A terahertz optical spectroscopy system prototype with a sensing area comparable to the cross-sectional area of only five human hairs was developed by researchers from Osaka University’s Institute of… [+2884 chars]
How it works: A schematic of the experiment, showing (from left to right) the photon source, fibre-based loops of different sizes with programmable parameters, and a demultiplexer that sends the outp… [+4638 chars]
<li>Spang, A. et al. Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Nature521, 173179 (2015). CAS PubMed PubMed Central Article Google Scholar </li><li>Zaremba-… [+19856 chars]
The Near InfraRed Planet Searcher (NIRPS), the new planet-hunting instrument at the European Southern Observatory's 3.6-m telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, has successfully performed it… [+1852 chars]
A small international team of researchers has found that it is possible to test navigation skills in chimpanzees using virtual reality technology. In their paper published in the journal Science Adva… [+2923 chars]
Under a microscope, mammalian tissues reveal their intricate and elegant architectures. But if you look at the same tissue after tumour formation, you will see bedlam. Itai Yanai, a computational bio… [+16419 chars]
Striking new details are emerging in data collected on nearly two billion objects throughout the Milky Way galaxy and beyond, according to new information released by the European Gaia mission. Resea… [+2671 chars]
Under a microscope, mammalian tissues reveal their intricate and elegant architectures. But if you look at the same tissue after tumour formation, you will see bedlam. Itai Yanai, a computational bio… [+16419 chars]
Fireflies are one of the best parts of warm summer nights. The dancing, flickering lights of these tiny bugs have enamored people for centuries. Now, a group of scientists at MIT have created robot l… [+2627 chars]
In a recent study published online in The Plant Cell, Prof. Yang Wenqiang's research team from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS) has reported the critical role of the… [+3137 chars]
Life (as we know it) is based on carbon. Despite its ubiquity, this important element still holds plenty of secrets, on earth and in the heavens above us. For example, astrophysicists like Columbia's… [+3912 chars]
An international team of astronomers has assembled the power of 64 radio televisions for the first time to obtain weak hydrogen gas signatures on a biologically neutral scale. This achievement was a… [+3070 chars]
