Mechanically controllable nonlinear dielectrics

Strain-sensitive barium strontium titanate (Bax-Sr1-x-TiO3) perovskite systems are widely used for their superior nonlinear dielectric behaviors.…

How to optimize online learning in the age of coronavirus

Due to the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) there will be increasing reliance on online learning for…

COVID-19 'should not necessarily foreshadow an economic downturn'

Market hysteria over coronavirus may have seen hundreds of points wiped off indexes around the world…

Cleaving through the heart of viral infections

A novel CRISPR/Cas system that can efficiently attack and destroy several prolific plant viruses has been…

Coronavirus: US volunteers to test first vaccine

A group of 45 healthy, young volunteers in Seattle will be given the experimental jab. …

Binary evolution of the millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4–3658 investigated by researchers

Astronomers from Australia and Canada have performed a study of an accretion-powered millisecond pulsar known as…

Plastic building bricks could survive in ocean for up to 1,300 years

By measuring the mass of individual bricks found on beaches against equivalent unused pieces and the…

Technology to screen for higher-yielding crop traits is now more accessible to scientists

Like many industries, big data is driving innovations in agriculture. Scientists seek to analyze thousands of…

Study connects specific genes with defective social behavior

Animals rely on group behavior to survive, whether it’s fish swimming together to avoid predators or…

Scientists quantify how wave power drives coastal erosion

Over millions of years, Hawaiian volcanoes have formed a chain of volcanic islands stretching across the…