The atomic thickness of two-dimensional materials enables the realization of a small footprint transistor architecture for photoswitching logic computing in a single cell. | Continue reading
An exploration of the science behind our morality from philosopher Patricia Churchland is illuminating and grounded, finds Nicholas A. Christakis. | Continue reading
Strong quantum correlations in an ultracoherent optomechanical system are used to demonstrate a displacement sensitivity that is below the standard quantum limit. | Continue reading
Three years of investigation by a multi-disciplinary team into claims of ‘cold fusion’ found no evidence that the phenomenon exists, but identified a parameter space potentially worthy of further exploration. | Continue reading
Cyanobacteria express IsiA, a photosystem I antenna, in response to stress. The structure of the photosystem I–IsiA complex reveals flexibility of the interactions within the complex and suggests the mechanism of energy transfer. | Continue reading
Data from the blaze in Utah could improve models of how wildfire smoke spreads. | Continue reading
Atomic Age would mark the start of the current geologic time unit, if proposal receives final approval. | Continue reading
Why revisit long-discredited claims for a source of abundant energy, asks Philip Ball? Because we are still learning how to treat pathological science. | Continue reading
The best way to generate entanglement between two distant users in a quantum network is to look at many paths at the same time. Saikat Guha from University of Arizona led a team of American researchers which discovered an improved way to tackle the task of entanglement distributi … | Continue reading
Researchers tested mechanisms linked to nuclear fusion at room temperature — but found no evidence for the phenomenon. | Continue reading
Sofia E. Kjellman grapples with her carbon dioxide output resulting from her work as a scientist. | Continue reading
Behavioural interventions aimed at curbing carbon emissions are inexpensive and easy to implement but can offer the false promise of a quick fix. Across six experiments, the authors show that exposure to a green energy nudge diminishes support for carbon taxes. | Continue reading
Graduate students and postdocs who produce reviews under a senior colleague’s name receive no credit or acknowledgement for their work, and miss a chance to become acquainted with journal editors. | Continue reading
A tumour-on-a-chip model featuring patient-derived glioblastoma cells, vascular endothelial cells and decellularized extracellular matrix from brain tissue can be used to identify patient-specific resistance to standard chemoradiotherapy. | Continue reading
Understanding why living on the street seems to cause rapid aging could help homeless people — and governments. | Continue reading
Some next-generation computing may be based in physical systems that respond directly and reciprocally to environmental stimuli. Here, the authors describe a photoresponsive material that autonomously performs computations with incident beams of incoherent white light. | Continue reading
High-fidelity convergent total synthesis is used to produce Escherichia coli with a 61-codon synthetic genome that uses 59 codons to encode all of the canonical amino acids. | Continue reading
The European Union has partially approved the shape of its next giant research-spending programme, but it faces political tensions. | Continue reading
Dopamine release can occur independently of neuronal activation. | Continue reading
Humans are able to throw projectiles with high speed and accuracy largely as a result of anatomical features that enable elastic energy storage and release at the shoulder; features that first appear together approximately 2 million years ago in Homo erectus, possibly as a means … | Continue reading
Device exploits semiconductors to whisk heat away from a polymer skin patch. | Continue reading
Factories in the country’s northeast are likely source of spike in release of CFC-11 gas. | Continue reading
Experiments on lanthanum hydride under extreme pressure. | Continue reading
Super-high-speed camera produces a film consisting of 60 consecutive frames. | Continue reading
Microscopic specimen discovered in the Canadian Arctic are surprisingly intricate. | Continue reading
Experiments on lanthanum hydride under extreme pressure. | Continue reading
A lanthanum hydride compound at a pressure of around 170 gigapascals is found to exhibit superconductivity with a critical temperature of 250 kelvin. | Continue reading
The region already hosts some of the world’s leading scientific countries, and some of its smaller states are quickly catching up. | Continue reading
Emissions from eastern China account for approximately 40 to 60 per cent of the global rise in emissions of trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11), which may be a result of new production and use. | Continue reading
Atomic Age would mark the start of the current geologic time unit, if proposal receives final approval. | Continue reading
A convolutional neural network performs automated prediction of malignancy risk of pulmonary nodules in chest CT scan volumes and improves accuracy of lung cancer screening. | Continue reading
By analysing data from more than 4,500 9- to 10-year-olds, Dick et al. found no evidence that bilingual children have an advantage in executive functions, the cognitive abilities that are central to the voluntary control of thoughts and behaviours. | Continue reading
Do-it-yourself projects give researchers the equipment they need at bargain prices. But making your own technology requires commitment and time, and it is rarely easy. | Continue reading
Definitions of four basic scientific units, including the kilogram and the kelvin, now rely on fundamental constants rather than arbitrary measures. | Continue reading
Bill Phillips celebrates a beautiful reformation of the metric system, by which scientists measure the physical world, coming into effect on World Metrology Day, 20 May 2019. | Continue reading
A programmable analog quantum simulator. | Continue reading
Development of simple uranyl recognition motifs possessing siderophore-like binding strength and selectivity presents a challenge. Here the authors show a comprehensive theoretical and experimental study on uranyl binding with a polymeric adsorbent material decorated with a non-t … | Continue reading
Designing effective dielectrics in a broad range of the spectrum is of huge interest. Here, the authors demonstrate how transparent effective dielectrics can be constructed from dense arrays of metallic nanoparticles and can result in being more transparent than real dielect … | Continue reading
Africa has emerged as a major partner in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and that is paying dividends for science. | Continue reading
The findings expose the deficiencies of tsunami warning systems, as well as highlighting the power of citizen science. | Continue reading
Wellcome Trust launches research initiative for long-neglected health problem. | Continue reading
China’s Chang’e-4 mission has detected material that was probably stirred up during an impact event. | Continue reading
The first international meeting on postgraduate mental health opens this week, but much more is needed to solve academia’s crisis. | Continue reading
Focusing on the bottom few per cent, not averages, is the best way totackle poverty, argue Mark Pelling and Matthias Garschagen. | Continue reading