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Materials, Physics & Engineering

A new method, developed at the Vienna University of Technology, uses laser beams to fix molecules at exactly the right position in a three-dimensional material. The technology will have a...

Chemical Engineering, Materials Science

Building a clock that will last forever

October 15, 2012

An experimental design for creating a space-time crystal has been proposed by scientists at Berkeley Lab, based on an electric-field ion trap and the Coulomb repulsion of particles that carry...

Physics

Detecting disease beneath the skin

October 15, 2012

An international team of researchers has developed an advanced optics system to noninvasively detect disease by looking underneath the skin at blood vessel networks. One day, the high resolution 3D...

Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Medical Diagnostics, Oncology

Mapping the universe with artificial intelligence

October 15, 2012

Researchers in Germany have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to chart and explain the structure and dynamics of the Universe.“Our model is a big step forward. With the help...

Astronomy, Physics

Molecule to reverse fragile X syndrome

October 15, 2012

Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Microbiology

A compound that shows promise in therapy for one of the diseases closely linked to fragile X syndrome, a genetic condition that is the only known single-gene cause of autism,...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Green tea may boost brain cell production

October 12, 2012

Green tea possesses chemical properties that increase the production of brain cells, providing benefits for memory and spatial learning, suggests a new study.Green tea, a popular Chinese beverage, has long...

Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology

Historic observation of rare exploding star

October 10, 2012

The first ever direct observations of a type1a supernova - the ‘standard candle’ for astronomers to measure distance - have been made. Exploding stars called Type 1a supernovas are ideal...

Astronomy, Physics

Flat lens focuses telecom wavelengths without distortion

October 8, 2012

An ultrathin, flat lens that focuses light without imparting the distortion associated with conventional lenses has been created by applied physicists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences...

Physics

Tough and stretchy gel created for cartilage replacements

October 5, 2012

Harvard material scientists and bioengineers have developed an extremely tough and stretchy biocompatible material that could have applications in replacing damaged cartilage in human joints. The biomaterial is dubbed a...

Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

Renewable energy success: hydrogen fuel cell produced using inexpensive catalyst

October 3, 2012

Chemistry, Green Chemistry

University of Cambridge scientists have produced hydrogen from water using an inexpensive catalyst, under industrially relevant conditions. The researchers, whose findings are published in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition,...

Chemistry

New genetic variants linked to bipolar disorder

October 3, 2012

Scientists have gained new understanding of the origin of bipolar disorder by identifying genetic variants linked to signalling pathways in the brain likely to be involved in causing the neurological...

Biological Sciences, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics

Weighing the ocean

October 1, 2012