The ten km long, bright white coast of Germany’s largest island, Rügen, is shaped by episodically…
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A novel salvinia-like slippery surface
Superhydrophobic surfaces are widely used in many industrial settings, which mainly consist of rough solid protrusions…
Lab finds new levels of detail about key membrane proteins
Portland State University researchers used advanced electron microscopy to create a 3-D reconstruction of a membrane…
Round nanoparticles improve quality factors of surface lattice resonances
Plasmonic surface lattice resonances (SLRs) supported by metal nanoparticle arrays have many merits such as strong…
International screening of the effects of a pathogenic fungus
The pathogenic fungus Candida auris, which first surfaced in 2009, is proving challenging to control. It…
Growing demand for zero-deforestation cacao might not help Colombian forests
When Brazil refused soy grown on deforested land in the Amazon, the movement spread worldwide. Brazil’s…
Optical imaging enters sub-nanometer era
Prof. Dong Zhenchao and Prof. Hou Jianguo from the University of Science and Technology of China…
Laura's leftovers move east, leaving a disaster in Louisiana
The remnants of Hurricane Laura unleashed heavy rain and twisters hundreds of miles inland from a…
Demonstrating vortices as Brownian particles in turbulent flows
Brownian motion of particles in fluid is a common collective behavior in biological and physical systems.…
Painting with bacteria could revolutionise wastewater treatment
Improvements to a new type of water-based paint containing bacteria could pave the way for advancements…