Electronic map reveals ‘rules of the road’ in superconductor
Using a clever technique that causes unruly crystals of iron selenide to snap into alignment, Rice University physicists have drawn a detailed map that...
Gamma-ray laser moves a step closer to reality
A physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has performed calculations showing hollow spherical bubbles filled with a gas of positronium atoms are stable...
Ancient worm reveals way to destroy toxic cells in Huntington’s disease
Insights from their study may provide a novel therapeutic approach for diseases such as Huntington's and Parkinson's.
Associate Professor Roger Pocock, from the Monash Biomedicine...
SGI-DNA Launches Gibson Assembly® RapidAMP™ Technology for its BioXp™ Gene Builder
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The technology allows for mammalian transfection-ready DNA
constructs to be synthesized, assembled into custom vectors, and amplified in a
single...
Experiment closes critical gap in weather forecasting
Scientists working on the next frontier of weather forecasting are hoping that weather conditions 3-to-4 weeks out will soon be as readily available as...
Team finds link between vitamin A and brain response in Monarch butterflies
Biologists at Texas A&M University are making strides in understanding biological clock function in several model organisms and translating these studies into broader implications...
How saving the ozone layer in 1987 slowed global warming
The Montreal Protocol, an international agreement signed in 1987 to stop chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) destroying the ozone layer, now appears to be the first international...
Dial-a-frog: Researchers develop the ‘FrogPhone’ to remotely call frogs in the wild
Researchers have developed the 'FrogPhone', a novel device which allows scientists to call up a frog survey site and monitor them in the wild....
Reduced soil tilling helps both soils and yields
Agriculture degrades over 24 million acres of fertile soil every year, raising concerns about meeting the rising global demand for food. But a simple...
Has physics ever been deterministic?
Researchers from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the University of Geneva, have proposed a new interpretation of classical physics...
Breakthrough in battle against invasive plants
Plants that can "bounce back" after disturbances like plowing, flooding or drought are the most likely to be "invasive" if they're moved to new...
