Writing with the electron beam: Now in silver

For the first time an international team realized direct writing of silver nanostructures using an electron…

Child living with HIV maintains remission without drugs since 2008

A nine-year-old South African child who was diagnosed with HIV infection at one month of age…

Experimental HIV vaccine regimen is well-tolerated, elicits immune responses

Results from an early-stage clinical trial called APPROACH show that an investigational HIV vaccine regimen was…

300 million-year-old ‘modern’ beetle from Australia reconstructed

He's Australian, around half a centimeter long, fairly nondescript, 300 million years old -- and he's…

Shining rings: A new material emits white light when exposed to electricity

Scientists have developed a new way to make stimuli-responsive materials in a predictable manner. They used…

What happens when materials collide?

The first direct observations of a material's dynamic fracture have been observed at the atomic scale,…

Issues with maternal screening for congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common virus found worldwide. When CMV infects fetuses, it can cause…

Chances to treat childhood dementia

Although dementia is most often seen in adults, childhood or adolescent dementia does occur. A team…

Turbulence in planetary cores excited by tides

Veritable shields against high-energy particles, planets' magnetic fields are produced by iron moving in their liquid…

Hopes high to slash the number of deaths from killer fungal disease in Africa

Experts aim to halve the number of deaths from cryptococcal meningitis by changing drug treatment programmes…