Day July 21, 2019

IMAGE: A heated tip of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is brought close to a cold substrate so that a single molecule can bridge the gap between them. view more  Credit: Jan C. Kloeckner Combining novel theoretical and experimental approaches, researchers…

IMAGE: The initial positions of the atoms in this computer model of a solid-oxide fuel cell were based on observations of the actual atomic configuration using electron microscopy. Simulations using this… view more  Credit: Michihisa Koyama, Kyushu University Simulations from researchers…

IMAGE: Hearing Loss in older people view more  Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan – Hearing loss is the world’s fourth-leading cause of years lived with disability. The condition may worsen an array of mental, physical, and social complications. As over…

IMAGE: KAIST researchers have developed mobile software platform technology that allows a mobile application (app) to be executed simultaneously and more dynamically on multiple smart devices. Its high flexibility and broad… view more  Credit: KAIST KAIST researchers have developed mobile software…

Sustainable land management key to reducing Amazon wildfires, study shows The unrelenting deforestation of the Amazon region could lead to a dramatic increase to the risk of destructive wildfire outbreaks, research has shown. The new study suggests that unrestrained deforestation,…

IMAGE: This is a 5-day-old zebrafish larva, in which motor neurons are marked with a green fluorescent protein. view more  Credit: Diana Chapela, iMM A research team led by Leonor Saúde, Principal Investigator at Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM; Lisbon, Portugal),…

IMAGE: This is a white clover with wood control after 7 days. view more  Credit: Jaime Da Silva Carvalho, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) New research has discovered that cigarette butts – the most common form of litter on the planet –…

IMAGE: The results of this trial have been published in the PLOS Medicine journal. view more  Credit: PLOS Medicine The results of a recent Nordic collaboration study showed that there is no difference in functional results between operative and non-operative treatment…

IMAGE: These are Macaca fuscata females monitored during the study. view more  Credit: Lucie Rigaill Many human cultures associate the colour red with sexuality and fertility. Among nonhuman primates too, red skin coloration is thought to contribute to sexual attractiveness. Indeed,…

Researchers at LSTM have taken significant steps in understanding the way that the anti-malarial drug primaquine (PQ) works, which they hope will lead to the development of new, safer and more effective treatments for malaria. The work, which was predominantly…