Meals on the go: The physics of baleen whales’ eating habits

Researchers detail for the first time how baleen whales use crossflow filtration to separate prey from…

Viability of quantum satellite communications

Researchers have taken a significant step towards enabling secure quantum communication via moving satellites, as announced…

New insight into how cancer spreads

Engineers have offered new insight into how cancer cells move based on their ability to sense…

New diode features optically controlled capacitance

Researchers have developed a capacitor with a metal-insulator-semiconductor diode structure that is tunable by illumination. The…

Similar lipids cluster in soybean cell membrane model

Researchers have developed a detailed computational model of the soybean plasma membrane that provides new structural…

Open-source approach provides faster, better solubility predictions

Despite the importance of predicting solubility, it is not an easy matter. One approach, using 'brute…

El Niño and global warming combine to cause record-breaking heat in Southeast Asia

A devastating combination of global warming and El Niño is responsible for causing extreme temperatures in…

Flu shot less effective for obese adults

Although influenza vaccines are currently the best forms of protection to safeguard people against the flu,…

Genetic study shakes up the elephant family tree

New research reveals that a species of giant elephant that lived 1.5 million to 100,000 years…

New sound diffuser is ten times thinner than existing designs

The new, 'ultra-thin' sound diffuser is 10 times thinner than the widely used diffusers found in…