science
One step closer to reality: Devices that convert heat into electricity
Scanning transmission electron microscope image of a nickel-platinum composite material created at The Ohio State University. At left, the image is overlaid with false-color...
Helping pays off: People who care for others live longer
Older people who help and support others live longer, a new study says. Image credit: Flickr/Michael Wacker Follow
Older people who help and support others...
Researchers publish reference genome of gulf pipefish
The bony armor on the body of this gulf pipefish, raised in the lab of William Cresko at the University of Oregon, is not...
Astrophotography as a gateway to science
An image of the moon was taken with an 8-inch refracting telescope during one of the astrophotography classes. The image is a mosaic of...
Controlling the body clock
This study established an efficient method for conducting gene-rescue experiments in mutant mice. Applying the method to knock in a series of CRY1 mutants...
Here’s why you don’t feel jet-lagged when you run a fever
The area of the brain known as the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is the body's master clock. It uses light to synchronize the body's rhythms...
From outer space to inner eye
Belgian Lambda-X developed the NIMO instrument for inspection of ophthalmic lenses based on technology the company gained from building instruments for ESA’s Mars Trace...
For kids, poverty means psychological deficits as adults
A new study shows that poor kids grow up to have a host of physical problems as adults. Image credit: Flickr/John Christian Fjellestad
A large...
Nanoscale ‘Conversations’ Create Complex, Multi-Layered Structures
Study co-authors Pawel Majewski and Kevin Yager are preparing nanoscale films of self-assembling materials. Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory
New technique leverages controlled interactions across surfaces...
What your choice of smartphone says about you
Image credit: Flickr/Jonas Smith
Android users are more honest than iPhone users say psychologists, in a study published this week which is the first to...
Tracking the flow of quantum information
A Yale-led group of researchers has derived a formula for understanding where quantum objects land when they are transmitted.Credit: Illustration by Michael S. Helfenbein/Yale...
