Bright bursts of radio waves help astronomers locate a type of matter that researchers have been searching for for the past 30 years.
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With a little nudge, bumblebees speed up flowering
If bumblebees find too little pollen, they pierce the leaves of non-flowering plants in order to force them to produce flowers more quickly.
How can a lean lab provide research resiliency?
MIT lab offers a model for cost savings, productivity, and safety; principles may also facilitate efficient reopening in the future.
Astronomers find regular rhythms among pulsating stars
Through the noise, a class of stars reveals its inner workings; poor ‘social distancing’ identified using NASA space telescope
High-efficiency indoor perovskite photovoltaics on ultra-thin glass
Flexible perovskite photovoltaic cells on ultra-thin glass achieve remarkable efficiencies under indoor illumination.
Using bacteria to separate oil and water
A sustainable technique for cleaning polluted water.
Screw cancer: Microneedle sticks it to cancer tissue
Scientists are finding safer ways to keep drug-loaded microrobots attached to cancer tissue.
ESO instrument finds closest black hole to Earth
A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutes has discovered a black hole lying just 1000 light-years from Earth.
Boosting nano-electricity from living microalgae
A new approach drastically improves the amount of energy harvested from microalgae for sustainable bioenergy.
A mathematical model to predict patient response in cancer immunotherapy
Identifying patient-specific response to cancer immunotherapy is urgently needed to maximize therapeutic benefit for as many people as possible.