Physicists from the University of Bonn have developed a completely new source of light, a so-called Bose-Einstein condensate consisting of photons. Until recently, expert had thought this impossible. This method may potentially ...
General Physics
Nov 24, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By discovering the first double star where a pulsating Cepheid variable and another star pass in front of one another, an international team of astronomers has solved a decades-old mystery. The rare alignment ...
Astronomy
Nov 24, 2010
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Infestation by bacteria and other pathogens result in global crop losses of over $500 billion annually. A research team led by the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology developed a novel trick for identifying ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 24, 2010
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Travelers and transportation screeners alike dream of a day when people will no longer have to spread their legs and lift their arms for intimate pat-downs or see-through body scanners.
Engineering
Nov 24, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Tufts University School of Engineering have reported the first successful production of the antibiotic erythromycin A, and two variations, using E. coli as the production host.
Biochemistry
Nov 24, 2010
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Scientists at Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology have solved a long-standing mystery about HIV infection–namely how HIV promotes the death of CD4 T cells. It is the loss of this critical subset of immune ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 24, 2010
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Two proteins involved in powdery mildew infection in plants also play an important role in fertilization.
Biotechnology
Nov 24, 2010
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The search is on for insects, mites, microbes or nematodes that could be used in a biologically based approach to controlling silverleaf nightshade, an invasive weed from the Americas that has spread to southern Europe, Africa, ...
Ecology
Nov 24, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists at the University of South Carolina have developed a camera with the ability to see the invisible – and more.
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 24, 2010
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You may think of your love for your mate as the noble emotion of a pure heart, but some primitive parts of your brain are taking a decidedly more pragmatic approach to the subject, according to Stanford biologists.
Plants & Animals
Nov 24, 2010
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