CO2 laser ablation leads a novel path to customized continuous fused silica surfaces

Fused silica is a significant material for numerous applications in optics and photonics owing to its…

The effect of urea additives on the physicochemical characteristics of crystals

Crystal habit has a considerable impact on the physicochemical characteristics of crystals, and understanding that is meaningful…

Scientists invent lightweight liquid metal materials

Room temperature liquid metal, for example Gallium-based alloy, has high electrical and thermal conductivity, and excellent…

Large-scale graphical variations and climatic controls on tree crown architecture

Crown architecture, which is composited by an ensemble of attributes related to branch characteristics and branching…

This is how a channel is formed between two organelles

The channel through which two cell components exchange material appears to form at the edge of…

Military waste has unexpected consequences on civilians, the environment

The military waste that results from the United States military’s drive to remain permanently war ready…

For lemurs, water holes are a matter of taste

It’s 1 p.m. and you’re only halfway through a six-hour hike, climbing in steep terrain under…

Henneguya salminicola: Microscopic parasite has no mitochondrial DNA

An international team of researchers has found a creature with no mitochondrial DNA, making it the…

Climate change threatens research itself

Australian experts are calling for the higher education sector to prepare for the knock-on effects of…

3 ways to help children think critically about the news

Like adults, children use the news to learn about what’s happening in the world. But the…