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Scientists mix the unmixable to create ‘shocking’ nanoparticles
Making a giant leap in the 'tiny' field of nanoscience, a multi-institutional team of researchers is the first to create nanoscale particles composed of...
Archaeologist discovers Cornish barrow site
An Archaeologist at The Australian National University (ANU) has discovered a prehistoric Bronze-Age barrow, or burial mound, on a hill in Cornwall and is...
Scientists develop sugar-coated nanosheets to selectively target pathogens
Researchers have developed a process for creating ultrathin, self-assembling sheets of synthetic materials that can function like designer flypaper in selectively binding with viruses,...
Study reveals startling new evidence of effects of climate change in the Arctic
New research led by U of T Mississauga geographer Igor Lehnherr provides startling evidence that remote areas in Canada's Arctic region—once thought to be...
Strings of electron-carrying proteins may hold the secret to ‘electric bacteria’
Could a unique bacterium be nature's microscopic power plant?
Scientist Moh El-Naggar and his team think it's possible. They work with the Shewanella oneidensis species...
Newfound ‘organ’ had been missed by standard method for visualizing anatomy
Researchers have identified a previously unknown feature of human anatomy with implications for the function of all organs, most tissues and the mechanisms of...
A paperlike LCD — thin, flexible, tough and cheap
Optoelectronic engineers in China and Hong Kong have manufactured a special type of liquid crystal display (LCD) that is paper-thin, flexible, light and tough....
West Greenland Ice Sheet melting at the fastest rate in centuries
The West Greenland Ice Sheet melted at a dramatically higher rate over the last twenty years than at any other time in the modern...
Photosynthesis uses vibrations as ‘traffic signals’
Researchers have discovered a new role for protein vibrations in controlling the transformation of sunshine into useful energy. The study illuminates a mechanism that...
Latest nanowire experiment boosts confidence in Majorana sighting
In the latest experiment of its kind, researchers have captured the most compelling evidence to date that unusual particles lurk inside a special kind...
Decade of fossil collecting gives new perspective on Triassic period, emergence of dinosaurs
After a great mass extinction shook the world about 252 million years ago, animal life outside of the ocean began to take hold. The...
