People who leave school without a school certificate are more than twice as likely to…
Month: December 2016
Movable microplatform floats on a sea of droplets
A platform floating on tiny droplets, using hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces, could provide precise motion…
New graphene-based system could help us see electrical signaling in heart and nerve cells
Scientists have enlisted the exotic properties of graphene to function like the film of an…
Graffiti for science: Determining erosion rates via painting
In a new feasibility study, a team of scientists shows how erosive processes can be…
Researchers uncover why morning people should not work at night
It has been known for a long time that early risers work less efficiently at…
Social anxiety disorders? Cognitive therapy most effective treatment
Social phobia is the most common anxiety disorder of our time. But the current treatment…
Quantifying radiation damage in SAXS experiments
Biological small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is an experimental technique that provides low-resolution structural information on…
Scientists boost catalytic activity for key chemical reaction in fuel cells
New catalysts containing platinum and lead could improve the efficiency of fuel cells — a…
Ultrafast lasers reveal light-harvesting secrets of photosynthetic algae
Using ultrafast lasers, scientists discovered a surprising mechanism of cryptophyte algae for extremely efficient light-harvesting…
Method enables machine learning from unwieldy data sets
A new algorithm that makes the selection of diverse subsets much more practical has now…