Stable radicals can solve unconventional problems in modern science and technology

Verdazyl radicals are stable molecules that are part of a variety of organic substances. You can…

Noah-MP captures major hydrological patterns in China

The Noah land surface model with multi-parameterization options (Noah-MP) simulates the major spatiotemporal patterns of hydrological…

The Milky Way kidnapped several tiny galaxies from its neighbor

Just like the moon orbits the Earth, and the Earth orbits the sun, galaxies orbit each…

Nanostructures help to reduce the adhesion of bacteria

Scientists have shown how bacteria adhere to rough surfaces at the microscopic level. Now a team…

Secrets to climate change adaptation uncovered in the European corn borer moth

A team of biologists led by Tufts University has found two genes that may permit some…

Modelling ion beam therapy

Hadron beam therapy, which is often used to treat solid tumours, involves irradiating a tumour with…

Watching energy transport through biomimetic nanotubes

Scientists from the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) and the University of Würzburg (Germany) have investigated…

Vibration in one direction only

Electronic components such as transistors transmit electric currents in one direction only. What if we could…

CRISPR enzyme programmed to kill viruses in human cells

Many of the world’s most common or deadly human pathogens are RNA-based viruses—Ebola, Zika and flu,…

Buttons and flies help biologists solve longtime DNA mystery

Biologists at Johns Hopkins University have uncovered an important clue in the longtime mystery of how…