Gold-coated pantyhose inspire a technique for comfortable light-emitting clothing

An approach for developing light-emitting fabric based on typical ultrasheer pantyhose coated in a thin gold…

Nanoscale spectroscopy review showcases a bright future

Modern society is working closer to the nanoscale than it realises. Breakthroughs and advances in developing…

Japan suspends annual funding for Hawaii telescope project

Japan suspended its yearly funding for a giant telescope project in Hawaii, citing an ongoing stalemate…

Book on plants in the Murmansk region (Russia) scores 4/19 correct insect identifications

A recently published book on some aspects of the ecology of woody introducents in the Murmansk…

Nutrient pollution and ocean warming negatively affect early life of corals

Corals are constantly exposed to multiple environmental stressors at any given time. On a global scale,…

What schools can do to reduce the risk of sexual abuse by educators

There’s no shortage of reports about American teachers and other school staff getting arrested for allegedly…

25 years on: A single top quark partners with the Z boson

A quarter-century after its discovery, physicists at the ATLAS Experiment at CERN are gaining new insight…

Mpemba effect: The fastest way to heat certain materials may be to cool them first

To heat a slice of pizza, you probably wouldn’t consider first chilling it in the fridge.…

Scientists unravel synthetic mechanism of arylpentazole and substituent effect

Recently, a research team led by Prof. Liu Jianyong and Prof. Han Keli from the Dalian…

Antarctic subglacial lakes are cold, dark and full of secrets

Getting water samples from an Antarctic lake under 800 meters of ice takes days of drilling,…