Gold Improves the Performance of Nanoparticle Fuel-Cell Reactions
Fuel-cell technology is set to take a step forward as chemists have created a triple-headed metallic nanoparticle, FePtAu, which generates higher current per unit of…
Scientists Discover New Type of Extra-Chromosomal DNA
Scientists from the University of Virginia and University of North Carolina have discovered a previously unidentified type of circular DNA molecule occurring outside the chromosomes…
Flu Infections and MRSA Combine into Lethal Cocktail in Maryland
MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus can be even deadlier when it is combined with a virulent flu infection. It’s been reported that a family of five…
3-D Image Shows How DNA Packs Itself into a “Fractal Globule”
A new imaging technique is giving scientists their first three-dimensional view of the human genome and how DNA is packed inside cells. Research has shown…
Pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus Being Eaten by Ganoid Fish Aspidorhynchus Fossilized
This incredible fossil, depicting a pterosaur in the process of being devoured by a ganoid fish, was recently showcased in a new study published in PLoS…
A New Fiber Opens the Possibility of 3-D Displays Woven from Flexible Fibers
A team of scientists at MIT have developed a new light source from a fiber roughly as thick as a human hair. The fiber has…
Colombian Volcano Nevado del Ruiz Has Increased Activity
The Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia hasn’t erupted in over 20 years, but there are signs that point that it’s entering a more active…
Rapidly Retreating Glacial Ice Leaves Species Threatened
The rapidly disappearing glaciers are altering more than the physical landscape, as a recent analysis suggests. Species that live in streams and rivers that flow…
Thermonuclear Behavior of Neutron Star Bridges Gap Between Theory and Observation
Over the period of roughly one month, NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) observed some 400 thermonuclear explosions on the surface of the neutron star…
New Type of Neutrino Oscillation Discovered at Daya Bay
After of tens of thousands of interactions of electron antineutrinos at Daya Bay, data revealed a new type of neutrino oscillation, which was measured with…
Amino Acids Found in Meteorites that Experienced High Temperatures
While analyzing samples from carbon-rich meteorites with minerals that indicated they had experienced high temperatures, scientists found amino acids, which gives support to the theory…
DnaK Identified as Key Player of Protein Folding
A new published report from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry shows how different chaperones cooperate during the folding process. The scientists found that the…
New Metamaterial Design Extremely Efficient at Capturing Light
Based on computer simulations, new research shows that a new metamaterial design is able to absorb a wide range of light with extremely high efficiency….
Carbon Nanotubes Increase the Speed of Biological Sensors
By using the power of carbon nanotubes, scientists have almost tripled the speed of prototype nano-biosensors. The researchers believe that this nanotechnology will make it…
NASA Continues to Monitor Solar Flares
As NASA continues to give updates on the solar flares this week, they also put together a nice summary of space weather and the effects…
Microraptor Feathers Were Black with Iridescent Sheen
Microraptor, a pigeon-sized, four-winged dinosaur that lived about 130 million years ago had plumage that had hues of black and blue like a crow and…
Brightest Gravitationally Magnified Galaxy Discovered
Using computational tools that reversed the effect of gravitational lensing, scientists were able see what a galaxy looked like 10 billion years ago. Gravity from…
Software Simulator can Provide “Cycle-Accurate” Simulation of a Chip with 1,000 Cores
As manufacturers continue to increase their chip performance by increasing the number of cores they contain, the risk of failure and faulty design issues also…