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New kind of supercapacitor made without carbon

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To demonstrate the supercapacitor's ability to store power, the researchers modified an off-the-shelf hand-crank flashlight (the red parts at each side) by cutting it...

Facebook launches intra-office ‘Workplace’ network

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Social network giant Facebook on Monday launched new global product Workplace, a platform that it hopes will replace intranet, mailbox and other internal communication...

Human-caused climate change has doubled western US forest fire area

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Credit: Mike Daniels A new study says that human-induced climate change has doubled the area affected by forest fires in the U.S. West over the...

First human clinical trial for nicotinamide riboside

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Vitamin safely boosts levels of important cell metabolite linked to multiple health benefits In the first controlled clinical trial of nicotinamide riboside (NR), a newly...

Mars-bound astronauts face chronic dementia risk from galactic cosmic ray exposure

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Will astronauts traveling to Mars remember much of it? That's the question concerning University of California, Irvine scientists probing a phenomenon called "space brain." UCI's...

Jupiter’s spooky sounds: Emissions from Jupiter’s auroras captured

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This infrared image gives an unprecedented view of the southern aurora of Jupiter, as captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft on Aug. 27, 2016.Credit: Photo...

Megadrought risks in southwest U.S. soar as atmosphere warms

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If climate change goes unabated -- and causes more than a 2-degree Celsius rise in atmospheric temperature -- megadroughts will become very probable.Credit: ©...

Lights, Action, Electrons!

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The schematic depicts the time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy instrumentation that allowed the Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit to visualize electron movements. The 800nm pump pulse (red)...

Nebula with spiral arms

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Hubble pictures planetary nebula with spiral arms.Credit:ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgement: Serge Meunier The two spiral arms winding towards the bright centre might deceive you into...

Research reveals unprecedented observations of how a hot molecule cools in...

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A hot CN molecule cools in solution by collisions with solvent molecules that reduce both its speed and how quickly it is rotating. The...

How cells move

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A cell on the move. The process of migration shown in images taken with 15 second intervals. The colours show the force needed to...