Adding to robust recent illustrations that particles of light perform what Einstein called as spooky action at a distance, wherein two separated objects can have a link that exceeds everyday experience, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have confirmed that particles of matter can act really spooky too.
Researcher Pioneers Novel Technology, Witnesses Giant Samba Virus
In an American lab, researchers took a DIY method to construct a retrofitted cryo-electron microscope that enabled them to map a giant Samba virus, one of the largest viruses of the world.
Discovery of a Novel Regulatory Protein Offers a Novel Tool for Engineering of Stem Cell
Bioengineers have identified a protein that controls the switch of embryonic stem cells from the least developed ‘naïve’ state to the more developed primed state. This discovery sheds light on the stem cell development at a great molecular level.
Psychologists Use Machine Learning to Help Identify Depression
More than 15 million American adults are affected by depression, each year. It is even the leading cause of disability for those between ages of 15 and 44. According to David Schnyer, a cognitive neuroscientist and lecturer of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, consider it is possible to identify people suffering from illness before its onset.
Moving Wave-Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Reveals Structures of Gold Fingers
Drugs comprising gold have been employed for centuries to treat situations, such as rheumatoid arthritis. Moreover, they might be efficient against HIV and cancer. One procedure by which they work could occur as gold ions force the zinc ions out of zinc fingers – nucleic acid, looped binding protein domains.
Tarnish – Proof Films for Flexible Displays, Touch Screens
The thinnest, softest layer of silver that can withstand air exposure has been laid down at the Michigan’s University, and it could alter the way touchscreens and flexible or flat displays are prepared.
Disclosing the Microscopic Procedures in Perovskite Solar Cells
A substance with the perovskite crystal structure has become highly famous for solar cells. While numerous perovskites are inorganic compounds, this novel substance is a hybrid of relatively cost-effective organic and inorganic substances.In just a couple of years, scientists have accomplished remarkable power conversion efficacy with such perovskites, comparable with the finest photovoltaic substances available. Now, scientists from Japan have disclosed the physics for how a vital component of a perovskite solar cell works, a study that could result in enhanced solar cells or even newer and better substances.
Engineers Introduce Non-Toxic Substance that Produces Electricity through Cold and Hot
The discovery of a novel substance by the University of Utah engineers, jewelry like a ring and your body heat could generate enough electricity to power a body sensor, or a cooking pan could charge a cellphone in just a couple of hours. The group headed by University of Utah materials science and engineering lecturer Ashutosh Tiwari, has identified that a combination of the chemical elements calcium, terbium and cobalt can prepare an effective, affordable and eco-friendly substance that can generate electricity through thermoelectric procedure involving cold and hot air.
Novel Feedback System Could Enable Bigger Control over Fusion Plasma
A scientist has prepared a novel system that will allow researchers regulate the energy and rotation of plasma in real – time in a doughnut shaped machine called as a tokamak. Like a potter shaping clay as it spins on a wheel, scientists employ magnetic fields and robust particle beams to regulate and shape the plasma as it alters and turns through a fusion device. Now a researcher has prepared a novel system that will allow scientists to regulate the rotation and energy of plasma in real time in a doughnut – shaped machine called as a tokamak.
Nanotube Layers May Resolve Longevity Trouble of Challenger Solar Cells
Five years ago, the world instigated to talk about 3rd generation solar cells that challenged the conventional silicon cells with a simpler and cheaper manufacturing procedure that employed less energy.
Silk Sensor could Enhance Development of Novel Infrastructure, Aerospace and Consumer Substances
Consumers intend fuel – efficient automobiles and high – performance sporting goods, municipalities want weather – resistant bridges, and manufacturers want more effective methods to make reliable aircrafts and cars.
Electro – Optical Switch Transfers Data at Record – Low Temperatures
A silicon optical switch novel introduced at Sandia National Laboratories is the foremost to transfer up to 10 gigabits per second of data at temperatures just a couple of degrees above absolute zero. The device could allow data transfer for upcoming generation superconducting computers that store and process data at cryogenic temperatures.
Quantum Physics Offers Insights into Expressivity of Music
Vibrato is the up-down movement in pitch introduced during vocal or instrumental performance, intended to supplement expressivity and to boost sound projections, and popularly used in opera. A beautifully and well-timed executed vibrato can greatly improve the quality of sound of a note, and induce robust emotional responses in the listener.This is the use of Filter Diagonalisation Method or FDM in music signal processing.
Revolutionary Process for Preparing Ultra-Selective Separation Membranes
A group of scientists, headed by the University of Minnesota, has introduced a revolutionary one-step, crystal growth procedure for preparing ultra-slim layers of substance with molecular-sized pores. Scientists illustrated the use of the substance, known as zeolite nanosheets, by making ultra-selective layers for chemical separations.
Scientists to Introduce ‘Wearable’ Robotic Tools for Surgery
A collaborative group of scientists is to introduce a wearable robotic system for minimally invasive surgeries, also called as keyhole surgery that would offer surgeons dexterous and natural motion as well as the potential to see, sense, regulate and securely navigate through the surgical environment.
Novel Nano-Implant Can Help Restoring Vision
A group of engineers at the California’s University San Diego and La Jolla-based startup Nanovision Biosciencs Inc. have introduced the nanotechnology and wireless electrical for a novel sort of retinal prosthesis that brings study a step close to restoring the potential of neurons in the retina to respond to light. The scientists illustrated this response to light in a rat retina interfacing with a prototype of the device in vitro.
Spin-Resolved Oscilloscope for Spin and Charge Transmissions
Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corporation have introduced a ‘spin – resolved oscilloscope.’ This device is basic measuring equipment for spintronics and plasmonics that are core technologies for future electrical applications.
Novel Study on Northern Lights will Enhance Satellite Navigation Accuracy
Scientists have gained novel insights into the mechanisms of the Northern Lights, offering an opportunity to introduce better satellite technology that can negate outages resulted from this natural procedure.
OLYMPUS Study Focuses on Structure of Protons
A mystery concerning the structure of protons is a step ahead to being solved, thanks to a seven year study headed by scientists at MIT. For numerous years scientists have probed the structure of protons, subatomic particles with a positive charge, by bombarding them with electrons and analyzing the intensity of the scattered electrons at distinct angles.
Scientists Remotely Regulate Sequence in which 2D Sheets Fold into 3D Structures
Inspired by Origami, North Carolina State University scientists have identified a technique to remotely control the order in which a 2-dimensional sheet folds itself into a 3-dimensional structure.