Brookhaven Lab scientists (from left) Ivan Bozovic, Xi He, Jie Wu, and Anthony Bollinger with the atomic layer-by-layer molecular beam epitaxy system used to synthesize the superconducting cuprate samples. Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory The perfect performance of superconductors could revolutionize everything...
Current coral bleaching in Fiji. Credit: Professor Peter J Mumby, University of Queensland Geoengineering of the climate may be the only way to save coral reefs from mass bleaching, according to new research. Coral reefs are considered one of the most vulnerable...
Sealings from the archive of Doliche. Credit: Asia Minor Research Centre Classical scholars from the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" of the University of Münster discovered a large number of sealings in south-east Turkey. "This unique group of artefacts comprising...
MIT scientists have determined the structure of an enzyme that is found in ocean microbes and can produce a precursor to methane. Credit: David Born Industrial and agricultural activities produce large amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global...
One of the cichlid fish from Guatemala, Thorichthys meeki, collected by LSU Curator of Ichthyology Prosanta Chakrabarty for the study that refuted the date in which the Isthmus of Panama was formed. Credit: Courtesy of Prosanta Chakrabarty, LSU A long-standing fact...
Artist’s view of global teleportation of quantum bits. Credit: Christoph Hohmann, Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM) MPQ scientists achieve long storage times for photonic quantum bits which break the lower bound for direct teleportation in a global quantum network. Concerning...
The metal-organic framework is set up like a sandwich (a). The molecular textile layer is woven in an active layer that is embedded between so-called sacrificial layers (b). Credit: KIT Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have made major progress...
Flooded street. Credit: © kasto / Fotolia A new study by researchers from MIT and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich shows that the most extreme rain events in most regions of the world will increase in intensity by...
Island peak( Imja Tse) climbing, Everest region, Nepal. Credit: © ykumsri / Fotolia Sherpas have evolved to become superhuman mountain climbers, extremely efficient at producing the energy to power their bodies even when oxygen is scarce, suggests new research published today...
Generosity makes people happier, even if they are only a little generous, suggests new research. Credit: © MG / Fotolia Generosity makes people happier, even if they are only a little generous. People who act solely out of self-interest are less...
The key to the willow warblers' differing migration patterns probably lies in their genes. Credit: Max Lundberg The genetic make-up of a willow warbler determines where it will migrate when winter comes. Studies of willow warblers in Sweden, Finland and the...