Modeling neuronal cultures on 'brain-on-a-chip' devices

For the past several years, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists and engineers have made significant…

Scientists find key factors impacting sideswiping tropical cyclone precipitation

Sideswiping tropical cyclones (STCs) are tropical cyclones (TCs) that cause precipitation over land without making landfall.…

What has caused more extreme summer heat events over northeast Asia?

Widespread hot extremes have been seen throughout the world in recent years, causing heat-related mortality and…

New 3-D X-ray technique reveals secrets from inside bones

An international research team has used new X-ray techniques to describe how the architecture of healthy…

Researchers discover what's behind nature's perhaps largest erection, which is not that big

In the plant kingdom, the sexual organ of a male pollen grain grows up to a…

Unpacking the two layers of bacterial gene regulation during plant infection

A study in Nature Plants has revealed new insights into how pathogenic bacteria regulate gene expression…

Salt solution produces better organic electrochemical transistors

Doping is commonly used to improve performance in semiconducting devices but has not previously been successful…

A quantum memory that operates at telecom wavelengths

To create large quantum networks, researchers will first need to develop efficient quantum repeaters. A key…

Key workers are lowest paid with poorer job qualities, study finds

A study led by Dr. Matt Barnes, Senior Lecturer from the Department of Sociology, suggests that…

Study finds albatrosses fine-tuned to wind conditions

A new study of albatrosses has found that wind plays a bigger role in their decision…