New Device Stores Energy in Chemical Form Through Continuous Electrolysis
Interest in renewable energy continues to burgeon. Many renewables, though, can be frustratingly intermittent – when the sun stops shining, or the wind stops blowing,…
New Nanomedicine Inhibits the Progression of Pancreatic Cancer
A new Tel Aviv University study pinpoints the inverse correlation between a known oncogene — a gene that promotes the development of cancer — and…
UC Researchers Reveal Black Hole Regulated Star Formation in Massive Galaxies
Young galaxies blaze with bright new stars forming at a rapid rate, but star formation eventually shuts down as a galaxy evolves. A new study,…
Silver Nanoparticles Take Raman Spectroscopy to a New Dimension
As medicine and pharmacology investigate nanoscale processes, it has become increasingly important to identify and characterize different molecules. Raman spectroscopy, a technique that leverages the…
Duke University Enhances the Effectiveness and Safety of Sonogenetics
This movie depicts cells being stretched by cavitation bubbles sent from various distances over a 3.5 minute span. The calcium responses of cells are at…
NASA’s SOFIA Set to Explore Magnetic Universe and Beyond in 2018
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, is preparing for its 2018 observing campaign, which will include observations of celestial magnetic fields, star-forming regions, comets,…
Hubble Telescope Views Barred Spiral Galaxy UGC 6093
This image, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), shows a galaxy named UGC 6093. As can be easily seen,…
Study Reveals E-Cigarette Users Smoke Less and Increase Quit Attempts
As e-cigarettes become more popular, fewer people are taking up smoking traditional cigarettes. But can e-cigarettes, an electronic nicotine delivery system, help people quit smoking…
Novel Carbon Coating Technology of Li-Rich Layered Oxide Cathode
The rapid development of portable electronics and electric vehicles requires lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) to have high energy/power density, low cost, good safety, and long lifespan….
Alternative Therapeutics Provide an Indirect Approach to Beating Superbugs
Got a sore throat? The doctor may write a quick prescription for penicillin or amoxicillin, and with the stroke of a pen, help diminish public…
Study Shows Selenium Protects Interneurons in the Brain
Exactly 200 years ago, the Swedish scientist Jöns Jacob Berzelius discovered the trace element selenium, which he named after the goddess of the moon, Selene….
NASA Image of an Iceberg from Pine Island Glacier
In September 2017, a new iceberg calved from Pine Island Glacier—one of the main outlets where the West Antarctic Ice Sheet flows into the ocean….
Astronomers Measure Accreting Regions Around Supermassive Black Holes
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics have measured the sizes of the accreting regions around the supermassive black holes in four distant AGN using…
Micro-Needle Patch Turns Energy-Storing Fats Into Energy-Burning Fats
A new approach to reducing bulging tummy fats has shown promise in laboratory trials. It combines a new way to deliver drugs, via a micro-needle…
Miniature Satellites GomX-4B and GomX-4A Will Be Propelled By Butane
ESA’s next miniature satellite will be its first able to change orbit. Thanks to a compact thruster resembling a butane cigarette lighter, the cereal box-sized…
Chandra Reveals New 3D Virtual Reality Project with Augmented Reality
A new project using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes allows people to navigate through real data of the remains of an…
New Imaging Technique Makes Diagnosis Easier and Smarter
A team of researchers at DGIST has recently developed a technology which enables to acquire a high-resolution mass spectrometry imaging in micrometer size of live…
Study Shows Droughts and Ecosystems Determined by Two Climate Phenomena
What is causing the droughts that the Iberian Peninsula regularly endures? Why are the winters sometimes mild and rainy and other times cold and dry…
