Gamma source and dose modeling The general literature contains conflicting results on whether the energies of photons interacting with fungi affects the radiotrophic response. As such, we sought to … [+16375 chars]
Newswise — Drought can cause issues for grain crops and three Clemson University scientists are working to get to the root of the problem. The scientists believe crops have a lesson or two to learn … [+5466 chars]
Inside Earth, elements such as iron and aluminum experience such extreme temperatures and pressures that the materials ooze through Earth’s interior—on geological timescales—like sap moves through a … [+2671 chars]
40 with 29 posters participating Slow-motion video of pecking by the pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus). The original video was recorded at 1600 frames per second. Credit: Robert Shadwick &… [+4305 chars]
image: Conventional nanoscale imaging is usually difficult to perform for large, micron-scale samples owing to drifts caused by thermal effects and vibrations. Now, researchers from Japan address thi… [+4917 chars]
A team of physicists at MIT recently published a mind-blowing research paper detailing their successful efforts to use entanglement and quantum time-reversal to create sensors capable of incredibly d… [+6077 chars]
The pump-modulated MOKE results (Fig. 1cf) show the evolution of magnetism in a Cr-BST/CrSb bilayer sample from a hard, homogenous ferromagnetic state, into apparently one composed of two distinct ma… [+11252 chars]
A novel, quantum-based vacuum gauge system invented by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has passed its first test to be a true primary standardthat is, intrins… [+8085 chars]
Artists view of Swarm, ESAs first Earth observation constellation of satellites. Credit: ESAP. Carril, 2013 The pressure is rising at ESAs mission control. A European Space Agency (ESA) satellite do… [+5587 chars]
Life in the Arctic is harsh. Arctic temperatures are punishing, making life difficult for many animals to survive. Yet lots of insects, including mosquitoes, manage to thrive in the frozen region. So… [+3810 chars]
A team of scientists from the IUFLeibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Düsseldorf developed and validated a computational webserver that allows scientists to genotype mutations usi… [+2157 chars]
A team of scientists in the Physical Intelligence Department at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems have combined robotics with biology by equipping E. coli bacteria with artificial comp… [+5823 chars]
