A New Sound Levitation Breakthrough
The theory of acoustic levitation is extended by new research, which also highlights potential uses. Sound waves, like an invisible pair of tweezers, can be…
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Traditional Chinese Medicine Shows Promise in Treating Lung Cancer
The natural compound berberine, which is present in plants like goldenseal and barberry, has promise for the treatment of lung diseases. According to a recent…
Science Shows a Healthy Diet Significantly Reduces Depression
Young men with a poor diet saw a significant improvement in their symptoms of depression when they switched to a healthy Mediterranean diet, a new…
Microscopic Ocean Predator May Be a Secret Weapon in the Battle Against Climate Change
Microscopic Ocean Predator With a Taste for Carbon Capture A single-celled marine microbe capable of photosynthesis and hunting and eating prey may be a secret…
Top 11 Reasons for COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy – First: Mistrust of Government
People’s trust in the government’s approval of a safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19 is the biggest driver of vaccine uptake, an Australian study has…
Advance in Ground-Breaking “Optical Tweezers” to Boost Biomedical Research
A significant advance in optical tweezer technology, developed by researchers at the UTS Institute for Biomedical Materials and Devices, will help boost biomedical research. Much…
Global Coral Reef Survival: Could Key Gene System Discovery Be Suffocating Corals’ Last Gasp?
Ocean deoxygenation is now being recognized as major threat to future global coral reef survival. Oxygen is life, in or out of the water, raising…
Quantum Light Sources: Devil in the Defect Detail of Quantum Emissions
Study helps unlock chemical structure in defects that emit single photons. Systems which can emit a stream of single photons, referred to as quantum light…
Meeting Growing Demand for Increased Storage Capacity With Improved Graphene-Based Supercapacitors
Demand for integrated energy storage devices is growing rapidly as people rely more and more on portable and wireless electronics, and the global need grows…
Improved Advanced Energy Storage Using New Nano-Engineering Strategy
New types of cathodes, suitable for advanced energy storage, can be developed using beyond-lithium ion batteries. The rapid development of renewable energy resources has triggered…
Paradoxes of Probability & Statistical Strangeness
Statistics is a useful tool for understanding the patterns in the world around us. But our intuition often lets us down when it comes to…
“Unprecedented Mechanical Behavior of Diamond” – Scientists Discover Diamond Can Be Bent at the Nanoscale
A team of Australian scientists has discovered diamond can be bent and deformed, creating possibilities for the design and engineering of new nanoscale devices. Diamond…
Researchers Abuzz About High Levels of Antibacterial Activity in Australian Honey
Australia has at least seven Leptospermum species that produce honey with exceptionally high levels of antibacterial activity. Australian honey is abuzz with high-value antibacterial activity,…
Warning: Flavored E-Cigarettes May Worsen Asthma
A study into the impact of flavored e-cigarettes, on allergic airways disease, suggests that some flavors may worsen the severity of diseases such as asthma….
