Researchers in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Biochemistry have discovered that a cellular pump known to move drugs like antibiotics out of E. coli bacteria has the potential to bring them in as well, opening ...
Biochemistry
Nov 7, 2017
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Long Valley, California, has long defined the "super-eruption." About 765,000 years ago, a pool of molten rock exploded into the sky. Within one nightmarish week, 760 cubic kilometers of lava and ash spewed out in the kind ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 6, 2017
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In today's increasingly powerful electronics, tiny materials are a must as manufacturers seek to increase performance without adding bulk.
Nanomaterials
Jul 7, 2017
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338
Cosmologically speaking, the Milky Way and its immediate neighborhood are in the boondocks.
Astronomy
Jun 6, 2017
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For decades, scientists have tried to harness the unique properties of carbon nanotubes to create high-performance electronics that are faster or consume less power—resulting in longer battery life, faster wireless communication ...
Nanophysics
Sep 2, 2016
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One secret to creating the world's fastest silicon-based flexible transistors: a very, very tiny knife.
Nanophysics
Apr 20, 2016
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Inspired by mammals' eyes, University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineers have created the fastest, most responsive flexible silicon phototransistor ever made.
Nanophysics
Oct 30, 2015
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When the algal ancestor of modern land plants first succeeded in making the transition from aquatic environments to an inhospitable shore 450 million years ago, it changed the world by dramatically altering climate and setting ...
Biotechnology
Oct 5, 2015
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783
Hydrogen could be the ideal fuel: Whether used to make electricity in a fuel cell or burned to make heat, the only byproduct is water; there is no climate-altering carbon dioxide.
Materials Science
Sep 14, 2015
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Researchers using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory have sorted through the billions of subatomic particles that zip through its frozen cubic-kilometer-sized detector each year to gather powerful new evidence in support of ...
General Physics
Aug 20, 2015
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