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Plasma ionization-based 3-D titania nanofiber-like webs to enhance bioreactivity and osteoconductivity of biomaterials
In a new study published on Scientific Reports, Mohammad-Hossein Beigi and a research team in the…
Polymer-based optical fiber for visualization of material stress
Fiber-optic strain sensing is known for its ability to monitor large areas. However, most types of…
How to use entanglement for long-distance or free-space quantum communication
Entanglement, once called “spooky action at a distance” by Einstein, is the phenomenon in which the…
2017 meteor was a 'grazing fireball'
A team of researchers at Curtin University in Australia reports that a meteor that streaked across…
Astronomers present a concept for the next NASA flagship mission
Astronomers are making the case for a new mission to search for Earth-like planets outside our…
New collection of maps and datascapes capturing the spatial consequences of climate change
In September of 1962, President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech urging that the United States…
A new tool tidies up molecules at the nano level
Tidying up. Not an idea associated with living cells on the nanoscale. But just as a…
Halting climate change means a world without fossil fuels—not merely curbing emissions
A new study by two University of Toronto researchers is proposing a different way to think…
'Chicken-and-egg' relationship between mantle-located superplumes and surface-located supercontinents
Curtin University researchers suggest a “chicken-and-egg” relationship exists between the Earth’s mantle-located superplumes and surface-located supercontinents,…