MBL Researchers Imaged First Body Plan Moments in the Embryo

Medicine & Technology Feb 05, 2021

Researchers have successfully imaged how embryo developments and arrangements in the cell begin.

Kangaroo Overgrazing Has Adverse Effect on Land Conservation

Feb 04, 2021

While Australia's native kangaroos are not considered threats to local vegetation and land conservation, the species' species' increased overgrazing could start changing this condition, according to a new study.

New Study Shows Silver From Plastic Packaging Leaches To Some Foods and Beverages

Feb 04, 2021

Researchers have found that silver embedded in antimicrobial plastic - often used for food and beverage packaging - could lead the packaging and form into its contents, especially for sweet and sugary foods.

Penn State, QorTek Fabricates Piezoelectric Device Still Effective in High Temperatures

Feb 04, 2021

Generally speaking, piezoelectric materials - those that generate electrical energy when pressure is applied to them - start to lose effectivity in high-temperature environments. A team from Pennsylvania State University and QorTek work past these limitations.

New Study Suggests Warmer Climates Could Create More Harmful Mutations

Feb 03, 2021

A new study reveals how warmer global climates could create more serious mutations that have worse effects on organisms, affecting their prospects for survival in the future.

New Bio-Inspired Joint Model to Create Better Robotic Exoskeletons

Feb 03, 2021

Researchers from the Xi'an Jiaotong University in Xi'an, China, have reported the design for a new joint model that could lead to more robust and more stable exoskeletons.

UT Dallas Researchers Lead Fabrication of Powerful Unipolar Carbon Nanotube “Muscles”

Jan 31, 2021

A culmination of more than 15 years of work, researchers from the University of Texas at Dallas, together with collaborators from the US, South Korea, Australia, and China, have created unipolar carbon nanotube "muscles."

European Researchers Develop New Source for Single Photons

Jan 30, 2021

Physicists from the University of Basel in Switzerland and Ruhr University Bochum in Germany developed a novel source of single photons - capable of producing billions of tiny quantum particles each second.