Asymmetric plasmonic antennas deliver femtosecond pulses for fast optoelectronics
A team headed by the TUM physicists Alexander Holleitner and Reinhard Kienberger has succeeded for the first time in generating ultrashort electric pulses on...
Study provides insight into the physics of the Higgs particle
Physicists at the University of Bonn have succeeded in putting a superconducting gas into an exotic state. Their experiments allow new insights into the...
New nerve gas detector built with legos and a smartphone
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have designed a way to sense dangerous chemicals using, in part, a simple rig consisting of...
Scientists find evidence of complex organic molecules from Enceladus
Using mass spectrometry data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, scientists found that large, carbon-rich organic molecules are ejected from cracks in the icy surface of...
Scientists find a link between cancer and aging inside our cells
Scientists at Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina have found that human lung cancer cells resist dying by controlling parts...
Researchers develop synthetic T cells that mimic form, function of human version
UCLA researchers have developed synthetic T lymphocytes, or T cells, that are near-perfect facsimiles of human T cells.
The ability to create the artificial cells...
Physicists set limits on size of neutron stars
How large is a neutron star? Previous estimates varied from eight to 16 kilometres. Astrophysicists at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the FIAS have...
Cranium of a four-million-year-old hominin shows similarities to that of modern humans
A cranium of a four-million-year-old fossil, that, in 1995 was described as the oldest evidence of human evolution in South Africa, has shown similarities...
‘Electrogeochemistry’ captures carbon, produces fuel, offsets ocean acidification
An international team of researchers, led by Harvard University, have developed a dynamic surface with reconfigurable topography that can sculpt and re-sculpt microscale to...
Lynxes in danger
For some years now larger wild animals such as lynxes, wolves, and bears have been spreading out across Europe as existing populations grow and...
New mechanism for the plant hormone auxin discovered
Auxin is a hormone that is essential for the development of plants as it controls a wide range of processes from shaping the embryo...