NASA scientists using virtual reality technology are redefining our understanding about how our galaxy works.
ESA makes oxygen out of moon dust
The European Space Agency ESA opens an oxygen plant to produce oxygen out of Moon dust in the Netherlands
Nanoscale antennas for optical data communication
German physicists converted electrical signals into photons and radiated them in specific directions using a nanometer-scale antenna.
Super-human red blood cells
Physicists design super-human red blood cells to deliver drugs to specific targets.
Lights on for germ-free wound dressings
Researchers develop a biomimetic hydrogel with photodynamic antimicrobial effect.
The world’s most efficient lithium-sulfur battery
Monash University researchers have developed the world’s most efficient lithium-sulphur battery, capable of powering a smartphone for five continuous days.
Cells become biological factories to produce therapeutics
Researchers have successful implanted artificial factories into living cells with the hope of producing molecules for therapeutics.
A closer look at the functional properties of ferroelectric capacitors
A recent study seeks to identify, understand, and solve issues surrounding the integration of ferro/piezo-electric materials with silicon technology.
Why We Need to Shift Governance Beyond the Blue Water Basin
Global water resources are increasingly becoming scarce. Many water basins are closing due to unsustainable modes of extraction and more than 800 million people still lack access to safe and sufficient drinking water. Although water is constantly moving through the...
Researchers Build a Particle Accelerator That Fits On a Chip
Just as desktop PCs acquired some of the functions performed by room-sized mainframes, a Stanford team has prototyped a silicon chip that packs some of the punch delivered by current particle accelerators.