Tag: experiments
Inherited Trauma
Much has been achieved in scientific research since the human genome was first decoded. First it was discovered that genes only make up around...
Molecule Used as a Mucolytic Fights Bacterial Diseases in Agricultural Crops
Growers of oranges in São Paulo’s northeast and olives in Italy face a common challenge. A bacterium known as Xylella fastidiosa, which causes several plant...
SUSU Scientists Study Light to Create Technologies of the Future
Scientists of the Faculty of Physics of the SUSU Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics predict new optical effects in light beams which in perspective will...
Electrons Ride Plasma Wave
There is a good chance that soon a new door will open to physicists, offering them new insights into the mysteries of the universe....
First Published Results from New X-Ray Laser
With the publication of the first experimental measurements performed at the facility, the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (EuXFEL) has passed another critical milestone since...
ArQule Announces Publication of Preclinical Data for ARQ 531, a Reversible...
ArQule, Inc. today announced the publication of preclinical study data for ARQ 531, the Company’s rationally-designed, reversible inhibitor of both wild type and C481S-mutant...
Blocking Sunlight to Cool Earth Won’t Reduce Crop Damage from Global...
Injecting particles into the atmosphere to cool the planet and counter the warming effects of climate change would do nothing to offset the crop...
Scientists Make the First Molecular Movie of One of Nature’s Most...
Scientists have made the first molecular movie of the instant when light hits a sensor that's widely used in nature for probing the environment...
Better Be Safe Than Sorry: Economic Optimization Risks Tipping of Important...
“We find that the concept of optimization of economic welfare might in some cases be neither sustainable nor safe for governing modern environmental change,”...
Quantum Transfer at the Push of a Button
In the new quantum information technologies, fragile quantum states have to be transferred between distant quantum bits. Researchers at ETH have now realized such...
Transporting Micronutrients More Efficiently
A team of researchers led by Navreet Bhullar from the Institute of Molecular Plant Biology at ETH Zurich has genetically modified one of the...
Blowfly Uses Saliva to Keep Cool
On warm days the Oriental latrine blowfly (Chrysomya megacephala) keeps cool by moving a droplet of saliva repeatedly in and out of its buccal...
Artificial Intelligence Accelerates Discovery of Metallic Glass
If you combine two or three metals together, you will get an alloy that usually looks and acts like a metal, with its atoms...
Physicists at FAU Demonstrate Demixing Behaviour of Rotating Particles
Physicists from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf have demonstrated that demixing occurs in systems made up of macroscopic particles rotating in opposite directions...
Scientists Invent Method of Catching Bacteria with ‘Photonic Hook’
An international team of physicists has discovered a new type of curved light beams, dubbed a “photonic hook”. Photonic hooks are unique, as their...
A Jigsaw Puzzle of Plant Cells
Plant cells are under tremendous pressure. To prevent themselves from bursting, plants had to come up with something unique: According to scientists from the...
Potential New Approach to the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
A prospective new method of treating patients with multiple sclerosis has been proposed by researchers of the Mainz University Medical Center working in cooperation...
Flights Show Promising Technologies from Industry and Academic Partnerships
Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G) completed a series of parabolic flights, testing payloads from academic and commercial organizations in November 2017. The technologies ranged from...
Hold the Salt: Gut Reaction May Impair the Brains of Mice
We are often warned of the dangers of high levels of salt in our diet, yet the risks of salt consumption and the effects...
UT Dallas Scientists Study the Powers of Tiny Crystals
When it comes to the way scientists react to their discoveries, “That’s interesting” falls somewhere between “Eureka!” and “Uh-oh.”
“Interesting” is just what Dr. Jeremiah...