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Activity of fuel cell catalysts doubled
An interdisciplinary research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has built platinum nanoparticles for…
Cool new wearable devices can do miracles for your health
From a small light-up pad that makes your bruise fade faster to a strip of gel…
Black (nano)gold to combat climate change
Global warming is a serious threat to the planet and living beings. One of the main…
U.N. chief heads back to Caribbean to raise the alarm about climate change, hurricanes
Almost two years after he visited the Caribbean to see for himself the devastation left by…
B cells off rails early in lupus
Scientists could discern that in people with SLE, signals driving expansion and activation are present at…
Super-resolution microscopy illuminates associations between chromosomes
Thanks to super-resolution microscopy, scientists have now been able to unambiguously identify physical associations between human…
Plants don't think, they grow: The case against plant consciousness
If a tree falls, and no one’s there to hear it, does it feel pain and…
'Tsunami' on a silicon chip: A world first for light waves
Scientists have for the first time manipulated a light wave, or photonic information, on a silicon…
Bacteria engineered as Trojan horse for cancer immunotherapy
Researchers have engineered a strain of non-pathogenic bacteria that can colonize solid tumors in mice and…