NASA’s Mars InSight flexes its arm
New images from NASA's Mars InSight lander show its robotic arm is ready to do some lifting. With a reach of nearly 6 feet...
Two-dimensional materials skip the energy barrier by growing one row at a time
A new study could provide engineers new design rules for creating microelectronics, membranes, and tissues, and open up better production methods for new materials....
A code for reprogramming immune sentinels
For the first time, a research team has successfully reprogrammed mouse and human skin cells into immune cells called dendritic cells. The process is...
Planetary defense: The Bennu experiment
On Dec. 3, after traveling billions of kilometers from Earth, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft reached its target, Bennu, and kicked off a nearly two-year, up-close...
How ice particles promote the formation of radicals
The production of chlorofluorocarbons, which damage the ozone layer, has been banned as far as possible. However, other substances can also tear holes in...
Damning evidence of dam’s impacts on rainforest birds
Conservation scientists have found that a dam built in Thailand 31 years ago has caused the local bird population to collapse.
A new ‘spin’ on kagome lattices
The kagome ferromagnet Fe3Sn2 exhibits an electronic state that couples unusually strongly to an applied magnetic field that can be rotated to point in...
How fruit flies ended up in our fruit bowls
Fruit flies can be a scourge in our homes, but to date no-one has known how they became our uninvited lodgers. For decades, researchers...
3D-printed glucose biosensors
A 3D-printed glucose biosensor for use in wearable monitors has been created. The work could lead to improved glucose monitors for millions of people...
Researchers probe hydrogen bonds using new technique
Researchers have used nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy to probe the hydrogen bonds that modulate the chemical reactivity of enzymes, catalysts and biomimetic complexes. The...
