Human brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps researchers better understand how both work
Kristin Scaplen, Bryant University
The human brain contains approximately 87 billion neurons. On average, each of these cells make thousands of different connections to facilitate...
First academic study on slap fighting highlights risks to participants’ neurological health
The first academic study to provide quantitative assessment of the possible dangers of competitive slap fighting offers a starting point for conversations about ensuring...
Accelerating particle size distribution estimation
Study co-authors (from left to right) Ajinkya Pandit, Yi Wei, and Shashank Muddu stand with equipment used to develop a technique offering a low-cost, noninvasive particle size probe.
Credits:Photo courtesy of Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
Ice bucket challenge’ reveals that bacteria can anticipate the seasons
Bacteria use their internal 24-hour clocks to anticipate the arrival of new seasons, according to research carried out with the assistance of an ‘ice...
Pioneering Single-Pixel Technology Achieves 3D Imaging of Living Cells
Scientists have developed a groundbreaking three-dimensional single-pixel imaging (3D-SPI) technique
By UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA AUGUST 28, 2023
Scientists have developed a groundbreaking three-dimensional single-pixel...
Carbon-based quantum technology
Graphene nanoribbons have outstanding properties that can be precisely controlled. Researchers from Empa and ETH Zurich, in collaboration with partners from Peking University, the...
2021: a year physicists asked, ‘What lies beyond the Standard Model?’
Aaron McGowan, Rochester Institute of Technology
If you ask a physicist like me to explain how the world works, my lazy answer might be: “It...
Scientists create novel approach to control energy waves in 4D
University of Missouri scientists engineered a synthetic metamaterial to direct mechanical waves along a specific path, which adds an innovative layer of control to...
Everyone’s Brain Has A Pain Fingerprint — New Research Has Revealed for The First Time
New research has revealed everyone's brain has a 'pain fingerprint' that varies from person to person.
The University of Essex-led study, in collaboration with the...
Nanomaterials: 3D Printing of Glass without Sintering
Process Developed at KIT Works at Relatively Low Temperatures and Reaches Highest Resolution for Use in Optics and Semiconductors – Publication in Science
The new...