Clay-based 2D nanofluidics are potential candidates for boosting the practical implementation of osmotic energy harvesting because they are inexpensive and easy to prepare on a large scale. However, … [+5991 chars]
Te Pnaha Matatini study finds hands-on training prompts better reflection, deeper insights Academics in New Zealand have designed a “cardboard laundromat” to get their fellow scientists thinking abo… [+279 chars]
The Antarctic midge might be smaller than a pea, but its the continents largest land animaland only native insect. The midge has clearly evolved to survive in extreme conditions, yet a warming climat… [+2781 chars]
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]
Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibi… [+139 chars]
Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) have lower levels of the neuromodulator acetylcholine (ACh) in their brains. Donepezil, an AD drug, increases brain ACh levels and improves AD-associated learni… [+5566 chars]
Photo credit: ModelTMitch, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. In a post earlier this month, I outlined Three Realities Chance Cant Explain That Intelligent Design Can. The post showed some of the… [+5652 chars]
ByUniversity of Texas at AustinJune 27, 2022 Origin of Life artists concept. The first discovery of viruses infecting a group of microbes that may include the ancestors of all complex life has been… [+4981 chars]
The days of dial-up internet, AOL Instant Messenger, and Myspace may be over on Earth, but on Mars, the early years of the internet still live on. A Martian spacecraft has been running on software de… [+2959 chars]
NASA's first-ever launch from a commercial site outside of the United States blasted off from Australia's Outback late Sunday, in a "historic" moment for the country's space industry. In the first o… [+2449 chars]
This Hubble image features four of the thousands of galaxies found within the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. All of the highlighted galaxies show evidence of vigorous star formation (blue regions filled wi… [+6107 chars]
Rocket Lab's Moon mission: The NZ-based staff describe how they'll get a NASA satellite into lunar orbit. Video / Brett Phibbs / Jed BradleyThe first lunar mission to take-off from NZ soil could be c… [+3563 chars]