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The researchers at Aalto University have made an array of nanoparticles combined with dye molecules to act as a tiny laser. The lasing occurs...

Prof. Alexander Pfeifer from the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Bonn.Credit: Barbara Frommann/Uni Bonn Immune responses prevent conversion into slimming cells Scientists...

Physical activity benefits diabetics and others with insulin resistance. One of the reasons is that a single bout of physical activity increases the effectiveness...

Credit: University of Leeds Holidaymakers concerned about fresh volcanic eruptions causing flight-disrupting ash clouds might be reassured by a study setting out the first reliable...

Levitating a 3cm diameter expanded polysterine sphere with a DIY portable tractor beam. Credit: Asier Marzo Last year Asier Marzo, then a doctoral student at...

This is the first real-life study to provide data on the potential of powering medical implants with solar cells.Credit: Lukas Bereuter The notion of using...

This study concludes that chickens are behaviorally, cognitively and emotionally complex individuals.Credit: Farm Sanctuary Chickens are not as clueless or "bird-brained" as people believe them...

The prototype of an antiferromagnetic magnetoelectric memory chip, which was invented by researchers from Dresden and Basel. It consists of a thin layer of...

Simplified representation of the 2D magnetic phase transition. Credit: Institute for Basic Science PARK Je-Geun, Associate Director at the Center for Correlated Electron Systems and...

Scientists Identify Seven Proteins as Likely Suspects Until it burst onto the scene earlier this year, Zika was an obscure, little-known virus. As a result,...

Researchers examined a fossilized embryo of the dinosaur Hypacrosaurus.Credit: Courtesy of Darla Zelinitsky A human typically gives birth after nine months. An ostrich hatchling emerges...