The metropolitan area of Istanbul with around 15 million inhabitants is considered to be particularly earthquake-prone.…
Month: May 2018
A reimagined future for sustainable nanomaterials
Engineered nanomaterials hold great promise for medicine, electronics, water treatment, and other fields. But when the…
How to make solar hydrogen year round
Researchers have built a new dynamic model showing how hydrogen produced with concentrated solar thermal energy…
Imminent forest collapse threatens Melbourne’s water supply
A landmark study from ANU has found that a vital forest in Victoria faces imminent collapse,…
Phased array feed imaging system broadens vision for radio astronomy
To accelerate the pace of discovery and exploration of the cosmos, a multi-institution team of astronomers…
30-year river study finds overlooked extinction crisis
One of the longest river studies in the world has discovered that an important part of…
Stage-diving with biomolecules improves optical microscopy
Physicists from Dresden and Würzburg have developed a novel method for optical microscopy, obtaining high-resolution images…
Researchers study long-term effects of discarded munitions in the oceans
More than 70 years after the end of World War II, countless pieces of ammunition are…
Labeling and detecting RNA modifications
What happens in a cell when genetic information is translated into proteins? In order to study…
Researchers investigate obesity and diabetes in cats
What makes obese cats prone to diabetes? That's one question researchers at the University of Calgary…