Thriving in non-equilibrium
Equilibrium may be hard to achieve in our lives, but it is the standard state of nature.
Superconductivity
Dec 1, 2021
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News tagged with science fiction
Recent advances in optical dynamic meta-holography
In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances the research group of Professor Xiong Wei, from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, discuss recent advances in optical dynamic meta-holography.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 30, 2021
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'Ray guns' let scientists use light instead of DNA to tell plant populations apart
In Star Trek, characters carry a little handheld device called a tricorder that they can point at objects to analyze and identify them. When the show's writers cooked up the idea in the 1960s, it was purely science fiction, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 19, 2021
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Photosynthesizing algae injected into the blood vessels of tadpoles supply oxygen to their brains
Leading a double life in water and on land, frogs have many breathing techniques—through the gills, lungs, and skin—over the course of their lifetime. Now German scientists have developed another method that allows tadpoles ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 13, 2021
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Blue Origin delays William Shatner's space flight
Blue Origin announced Sunday it was delaying an upcoming flight set to carry actor William Shatner to space due to anticipated winds.
Space Exploration
Oct 10, 2021
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Researchers translate insect defense chemicals into eerie sounds
Sawfly larvae protect themselves by secreting cocktails of unpleasant, volatile chemicals intended to repel predators, particularly ants. Researchers can assess the effectiveness of these defenses by staging meetups, so-called ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2021
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AI program accurately predicts protein localization
Facial recognition software can be used to spot a face in a crowd; but what if it could also predict where someone else was in the same crowd? While this may sound like science fiction, researchers from Japan have now shown ...
Biotechnology
Aug 6, 2021
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Militaries plunder science fiction for technology ideas, but turn a blind eye to the genre's social commentary
Military planning is a complicated endeavor, calling upon experts in logistics and infrastructure to predict resource availability and technological advancements. Long-range military planning, deciding what to invest in now ...
Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2021
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How cellular fingertips may help cells 'speak' to each other
What if you found out that you could heal using only a finger? It sounds like science fiction, reminiscent of the 1982 movie "E.T." Well, it turns out that your body's own cells can do something similarly unexpected. Researchers ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 22, 2021
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Algorithms and lasers tame chemical reactivity
Researchers have developed an algorithm for photochemistry, bringing the burgeoning field a step closer to the goal of using different colors of light like a switch to activate a range of different chemical reactions in one ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 16, 2021
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