Design method may boost semiconductor performance by better handling heat

Finding ways to manage the flow of heat in silicon could boost the performance of semiconductors,…

ESA highlights protection for our planet ahead of Asteroid Day

The United Nations’ International Asteroid Day on 30 June highlights ESA’s expanding efforts to secure our…

Astronomers detect teraelectronvolt emission from the gamma-ray burst GRB 190114C

An international team of astronomers has detected a teraelectronvolt (TeV) emission from a gamma-ray burst designated…

Biologists unravel tangled mystery of plant cell growth

When cells don’t divide into proper copies of themselves, living things fail to grow as they…

Profiling of lone terrorists is flawed, study finds

Terrorism has typically been considered an organized activity undertaken by networks of individuals who share a…

Cell removal as the result of a mechanical instability

Researchers at Kanazawa University report in the Biophysical Journal that the process of cell removal from…

Researchers decode jellyfish genomes and unveil its ecological roles

A research team led by Professor Jerome Hui Ho Lam from the School of Life Sciences…

Lockdown research shows working from home pays off

The lockdown in the corona crisis is unintentionally the biggest working from home experiment ever. Recent…

Preventing lithium loss for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries

A team of Korean researchers has developed a processing technology for maximizing energy densities of high-capacity…

Scientists provide new explanation for the strange asymmetry of the moon

The Earth‐moon system’s history remains mysterious. Scientists believe the system formed when a Mars‐sized body collided…