In an electron microscope, electrons are emitted by pointy metal tips, so they can be steered and controlled with high precision. Recently, such metal tips have also been used as high precision electron sources for generating ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 15, 2016
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Researchers have developed a hybrid of a fuel cell and capacitor on a biocatalytic basis. With the aid of enzymatic processes, what's known as a biosupercapacitor efficiently generates and stores energy. The trick: the enzymes ...
Materials Science
Nov 15, 2016
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A joint team of geneticists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, demonstrated that the emergence of mammary glands in placental mammals and marsupials ...
Evolution
Nov 15, 2016
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An international team of researchers has completed a decades-long study of tiny salamanders found in the high-mountain forests of Oaxaca, Mexico, and concluded that they represent three new species of the enigmatic genus ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 15, 2016
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Virtual reality has been described as a game changer for medical education. Some even predict it will see an end to using cadavers to teach anatomy.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 15, 2016
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It's often said that through our innovations in science, agriculture and medicine humans have become masters of our biological destiny.
Evolution
Nov 15, 2016
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Scientists from The University of Western Australia's Centre for Integrative Bee Research (CIBER) tagged 200 honey bee workers to find out how a highly-contagious fungal parasite (Nosema apis) impacts their ability to pollinate ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 15, 2016
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Graduate studies within any single scientific discipline are challenging endeavors on their own. But imagine combining graduate school-level training in physics and mathematics with advanced research in engineering and biology.
Engineering
Nov 15, 2016
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A new patent search tool developed by engineers at Michigan Technological University makes it easier to discover and track inactive patents.
Engineering
Nov 15, 2016
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The evolutionary secrets of an extraordinary North American rodent are being uncovered by University of Queensland School of Biological Sciences researchers.
Evolution
Nov 15, 2016
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