Research demonstrates new approach to study properties of nanodroplets
Researchers have found new methods to measure the internal pressure and surface tension of nano-sized drops of liquid like those involved in cloud formation...
Butterfly wings inspire light-manipulating surface for medical implants
Inspired by tiny nanostructures on transparent butterfly wings, engineers at Caltech have developed a synthetic analogue for eye implants that makes them more effective...
Genes might play unrecognized role in aging, intervention
While aging is familiar to all of us, exactly how it occurs on a molecular basis has been an area of intense study and...
Scientists pinpoint energy flowing through vibrations in superconducting crystals
Manipulating the flow of energy through superconductors could radically transform technology, perhaps leading to applications such as ultra-fast, highly efficient quantum computers. But these...
New carbon-dioxide-adsorbing crystals for biomedical materials that rely on shape-memory effect
Kyoto University scientists are one step closer to designing porous materials that can change and retain their shapes—a function known as shape-memory effect.
Shape-memory materials...
Dinosaurs’ tooth wear sheds light on their predatory lives
Predatory, bird-like theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (100.5-66 million years ago) of Spain and Canada all relied on a puncture-and-pull bite strategy to...
Research team demonstrates terahertz semiconductor laser with record-high output power
The ability to harness light into an intense beam of monochromatic radiation in a laser has revolutionized the way we live and work for...
New technology for measuring brain blood flow with light
Biomedical engineers at the University of California, Davis, have developed a new technique for measuring blood flow in the human brain, which could be...
The shape, not size, of our ancestors’ brains may have helped them outlast Neanderthals
For more than 200,000 years, Neanderthals successfully occupied the cold, dark forests and shores of Europe.
Then early humans came along.
Archaeological evidence suggests that human...
Study reveals how bacteria communicate in groups to avoid antibiotics
In a new study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC), researchers from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Illinois...
New estimates of Mercury’s thin, dense crust
Mercury is small, fast and close to the sun, making the rocky world challenging to visit. Only one probe has ever orbited the planet...
