How do photosynthetic organisms harvest light so efficiently? To help answer this question, researchers have developed an ultrafast transient absorption microscope with sensitivity approaching the ...

Shielding materials are essential in key modern industrial settings—such as spacecraft, nuclear power plants, semiconductor ...

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have uncovered a hidden property of light that allows it to twist, spin and behave differently—without mirrors, materials or special lenses. In a ...

Anyone who has ever used a microscope knows that it takes time to bring a sample into sharp focus. Each time you move the ...

The idea that information should flow freely is deeply embedded in the design of social media. The assumption is that the ...

Eggs and poultry provide important sources of protein globally, driving a major industry with large economic impacts.

The first study to measure the full economic value of bottom trawling in Europe's waters calculates that the destructive ...

An international team of researchers have made the surprising discovery that urban birds—such as great tits, house sparrows ...

Nanographenes are organic semiconductor materials used in smartphones, OLED displays, and solar cells. At the molecular level ...

Natural rubber, tapped from trees as latex, is the world's most widely used bio-elastomer. Comprising long molecular chains ...

Recent research led by the University of Trento reveals that fundamental atomic vibrations remain unchanged also in ...

A study conducted in the Brazilian state of Amazonas has demonstrated that small amounts of Amazonian dark earth (ADE)—an ...