Plant fibers for sustainable devices

Plant-derived materials such as cellulose often exhibit thermally insulating properties. A new material made from nanoscale…

A new weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

The unreasonable use of antibiotics has pushed bacteria to develop resistance mechanisms to this type of…

Psychological First Aid training could help improve care workers' wellbeing

A new study has shown that Psychological First Aid, training originally created for people to support…

Surface melting of glass

In 1842, the famous British researcher Michael Faraday made an amazing observation by chance: A thin…

Astronomers discover closest black hole to earth

Astronomers have discovered the closest-known black hole to Earth. This is the first unambiguous detection of…

'Click' chemistry may help treat dogs with bone cancer

New research shows how click chemistry can be used to more efficiently deliver drugs to treat…

Magnetized dead star likely has solid surface

A signature in the X-ray light emitted by a highly magnetized dead star known as a…

Water cutoff countermeasures using disaster emergency wells

Groundwater is considered both an environmental and industrial resource, but a new study indicates it is…

New study introduces the best graphite films

A recent study has proposed a strategy to synthesize single-crystalline graphite films orders of magnitude large,…

Asteroid 2022 UQ40 flew past Earth at just 0.2 LD

A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2022 UQ40 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.25 LD /…