Squeezing a rock-star material could make it stable enough for solar cells

Among the materials known as perovskites, one of the most exciting is a material that can…

Nature's decline risks our quality of life

It is no secret that over the last few decades, humans have changed nature at an…

A cascaded dual deformable phase plate wavefront modulator enables direct AO integration with existing microscopes

Microscopy is the workhorse of contemporary life science research, enabling morphological and chemical inspection of living…

NASA mission to test technology for satellite swarms

A NASA mission slated for launch on Friday will place three tiny satellites into low-Earth orbit,…

Scientists make pivotal discovery on mechanism of Epstein-Barr virus latent infection

Researchers at The Wistar Institute have discovered a new enzymatic function of the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)…

Snake sex chromosomes say less about sex and more about survival

Sex-specific chromosomes are a dangerous place to be, if you’re a gene. Because these chromosomes—Y chromosomes,…

Small electric fields can play decisive role in formation of diamond

Diamond, like graphite, is a special form of carbon. Its cubic crystal structure and its strong…

Angstrom multilayer metrology by combining spectral measurements and machine learning

With the recent explosive demand for data storage, ranging from data centers to various smart and…

Antarctica: The ocean cools at the surface but warms up at depth

Scientists from the CNRS, CNES, IRD, Sorbonne Université, l’Université Toulouse III—Paul Sabatier and their Australian colleagues,…

Scientists discover how the potentially oldest coral reefs in the Mediterranean developed

A new study from the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC, Spain) and the National Oceanography…