Sandia National Laboratories’ Project Neptune aims to design a system capable of sensing, from among…
Month: July 2013
New nuclear fuel-rod cladding could lead to safer power plants
In the aftermath of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear…
Novel nanometer scaffolds regulate the biological behaviors of neural stem cells
The surface characteristics of nanoscaffolds made by nanotechnology are more similar to the three-dimensional topological…
New techniques use lasers, LEDs, and optics to ‘see’ under the skin
Scientists report on new non-invasive optical techniques using lasers, light-emitting diodes, and spectroscopic methods to…
Deciphering the air-sea communication: Ocean significantly affects long-term climate fluctuations
Scientists have investigated the role of heat exchange between ocean and atmosphere in long-term climate…
What if quantum physics worked on a macroscopic level? Researchers have successfully entangled optic fibers populated by 500 photons
Quantum physics concerns a world of infinitely small things. But for years, researchers have been…
Watching catalysts at work at the atomic scale
Developing materials with novel catalytic properties is one of the most important tasks in energy…
18th century specimen reveals new South African weevil genus
An old specimen collected probably between 1772 and 1775 has been found to belong to…
Key target responsible for triggering detrimental effects in brain trauma identified
Researchers studying a type of cell found in the trillions in our brain have made…
Honey bee gene targeting offers system to understand food-related behavior
Researchers have developed a new technique that will help scientists better understand the genes that…