Concentrating light in a volume as small as the wavelength itself is a challenge that is crucial for numerous applications. Researchers from AMOLF, TU Delft, and Cornell University in the U.S. have demonstrated a new way ...
Optics & Photonics
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An international research collaboration led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists that examined microscopic blobs of protein found in human cells has discovered that some morph from an almost honey-like substance ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 18, 2025
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Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria allows us to make the fuel we need from sugars, a process vital to all life on Earth.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 18, 2025
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The professional world has no shortage of micromanagers—or, as Penn State School of Labor and Employment Relations (LER) faculty members Craig L. Pearce and Hee Man Park like to call them, "accidental dictators."
Social Sciences
Apr 18, 2025
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As NASA prepares to return to the moon, studying astronaut health and safety is a top priority. Scientists monitor and analyze every part of the International Space Station crew's daily life—down to the air they breathe. ...
Space Exploration
Apr 18, 2025
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A team of biologists working at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, a research museum in the Netherlands, has found evidence of caddisfly larvae using microplastics to build their casings as far back as the 1970s.
For scientists who want to learn about the geological history of a planet, river deltas are a great place to start. Deltas gather sediment from a large area into one place, which can be studied to reveal climate and tectonic ...
Planetary Sciences
Apr 18, 2025
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter.
Planetary Sciences
Apr 18, 2025
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Proteins form the structural and functional backbone of the cell, and any perturbation in their synthesis can disrupt normal cellular functions. The DNA blueprint is carefully read, transcribed, and translated into functional ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 18, 2025
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When Grandma and Grandpa are in charge, the children are likely staring at a screen—a long-standing parental complaint now supported by University of Arizona research.
Social Sciences
Apr 18, 2025
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