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Dec 11, 2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Small wonders lead to superhero science
Max Mikel-Stites and Anne Staples were searching for a sequel.
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Space Exploration
Dec 4, 2018
Tissue chips rocket to International Space Station
When traveling in space, astronauts experience physiological changes normally associated with aging, such as bone loss, muscle deterioration and altered immune systems. When the astronauts return to Earth, the changes often ...
General Physics
Dec 4, 2018
ESA team blasts Intel's new AI chip with radiation at CERN
An ESA-led team subjected Intel's new Myriad 2 artificial intelligence chip to one of the most energetic radiation beams available on Earth. This test of its suitability to fly in space took place at CERN, the European Organization ...
Hardware
Dec 3, 2018
Novel color sensors are less expensive to manufacture
In the FOWINA project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen and the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC in Würzburg have developed novel color sensors with a special microlens arrangement. ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 19, 2018
Efficient and stable emission of warm white light from lead-free halide double perovskites
One-fifth of global electricity consumption is based on lighting; efficient and stable white-light emission with single materials is ideal for applications. Photon emission that covers the entire visible spectrum is, however, ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 14, 2018
Electro-sensing ability of African elephantnose fish shows acuteness of vision
The African elephantnose fish generates weak electrical pulses to navigate its environment. This localization sense bears an astonishing similarity to vision, as a study by the University of Bonn now shows. The study demonstrates ...
Biotechnology
Nov 13, 2018
A chip with blood vessels
Biochips have been developed at TU Wien (Vienna), on which tissue can be produced and examined. This allows supplying the tissue with different substances in a very controlled way.
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 25, 2018
New chip measures multiple cellular responses to speed drug discovery
Finding ways to improve the drug development process – which is currently costly, time-consuming and has an astronomically high failure rate – could have far-reaching benefits for health care and the economy. Researchers ...
Space Exploration
Oct 18, 2018
Would a Space Force mean the end of NASA?
Space, that final frontier, is something that catches the attention of a country naturally inclined to believe in ideas like "Manifest Destiny" and American exceptionalism. But how well does a Space Force fit that bill? And ...
Materials Science
Oct 4, 2018
The promise of deep grooves
A manufacturing technique that could help the semiconductor industry make more powerful computer chips began in the humblest of places—at a lunch table at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.
