Both the CheMin and SAM instruments have dined on the Avanavero drill samples and have decided their appetites are sated. CheMin has completed X-ray diffraction mineralogical analysis of the Avanaver… [+2803 chars]
(Photo: Zeke Tucker/Unsplash) If youre looking for an excuse to rave about Fluffy, this might be your chance. Scientists are looking for cat owners for a new study focused on feline body language.Re… [+2367 chars]
A virtual creature swings four tentacle-like arms, pushing itself forward. It creeps up a hill then rushes down the other side. It looks like an octopus walking on land, says Agrim Gupta. This strang… [+6820 chars]
Soft matter is an important class of materials that typically consists of colloidal particles and/or polymers in a liquid medium. For certain compositions, these types of systems tend to (micro-)phas… [+3787 chars]
<li>Bergman, T. L., Lavine, A. S., Incropera, F. P. & DeWitt, D. P. Introduction to Heat Transfer (John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, 2011). Google Scholar </li><li>Serrano, J., Olmeda, P., Arnau… [+17946 chars]
Way back in the Eocene Period , there was a swamp in what is now Germany. Back then, 45 million years ago to be precise, the swamp was rather ordinary, but today it draws paleontologists from around… [+4947 chars]
Newswise — Researchers at the University of Southampton have gained unprecedented new insight into the key properties of an antibody needed to fight off cancer. The interdisciplinary study, publishe… [+3282 chars]
The dynamic nature of post-translational modifications (PTMs) enables instantaneous intracellular signaling events. We are interested in a diverse range of modifications such protein acylation in liv… [+1109 chars]
Back in the 18th century, when geology was becoming a proper, systematic science, one of the early breakthroughs was the insight provided by the law of superposition. Simply put, this is the idea tha… [+9492 chars]
New research has found that molecular clouds are loaded with key precursors to life on Earth. This picture is from Molecular cloud “pigtail”. Credit: Keio University, NAOJ Major precursors to life o… [+5501 chars]
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Among many materials, dielectric elastomers (DE)lightweight materials with high elastic energy densityhave been of particular interest to be used in artificial muscles. That’s because they have optim… [+3482 chars]
