(Phys.org) —When a team of University of Illinois engineers set out to grow nanowires of a compound semiconductor on top of a sheet of graphene, they did not expect to discover a new paradigm of epitaxy. Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
MIT researchers decipher the molecular basis of bone’s remarkable strength and resiliency; work could lead to new treatments and materials. Original post on mit.edu Comments on reddit.com
Four lower-ranking chimpanzees have banded together to assassinate their group’s leader and take his place Original post on newscientist.com Comments on reddit.com
Antibacterial ‘nanopillars’ on cicada wings pull bacterial membranes apart. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
Researchers look for the first time at the structure and chemical behavior of a natural catalyst involved in photosynthesis. Original post on sci-news.com Comments on reddit.com
Exposing our bodies to vaccines based on benign microbes could promote immunity to much nastier but totally different diseases Original post on newscientist.com Comments on reddit.com
Technique could be sensitive enough to detect structure of a single protein. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
The largest known structure in the universe has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. The large quasar group (LQG -a portion shown above)) is so large that it would take a vehicle traveling at the speed of light… Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on reddit.com
The Optical Society of America’s news and policy section contains information designed to keep reporters, OSA members and the public informed of happenings at OSA, in government programs and in the optics community. Original post on osa.org Comments on reddit.com
Glittering blue colour stays intense years after plant’s death. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
A trio of photons emitted seven billion years ago from a gamma ray burst threaten to scrap decades of research by theoretical physicists. Original post on space.com Comments on reddit.com
From Yahoo! News: To create new alloys, metallurgists for centuries have relied on trial and error. That could change. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
A new form of very hard carbon clusters with a rather unusual structure is so hard it dented the diamond anvil used in its creation. The clusters are a mix of crystalline and disordered structures -… Original post on tgdaily.com Comments on reddit.com
Dual-class share structures allow some CEOs to take the money and run — run the company, that is, according to their own vision. Original post on theglobalmail.org Comments on reddit.com
Wings on a flightless bird, eyes on a blind fish, and sexual organs on a flower that reproduces asexually—the casual observer might ask, what’s… Original post on divinecaroline.com Comments on digg.com
The governor of the Bank of England Sir Mervyn King says there must now be Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The proteins that help sponges generate their silica skeletons have been harnessed to form new semiconducting structures Original post on newscientist.com Comments on reddit.com
A new set of computer models has successfully predicted negative side effects in hundreds of current drugs, based on the similarity between their chemical structures and those molecules known to cause side effects, according to a new article. Original post on sciencedaily.com Comments on reddit.com
Low-cost non-noble electrocatalyst efficiently generates hydrogen gas for fuel. energy, materials science, catalysis Original post on bnl.gov Comments on digg.com
(Phys.org) — For more than a decade, scientists have tried to improve lithium-based batteries by replacing the graphite in one terminal with silicon, which can store 10 times more charge. But after just a few charge/discharge cycles, the silicon structure would crack and crumble, rendering the battery… Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
Archaeologists report a striking find in Guatemala of the first Mayan art on a wall, as well as the oldest known Mayan calendar. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on digg.com
For the first time, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have made early retina structures containing proliferating neuroretinal progenitor cells using induced pluripotent stem cells derived from human blood. The retina structures showed the capacity to form layers of cells which possess the machinery that could allow them to communicate information. Original post on rdmag.com Comments on digg.com
Electrical engineers are building a forest of tiny nanowire trees in order to cleanly capture solar energy without using fossil fuels and harvest it for hydrogen fuel generation. The team said nanowires, which are made from abundant natural materials like silicon and zinc oxide, also offer a cheap way to deliver hydrogen fuel on a mass scale. Original post on sciencedaily.com Comments on reddit.com
