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Nanoscale pillars as a building block for future information technology
Researchers from Linköping University and the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden have proposed a new device concept that can efficiently transfer the information...
Even light drinking increases risk of death
Drinking a daily glass of wine for health reasons may not be so healthy after all, suggests a new study from Washington University School...
Stem cells organize themselves into pseudo-embryos
The definitive architecture of the mammalian body is established shortly after implantation of the embryo in the uterus. The antero-posterior, dorso-ventral and medio-lateral axes...
Traces of opiates found in ancient Cypriot vessel
Vessels of this type, known as 'base-ring juglets', have long been thought to have links with opium use because when inverted they resemble the...
Species-rich forests store twice as much carbon as monocultures
Species-rich subtropical forests can take up, on average, twice as much carbon as monocultures. An international research team with the involvement of the University...
First results from Cassini’s final mission phase show protons of extreme energies between the...
Approximately one year ago, a spectacular dive into Saturn ended NASA's Cassini mission—and with it a unique, 13-year research expedition to the Saturnian system....
A new era in the quest for dark matter
Since the 1970s, astronomers and physicists have been gathering evidence for the presence in the universe of dark matter: a mysterious substance that manifests...
Domesticated dogs weren’t man’s only best friend
For centuries dogs and humans have developed close relationships, that in many cases, have solidified each other as family. The close bond between humans...
Gender diversity is linked to research diversity
Maria Filsinger Interrante, Christian Choe, and Zach Rosenthal, aka Team Lyseia, strategize about upcoming experiments to test their new antibiotics. Credit: L.A. Cicero
Women and...
Surprising chemical complexity of Saturn’s rings changing planet’s upper atmosphere
Political humorist Mark Russell once joked, "The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline...
Mechanical engineers develop ways to improve windfarm productivity
You've probably seen them, perhaps on long roadtrips: wind turbines with enormous, hypnotic rolling blades, harnessing the clean power of wind for conversion into...
