A faster and more reliable method to categorize olive oil is validated

Classifying olive oils into the categories of extra virgin (EVOO), virgin (VOO) and lampante (LOO) is…

Researchers find cardiovascular health similarities between chimpanzees, humans

Doctors like to remind patients not to monkey around with their health, suggesting that a good…

Cosmic X-rays reveal a distinct signature of black holes

An international team of astrophysicists has found distinctive signatures of black hole event horizons, unmistakably separating…

Scientists propose multifunctional liquid metal nanocapsules

Liquid metals (LMs) are promising for applications in flexible electronics and biomimetic functional composites. Nanometerization and…

Technique permits convenient, precise optical imaging of individual proteins

Often considered the workhorses of the body, proteins are among the most important biomolecules critical to…

Rosetta spacecraft detects unexpected ultraviolet aurora at a comet

Data from Southwest Research Institute-led instruments aboard ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft have helped reveal auroral emissions in…

Rock types on Ryugu provide clues to the asteroid's turbulent history

The asteroid Ryugu may look like a solid piece of rock, but it’s more accurate to…

Do rats like to be tickled?

Not all rats like to be tickled but by listening to their vocalizations it is possible…

Better catalysts for a sustainable bioeconomy

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and from ETH Zurich want to make so-called zeolites…

Having a ball: Crystallization in a sphere

Crystallization is the assembly of atoms or molecules into highly ordered solid crystals, which occurs in…