Scientists can now identify the exact location of a single atom in a silicon crystal,…
Category: Science
Novel energy inside a microcircuit chip
Scientists have developed an extremely efficient small-size energy storage, a micro-supercapacitor, which can be integrated…
Switzerland winds up superconductivity
The unusual electronic properties of some superconducting materials permit lossless and dense electrical currents at…
Beneficial effects of exercise change with age
Compared to older people, younger adults experience greater antioxidant benefits from one exercise session, new…
You could be paying more for less effective medicine
A new study suggests that weak drug regulation and misleading marketing can lead doctors to…
Rainfall following drought linked to historic nitrate levels in Midwest streams in 2013
Drought periods followed by rainfall caused nitrate levels to increase to the highest ever measured…
Flipped classrooms turning STEM education upside down
Given the difficult-to-digest subject matter in many STEM classrooms, educators have customarily relied on traditional…
Laboratory breakthrough may lead to improved x-ray spectrometers
Researchers have developed a new design for X-ray spectrometers that eschews a commonly utilized component…
How honeybees do without males
An isolated population of honeybees, the Cape bees, living in South Africa has evolved a…
Autism with intellectual disability linked to mother’s immune dysfunction during pregnancy
Pregnant women with higher levels of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, proteins that control communication between…