Is the energy-storing solar cell soon to be reality?

Storing solar energy is the central challenge facing energy researchers. Alongside traditional solutions such as solar…

Proteins as a ‘shuttle service’ for targeted administration of medication

Precise targeting of medicine is no longer a vision of the future. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has…

Minimalist biostructures designed to create nanomaterials

Researchers of the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (IBB-UAB) have generated four peptides, molecules smaller than…

Development of a Three-Dimensional, Unstructured Material Response Design Tool

Abstract: A preliminary verification and validation of a new material response model is presented. This model,…

Ten ways to cut down on plastics at home

Author and activist Will McCallum gives us his top tips for eliminating plastics from our everyday…

Quantum transfer at the push of a button

In new quantum information technologies, fragile quantum states have to be transferred between distant quantum bits.…

CERN starts major upgrade to reap more data at atom smasher

The world's largest particle smasher is kicking off a major upgrade to churn out 10 times…

Japan passes anti-plastic law but with no sanctions for polluters

A bill intended to reduce the volume of microplastics dumped into the ocean was approved by…

Earth’s wind system

Equatorial regions receive more heat from the Sun than other parts of the world. This leads…

Earth’s wind system

Equatorial regions receive more heat from the Sun than other parts of the world. This leads…