Can a quantum drum vibrate and stand still at the same time?
Researchers have studied how a 'drumstick' made of light could make a microscopic 'drum' vibrate and stand still at the same time.
A team of...
Researchers create a 3D-printed smart gel that walks underwater, moves objects
Rutgers University-New Brunswick engineers have created a 3-D-printed smart gel that walks underwater and grabs objects and moves them.
The watery creation could lead to...
A soft solution to the hard problem of energy storage
It's great in the lab, but will it actually work? That's the million-dollar question perpetually leveled at engineering researchers. For a family of layered...
Self-assembling 3-D battery would charge in seconds
The world is a big place, but it's gotten smaller with the advent of technologies that put people from across the globe in the...
The mystery of lime-green lizard blood
Green blood is one of the most unusual characteristics in the animal kingdom, but it's the hallmark of a group of lizards in New...
Critically endangered South American forests were man made
Critically endangered South American forests thought to be the result of climate change were actually spread by ancient communities, archaeologists have found.
Huge swathes of...
Researchers create a quantum entanglement between two physically separated ultra-cold atomic clouds
Members of the Department of Theoretical Physics and History of Science of the UPV/EHU's Faculty of Science and Technology together with researchers from the...
Researchers develop new chemistry to make smart drugs smarter
A method to activate targeted drugs, or smart drugs, only at the selected site of action, an approach that improves the drug's therapeutic effect...
Metallic drivers of Alzheimer’s disease
X-ray spectromicroscopy at the Scanning X-ray Microscopy beamline (I08), here at Diamond, has been utilised to pinpoint chemically reduced iron and calcium compounds within...
Team makes breakthrough in understanding rare lightning-triggered gamma-rays
In the western Utah desert, the Telescope Array sprawls across an area the size of New York City, waiting for cosmic rays. The facility...
First measurement of subatomic particle’s mechanical property reveals distribution of pressure inside proton
Inside every proton in every atom in the universe is a pressure cooker environment that surpasses the atom-crushing heart of a neutron star. That's...
