(Phys.org) —Many new technologies are based on ultra-thin layered structures that are "grown" using precise deposition techniques. Understanding and ultimately controlling this growth at the atomic level – particularly ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 23, 2014
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Great Gull Island is home to one of the most important nesting habitats for Roseate and Common terns in the world. The estimated 1,300 pairs of Roseate terns that summer on the 17-acre island at the eastern end of Long Island ...
Ecology
Sep 23, 2014
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In the field of drug development, frequent targets are cell-membrane proteins, such as ion channels, tiny pores that allow various substances to enter and exit the cell. Ion channels, which govern the passage of sodium, potassium, ...
Biochemistry
Sep 23, 2014
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(Phys.org) —New research co-authored by a Naveen Jindal School of Management accounting professor suggests that companies that don't manufacture goods or products but sue companies that do threaten innovation and economic ...
Economics & Business
Sep 23, 2014
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When a sea otter wants to rest, it wraps a piece of kelp around its body to hold itself steady among the rolling waves. Likewise, California's sea otter numbers are holding steady despite many forces pushing against their ...
Ecology
Sep 23, 2014
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Being able to track individual biomolecules and observe them at work is every biochemist's dream. This would enable the scientists to research in detail and better understand the workings of the nanomachines of life, such ...
Nanophysics
Sep 23, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Roughly 40 million years ago, a handful of species of fish from the Nile River went into three lakes in Africa and experienced an unusual flurry of evolution. In one of these lakes as many as 500 new species ...
Biotechnology
Sep 23, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The number of extremely hot days in eastern and midwestern U.S. cities is projected to triple by mid-century, according to a new study led by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and published today in ...
Environment
Sep 23, 2014
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"In Australia the culling of sharks and the killing of crocodiles after human attacks are instances of the 'wildlife wars' taking place worldwide."
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2014
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The giant planet Saturn is mostly a gigantic ball of rotating gas, completely unlike our solid home planet. But Earth and Saturn do have something in common: weather, although the gas giant is home to some of the most bizarre ...
Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2014
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