River beds are usually untouched by human feet, unless the rivers are dry. However, the heavy metals in river beds carry the footprints of various…
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Dr. Michelle R. Stem has discovered an exceptional material that demonstrates three-dimensional (3-D) control over visible light photons! Coherent poly propagation (CPP) is the newly…
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Plant-parasitic nematodes infect the roots of plants, causing billions of dollars of crop loss worldwide. One such example is the soybean cyst nematode (SCN), which…
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New research shows how computer-based math models can communicate with neurons to study neurodegenerative diseases. Brain diseases such as epilepsy and neurodegeneration (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease,…
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Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are some of the greatest mysteries of human reproduction, as they affect 10% of human pregnancies. Women are not hypertensive…
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Mitochondria are tiny bodies inside the cells of animals, plants, and fungi that were derived from an endosymbiotic process involving bacterial and archaeal cells. Despite…
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Coral bleaching events provide one of the most visual indicators of present-day climate change effects. From 2014 to 2017, the world experienced the longest recorded…
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During many natural phenomena, trapped pockets of air or fluid inside the earth’s crust can reach high pressures. For example, geysers occur due to water…
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Loess is a wind-blown sediment made of micron-sized grains of quartz, feldspar, and mica, calcium and magnesium carbonates and up to 30% of clay. As…
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In order for sport and sports organizations to operate, materials, venues, and athletes must exist. Typically, this is been done with little regard to the…
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Tomorrow’s optoelectronics must be wearable, printable and portable: that’s how touch screens, photovoltaics, e-papers and other devices should be! However, a disruptive technology is needed…
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