Quasi noise-free digital holography

Noise originating from the coherent nature of laser light is the scourge of digital holography, always…

Minuscule amounts of impurities in vacuum greatly affecting OLED lifetime

Reproducibility is a necessity for science but has often eluded researchers studying the lifetime of organic…

New pharmacon allows testicular tumors to shrink

A new active pharmaceutical ingredient may help against severe forms of testicular cancer, which only respond…

Widespread ‘gray zone’ of animals transitioning from one species to two

New research characterizes the ability of populations to interbreed and exchange genes as a function of…

Diabetes, heart disease, and back pain dominate US health care spending

Just 20 conditions make up more than half of all spending on health care in the…

Hospital ICUs overused

ICUs are being used too often for patients who don’t need that level of care, according…

Space cucumbers reveal secrets of plant survival

Researchers have examined cucumber seedlings germinated under the very weak gravity - or microgravity - conditions…

Hack-proofing our devices

A researcher is building better safeguards into the everyday technologies of radio-frequency identification (RFID) and mobile…

Close friendships between children can influence responses to fear

Close friends may influence how school-aged children think about danger, new research has concluded.

Fungus-infecting virus could help track spread of white-nose syndrome in bats

A newly discovered virus infecting the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats could help scientists…