The electrical characteristics of new thin-film chromium oxide resistors can be tuned by controlling the…
Month: December 2014
Heart disease patients advised to avoid being outside in rush hour traffic
Heart disease patients have been advised to avoid being outside during rush hour traffic. The…
Combining insecticide spraying and bed nets no more protective against malaria than nets alone
The combined use of spraying insecticide inside homes and insecticide-treated bed nets is no better…
Composite materials can be designed in a supercomputer ‘virtual lab’
Scientists have shown how advanced computer simulations can be used to design new composite materials….
A mobile app for conducting opinion polls
Soon anyone can conduct public opinion polls to drive issues that are important to them,…
What quails can teach us about the gait of dinosaurs
Motion scientists and zoologists have completed the first detailed analysis of the bipedal gait of…
Staining every nerve: New approach offers scientists best image resolution
Scientists can now explore nerves in mice in much greater detail than ever before, thanks…
Astronomers identify gas spirals as a nursery of twin stars through ALMA
Astronomers have found spiral arms of molecular gas and dust around the “baby twin” stars,…
Nanotechnology against malaria parasites
Malaria parasites invade human red blood cells, they then disrupt them and infect others. Researchers…
Using robots to get more food from raw materials
Can an industrial robot succeed both at removing the breast fillet from a chicken, and…