Researchers tune in to protein pairs: Team quantifies how mutations affect...
Rice University scientists have created a way to interpret interactions among pairs of task-oriented proteins that relay signals. The goal is to learn how the proteins avoid crosstalk and whether they...
View ArticleSolving a 30-year-old problem in massive star formation
An international group of astrophysicists has found evidence strongly supporting a solution to a long-standing puzzle about the birth of some of the most massive stars in the universe.
View ArticleGraphene-like material made of boron a possibility, experiments suggest
Researchers from Brown University have shown experimentally that a boron-based competitor to graphene is a very real possibility.
View ArticleCrowdsourced RNA designs outperform computer algorithms
An enthusiastic group of non-experts, working through an online interface and receiving feedback from lab experiments, has produced designs for RNA molecules that are consistently more successful than...
View ArticleSeparating Neandertal DNA from modern human contamination
Retrieval of ancient DNA molecules is usually performed with special precautions to prevent DNA from researchers or the environment to get mixed in with the DNA from the fossil. However, many ancient...
View ArticleRiver of hydrogen flowing through space seen with Green Bank Telescope
(Phys.org) —Using the National Science Foundation's Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT), astronomer D.J. Pisano from West Virginia University has discovered what could be a never-before-seen...
View ArticleNew study advances quest for better superconducting materials
Nearly 30 years after the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, many questions remain, but an Oak Ridge National Laboratory team is providing insight that could lead to better superconductors.
View ArticleSpies use smartphone apps to track people, report says
Documents leaked by former NSA contactor Edward Snowden suggest that spy agencies have a powerful ally in Angry Birds and a host of other apps installed on smartphones across the globe.
View ArticleNew, unusually large virus kills anthrax agent
From a zebra carcass on the plains of Namibia in Southern Africa, an international team of researchers has discovered a new, unusually large virus (or bacteriophage) that infects the bacterium that...
View ArticleCritical protein discovered for healthy cell growth in mammals
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers from Penn State University and the University of California has discovered a protein that is required for the growth of tiny, but critical, hair-like structures called...
View ArticleApple's 1Q disappoints Wall Street, stock falls (Update)
Apple's holiday season proved to be a letdown, even though the company sold a record number of iPhones and iPads during its latest quarter.
View ArticleAsian ozone pollution in Hawaii is tied to climate variability
(Phys.org) —Air pollution from Asia has been rising for several decades but Hawaii had seemed to escape the ozone pollution that drifts east with the springtime winds. Now a team of researchers has...
View ArticleBeyond the Moore's Law: Nanocomputing using nanowire tiles
An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers from The MITRE Corporation and Harvard University have taken key steps toward ultra-small electronic computer systems that push beyond the imminent...
View ArticleNew catalytic converter could cut fuel consumption and car manufacturing costs
A new catalytic converter that could cut fuel consumption and manufacturing costs has been designed by a scientist from Imperial College London.
View ArticleStratasys unveils mighty color multimaterial 3D printer
(Phys.org) —An announcement of a multicolor 3D printer capable of automating the creation of complex prototypes with different material properties was made this week by 3D printer manufacturer,...
View ArticleNew flexible, transparent conductor created: Foldable flat-screen TVs closer...
University of Houston researchers have developed a new stretchable and transparent electrical conductor, bringing the potential for a fully foldable cell phone or a flat-screen television that can be...
View ArticleResearch could bring new devices that control heat flow
(Phys.org) —Researchers are proposing a new technology that might control the flow of heat the way electronic devices control electrical current, an advance that could have applications in a diverse...
View ArticleLungs may suffer when certain elements go nano
(Phys.org) —Nanoparticles are used in all kinds of applications—electronics, medicine, cosmetics, even environmental clean-ups. More than 2,800 commercially available applications are now based on...
View ArticleActive supermassive black holes revealed in merging galaxies
(Phys.org) —A team of astronomers has conducted infrared observations of luminous, gas-rich, merging galaxies with the Subaru Telescope to study active, mass-accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs)....
View ArticleCarbon dates cast doubt on Near East's role in human migration
The traditional view is that the first humans with anatomy like ours evolved in Africa, then from about 50,000 years ago started to spread into the Near East before continuing into Asia and Europe.
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