Unraveling optical parameters: New method to optimize plasmon enhanced spectroscopy

Plasmon enhanced spectroscopy allows scientists to reach single molecule sensitivity and a lateral resolution even down…

COVID-19: nitrogen dioxide over China

Recent data have shown a decline of air pollution over northern Italy coinciding with its nationwide…

PIA23754: Cerberus Fossae

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…

Study reveals secret of 18th century portrait

Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic…

Study investigates evolution during Cambrian Explosion

A new study by an international team of scientists has revealed the developmental and evolutionary mechanisms…

Scientists learn how vampire bat strangers make friends

We humans can explain how our relationships with college roommates and co-workers have formed over the…

Nitrogen dioxide emissions over China

This animation, using data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, shows the nitrogen dioxide emissions from 20 December…

The strange orbits of 'Tatooine' planetary disks

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have found striking orbital geometries in protoplanetary disks…

Bone analyses tell about kitchen utensils in the Middle Ages

Clay pots? Wooden spoons? Copper pots? Silver forks? What materials has man used for making kitchen…

Radial synthesis breaks new ground for chemical research and production

In the future, bottlenecks in the supply of medicines could be more easily eliminated. An automated…