New voyage to the universe from DESHIMA

Researchers in Japan and the Netherlands jointly developed an originative radio receiver DESHIMA (Deep Spectroscopic High-redshift…

Using quantum dots and a smartphone to find killer bacteria

A combination of off-the-shelf quantum dot nanotechnology and a smartphone camera soon could allow doctors to…

New species of early dinosaur described from South Africa

A new dinosaur species has been discovered after laying misidentified in a museum collection for 30…

Novel networking

As a new joint appointee at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, Eden Figueroa…

Paper trail leads to heart valve discoveries

Paper is at the heart of an experimental device developed by Rice University bioengineers to study…

Using quantum dots and a smartphone to find killer bacteria

A combination of off-the-shelf quantum dot nanotechnology and a smartphone camera soon could allow doctors to…

It would take 50 million years to recover New Zealand's lost bird species

Half of New Zealand’s birds have gone extinct since humans arrived on the islands. Many more…

Lessons of conventional imaging let scientists see around corners

Scientists, drawing on the lessons of classical optics, have shown that it is possible to image…

Google maps for tissues

Modern light microscopic techniques provide extremely detailed insights into organs, but the terabytes of data they…

How electrons in transition metals get redistributed

Researchers have measured how electrons in so-called transition metals get redistributed within a fraction of an…