsized (one millionth of...
Controlling electron spin for efficient water splitting
Supramolecular structures select spins only if they are chiral.
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science
Water is made of oxygen and hydrogen, and splitting water molecules to...
Photocatalyst makes hydrogen production 10 times more efficient
SrTiO3 mesocrystal light emission.
Credit: Image courtesy of Kobe University
Hydrogen is an alternative source of energy that can be produced from renewable sources of sunlight...
LEDs light the way for better drug therapies
A blue LED shines on a vial containing heavy water, a pharmaceutical compound, and a light-activated catalyst. The new photocatalytic approach from Princeton's David...
A new way to produce clean hydrogen fuel from water using sunlight
Transmittance electron microscopic image of the composite photocatalyst with two components, black phosphorus (BP) and graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4).
Credit: Osaka University
Hydrogen is the most...
HPV jab means women only need 3 cervical screens in a lifetime, research suggests
Women who have had the HPV vaccine can still be effectively protected from cervical cancer with fewer screens, suggests new research.
Credit: © arcyto /...
