A Trick of the Light
Particle physicists are on the hunt for light. Not just any light, but a characteristic signal produced by the interaction of certain particles —...
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Engineered E. coli Using Formic Acid and CO2 As a C1-Refinery...
A research group at KAIST has developed an engineered E. coli strain that converts formic acid and CO2 to pyruvate and produces cellular energy...
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Engineered E. coli Using Formic Acid and CO2 As a C1-Refinery...
A research group at KAIST has developed an engineered E. coli strain that converts formic acid and CO2 to pyruvate and produces cellular energy...
Findings Could Improve Treatment for Challenging Acute Leukemia in Children
Researchers from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have made important discoveries that could lead...
Novel Drug May Offer New Hope for Parkinson’s Sufferers
Parkinson’s disease affects between 7 and 10 million people worldwide. Symptoms like loss of motor control, mood disorders, cognitive impairment and problems with speech...
Shells Absorb Light from All Directions
Improving the sensitivity of light sensors or the efficiency of solar cells requires fine-tuning of light capturing. KAUST researchers have used complex geometry to...
Adaptable Lizards Illustrate Key Evolutionary Process Proposed a Century Ago
Side-blotched lizards in most of the Mojave Desert have tan and brown markings that blend in well with their desert surroundings. On the Pisgah...
New Test Kit Invented by NUS Researchers Enables Quick, Accurate, and Inexpensive Screening of...
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a portable, easy-to-use device for quick and accurate screening of...
A New Dimension for Batteries
Engineers at the University of Maryland have created a thin battery, made of a few million carefully constructed “microbatteries” in a square inch. Each...
New Sensors Track Dopamine in the Brain for More Than a Year
Dopamine, a signaling molecule used throughout the brain, plays a major role in regulating our mood, as well as controlling movement. Many disorders, including...
A Little Less Protection Could Bring About Long-Lasting Solar Cells
University of Wisconsin–Madison materials engineers have made a surprising discovery that could dramatically improve the lifetime of solar energy harvesting devices.
Their findings allowed them...
A Mere Drop of Blood Makes Skin Cells Line up
What happens to skin cells when they are confronted with blood? A team of researchers from Oslo University Hospital, led by Emma Lång and...
KAIST First Reveals Principles behind Electron Heating in Weakly Ionized Collisional Plasmas
A KAIST research team successfully identified the underlying principles behind electron heating, which is one of the most important phenomena in plasmas. As the...
Multi-Joint, Personalized Soft Exosuit Breaks New Ground
In the future, smart textile-based soft robotic exosuits could be worn by soldiers, fire fighters and rescue workers to help them traverse difficult terrain...
Light Provides Spin
Physicists at FAU have proven that incoming light causes the electrons in warm perovskites to rotate thus influencing the direction of the flow of...
Detecting Hydrogen Using the Extraordinary Hall Effect in Cobalt-Palladium Thin Films
Researchers looking to hydrogen as a next-generation clean energy source are developing hydrogen-sensing technologies capable of detecting leaks in hydrogen-powered vehicles and fueling stations...
All-In-One Light-Driven Water Splitting
Solar-powered water splitting is a promising means of generating clean and storable energy. A novel catalyst based on semiconductor nanoparticles has now been shown...
