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Month: August 2014
WHO issues roadmap to scale up international response to the Ebola outbreak in west Africa
The World Health Organization has issued a roadmap to guide and coordinate the international response…
Copper shines as flexible conductor
By turning instead to copper, both abundant and cheap, researchers have developed a way of…
Astrophysicists report radioactive cobalt in supernova explosion
Astrophysicists have detected the formation of radioactive cobalt during a supernova explosion, lending credence to…
Simpler process to grow germanium nanowires could improve lithium-ion batteries
Researchers have developed what they call “a simple, one-step method” to grow nanowires of germanium…
Breakthrough in light sources for new quantum technology
One of the most promising technologies for future quantum circuits are photonic circuits, i.e. circuits…
Plug ‘n’ play protein crystals
Almost a hundred years ago in 1929 Linus Pauling presented the famous Pauling’s Rules to…
Danish museum discovers unique gift from Charles Darwin
The Natural History Museum of Denmark recently discovered a unique gift from one of the…
How nerve cells communicate with each other over long distances: Travelling by resonance
How nerve cells within the brain communicate with each other over long distances has puzzled…
Precision control of the timing, structure and functions in molecular self-assembly
Scientists have developed a new methodology that can easily and precisely control the timing of…