Microbes Harvest Electrons: The Novel Process Discovered
Since scientists have discovered that certain microbes can draw their energy from electrical charges, researchers have wondered how they do it. M…
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Insulin Can Increase The Immunity of Mosquitoes To The West Nile Virus
A discovery by a Washington State University-led research team could inhibit the spread of West Nile and Zika and Dengue viruses. In a study p…
Follow The Trend: Scientists Design New Grid Batteries For Renewable Energies
How do you store renewable energy so that it is available when you need it, even when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing? Giant b…
Light-Based "Tractor Beam" Assembles Materials At The Nanoscale
Modern construction is an effort of precision. Manufacturers must use components manufactured to meet specific standards - such as beams of a de…
Artificial Skin Creates The First Ticklish Devices
Summary: A new interface developed by researchers in Bristol and Paris is pushing tactile technology to the next level by providing a skin-like arti…
A Long-Lasting Stellar Explosion Lights Up The Hope of A Supernova We've Never Seen Before
A Billions of years ago, something in the swirling darkness of space erupted with a fury that obscured the glow of entire galaxies. Eventually, th…
A New Method to Measure Gravity: Using Floating Atoms
A team of researchers at the University of California at Berkeley found a new way to measure gravity by noting differences in atoms in a state of g…
Any Amount of Walking Linked to Significantly Lower Risk of Early Death
Summary: Any amount of running is linked to a significantly lower risk of all-cause death, finds a pooled analysis of available evidence, publishe…
New research synthesizes different aspects of causality in quantum field theory
In current quantum field theory, causality is usually defined by the disappearance of field switches for spatial separations. Two researchers fr…
Centuries old food testing method updated to account for complex fluid dynamics
The texture of foods, including the properties that determine how consumers bite and swallow, is an important part of developing foods that are mor…
A tiny biocompatible nanolaser could work in living tissue
Summary: Researchers have developed a tiny nanolaser that can work inside living tissue without damaging it. With a thickness of only 50 to 15…
Nobel Prize in Physics 2019: Evolution of the universe and discovery of the solar-type star in exoplanet orbit
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 "for its contribution to our understanding of the ev…