3D Self-Assembling Polymer Materials Could Lead to New Microchips
As computer chips continue to shrink, developers are reaching the limits on how small they can make patterns for wires. A team of researchers at…
Experiment Shows That Light Defies the Principles of Classical Physics
A newly published study describes the experiment scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute used to demonstrate that light can have both an electric and a…
GaInP Cells Produce Useful Underwater Solar Energy
New research from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory shows that high-quality gallium indium phosphide (GaInP) cells produce useful solar power underwater, with initial results at…
Astronomers Obtain Precise Measurements of the Two Kepler-16 Stars
NASA’s Kepler mission discovered a world where two suns set over the horizon instead of just one and now astronomers from Penn State have precisely…
SLAC Synchrotron Reveals the Inner Workings of an Ancient Warship Battering Ram
Scientists from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of Palermo examined a weapon that an ancient warship used to ram enemy ships in the…
Imbalance Between Neuronal Excitation and Inhibition May Account for Seizure Susceptibility in Angelman Syndrome
A new study from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine indicates that an imbalance between neuronal excitation and inhibition is a common abnormality…
Mini-Lab Helps Predict Future Ocean Conditions
In an effort to better understand ocean acidification and the effects of climate change on coral reefs, an international team of scientists has created a…
Educational Touch-Screen Games Prove Effective
Many people enjoy touch-screen devices because of their simplicity and speed, but a team of researchers found that using them to play games developed for…
New Video Highlights Asteroid Vesta’s Surface Composition in Many Colors
As scientists continue to review data from NASA’s dawn Mission, a new video adds color to highlight differences in surface composition that are too subtle…
NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory’s HD Video of 2012 Venus Transit
In case you missed it, here is video footage of the 2012 Venus transit from the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Launched on February 11, 2010, the…
Evidence Suggests that Earth May Be Headed Toward an Irreversible Change in the Biosphere
A new paper by 22 international scientists describes the need for better predictive models based on detailed understandings of how the biosphere reacted in the…
New Approach Uses Mathematics to Improve Automated Security Monitoring
In an effort to remove human error and fatigue from security surveillance, researchers at MIT have created a new approach using mathematics. The system can…
Searching for the Best Shape for Cancer Fighting Nanoparticles
New research shows that disc-shaped nanoparticles created with photolithographic technology will allow researchers to specify the size, shape, and surface properties of the nanoparticles, while…
Insight on the Evolution of Cocaine Biosynthesis
With little known about how plants produce cocaine, biochemists at the Max Planck institute set out to better understand the process, finding that an enzyme…
Scientists Look to Photosynthesis for Cheaper and More Efficient Fuels
Scientists from the Berkeley Lab and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are using the Linac Coherent Light Source to research a tiny cluster of molecules that…
Melting Arctic Ice May Lead to Severe Weather Changes
A newly published study from Cornell University scientists suggests that the melting of Arctic sea ice due to climate change can lead to increased odds…
Immune System Inflammation Triggers Macrophages in ALS Patients
While working with patients with Lou Gehrig’s disease, researchers at UCLA found that inflammation instigated by the immune system in ALS can trigger macrophages to…
Fermilab Narrows the Gap Between the Masses of Neutrinos and Antineutrinos
MINOS scientists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory revealed the world’s most precise measurement of the parameter called delta m squared, closing the measured gap…
