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Being near colleagues helps cross-disciplinary research on papers and patents
"If you work near someone, you're more likely to have substantive conversations more frequently," says doctoral student Matthew Claudel.
Credit: Christopher Harting
Want to boost collaboration...
Light at the end of the tunnel: Restored forest now shelters dozens of endangered...
This is a red-bellied monkey with her baby in Drabo, Benin.
Credit: Peter Neuenschwander CC-BY 4.0
During the last twenty years, scientists worked hard to protect...
A stinging report: Climate change a major threat to bumble bees
This is Bombus bifarius, one of the three species of bumble bee studied by the Ogilvie and her team.
Credit: Jane Ogilvie
New research from a...
Free-flowing aerosol particles identified using holograms, lasers
Two overlapping lasers are helping Kansas State University physics researchers create holographic images of free-flowing air particles, which may help climate scientists and biological...
Extreme magnetic storm: Red aurora over Kyoto in 1770
The geometry of the auroral appearance as seen from Kyoto on Sept. 17 1770, is calculated for its reconstruction. Diamonds show the positions of...
Exposure to pet and pest allergens during infancy linked to reduced asthma risk
Baby and cat snuggling and sleeping.
Credit: © aynur_sh / Fotolia
Children exposed to high indoor levels of pet or pest allergens during infancy have a...
Meet the hominin species that gave us genital herpes
This is a cast of a P. boisei skull, used for teaching at Cambridge University
Credit: Louise Walsh
Two herpes simplex viruses infect primates from unknown...
Silicon solves problems for next-generation battery technology
Silicon in lithium-ion batteries shows great promise.
Credit: Timo Ikonen
Silicon -- the second most abundant element in the earth's crust -- shows great promise in...
Taking technology to the next level
The new device is smaller than a thumbnail with a size of 0.1 x 4mm, and could be integrated into everyday electronic devices like...
Vertical axis wind turbines can offer cheaper electricity for urban and suburban areas
This figure illustrates the computer-aided design model for design configuration #13. The turbine blades are assumed to be made of carbon fiber and the...
Mini-kidneys grown in lab reveal renal disease secrets
Kidney organoids grown in the lab and suspended in a lab dish show the formation of cysts (right) in the disease model of polycystic...
