New Metamaterial Uses “Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide” for Enhanced Performance
By using an “aluminum-doped zinc oxide,” or AZO, Purdue researchers have shown how to create metamaterials without using silver or gold. The new metamaterial consists…
Animals Can Detect Pathogens by Monitoring the Disruption of Cellular Pathways
A newly published study details how animals detect pathogens by monitoring the disruption of cellular pathways. The data suggests that animals can detect disruptions in…
Quantum Theorists State That Wavefunctions Are Real, States Not Just Statistical Tools
The mathematics behind the claims of a group of quantum theorists state that the wavefunction, a probability amplitude used to in quantum mechanics to describe…
Calculating the Total Capacity of a Data Network
In a two-part paper, a team of scientists from MIT, Caltech, and University of Technology in Munich examined network coding and ways to both minimize…
PRKCA Gene Links to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Emotional Memory Formation
Scientists at the University of Basel in Switzerland were able to analyze the genetic sequences of the PRKCA gene in over 700 healthy young volunteers….
Generator Produces Electricity by Harnessing the Piezoelectric Properties of Biological Material
Scientists at the Berkeley Lab have developed a way to generate power using harmless viruses that convert mechanical energy into electricity. Their generator is the…
Physicists in China Break Quantum Teleportation Record
Chinese physicists have just broken the previous record for quantum teleportation with the creation of a pair of entangled protons over a distance of almost…
MIT Study Measures the Effects of Low Doses of Radiation on DNA
While exposure to low-dose-rate radiation from cosmic radiation and natural radioactive isotopes in the environment is part of everyday life, a new study from MIT…
Floating “Power Buoy” Creates Electricity from Ocean Waves
In an effort to harness the power of ocean waves, engineers designed and built a floating “power buoy” that measures 8 feet across, 10 feet…
Spider Fangs May Lead to the Development of New Specialized Materials
Looking to nature for technological inspiration is nothing new and now a team of scientists are hoping that new insights into spider fangs and the…
NASA Prepares for Mars with Desert Rover Tests
In preparation for Curiosity’s exploration of Mount Sharp on Mars, NASA engineers took a test rover out to the desert for last-minute training in the…
Ancient Murals in Guatemala Offer Glimpse of Mayan Astronomy
Archaeologists have discovered the earliest evidence of the sophisticated astronomy and the time-keeping rituals of the ancient Mayan people, deep under the earth in the…
NDCX-II, A Special-Purpose Particle Accelerator
A team of engineers and scientists just completed work on NDCX-II, a special-purpose particle accelerator designed to produce a high-quality, dense beam that can rapidly…
Century-Old Goldbach Weak Conjecture Closer to Being Solved
The weak Golbach conjecture states that you can break up any odd number into the sum of, at most, three prime numbers. Prime numbers cannot…
Cdt1 Protein Has a Role in DNA Replication and Mitosis
Newly published research from biochemists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine describes how a protein that is required for DNA replication, Cdt1,…
Photovoltaic Retinal Implants Combined With Video Goggles Could Restore Sight
Scientists have been trying to develop feasible retinal implants for decades, but meshing them with the human visual system has always been tricky. James Loudin,…
Brain Oscillations Reveal We Experience the World in Rapid Snapshots
Neuroscientists from the University of Glasgow have demonstrated that our brains experience the world in discrete snapshots determined by the cycles of brain rhythms. While…
Double-Walled Silicon Nanotube Battery Shows Promise
New silicon battery technology is a major step forward in creating smaller, lighter and longer-lasting batteries. The new design contains a double-walled silicon nanotube coated…
