Illustrative experiment: - The red cubes made of molded water ice float to the top normally. The green cubes of heavy water sink. Credit: Volker Lannert/University of Bonn Researchers at the Universit...
阅读全文Schematic diagram of shielding mechanism of modified nano composite shielding material. Credit: Huo Zhiping Dr. Huo Zhipeng and his student Zhao Sheng from the Hefei Institutes of physical science (HF...
阅读全文A micro-butterfly, printed by Del Pozo. The width is around 70 micrometers. Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology It seems like science fiction: a flat object issues from the 3D printer, then sta...
阅读全文Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have discovered that using a thin-film coating of copper or copper compounds on surfaces could enhance copper's ability to inactivate or destroy the SARS-...
阅读全文A side-by-side comparison of store brand mayonnaise (left) with the plant-based and nutrient-rich mayonnaise produced by NTU Singapore (right). Credit: Nanyang Technological University A team of scien...
阅读全文Credit: CC0 Public Domain A little wiggle room might be just what the doctor ordered. New research suggests that the peptides—short chunks of protein—used to treat Type 2 diabetes may be more effec...
阅读全文Machine learning enables materials discovery. Credit: Northwestern University Scientists and institutions dedicate more resources each year to the discovery of novel materials to fuel the world. As na...
阅读全文Colors, sparks, booms and whistles all require different pyrotechnic recipes. Credit: chensiyuan/WikimediaCommons, CC BY-SA 4.0 For many people around the world, the very first moments of the new year...
阅读全文Credit: Apirak Wongpunsing Were it not for Baron Justus von Liebig, Christmas might look and taste quite different. Yet despite his contribution to everything from the stock cubes used in your gravy t...
阅读全文Credit: Wiley Under anesthesia, patients are often given muscle-relaxing neuromuscular blockers to make intubations easier and reduce the skeletal muscle tone during surgery. Using a drug to remove th...
阅读全文Plant cells with visible chloroplasts (from a moss, Plagiomnium affine) Credit: Wikipedia A Yale-led team of chemists has unveiled the blueprints for a key enzyme that may contain design principles fo...
阅读全文Natalia Dudareva, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry in Purdue’s College of Agriculture, stands in her laboratory. Dudareva led a team of researchers that mapped the biosynthetic pathway of an a...
阅读全文*This is not jello.* This block M is composed of engineered bacteria and silica—a material commonly used in plaster—cross-linking together. The purple tint is a protein produced by the bacteria. If ...
阅读全文Over the years, hundreds of new synthetic drugs that mimic the effects of illegal and legal substances have emerged. The underground nature of each drug's development and distribution makes its intern...
阅读全文No longer just a dream of vegetarians and vegans, fake meat is becoming more widely available in grocery stores and restaurants. And more options are almost certainly on the way. In a study reported i...
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