Some insect wings such as cicada and dragonfly possess nanopillar structures that kill bacteria upon contact.
However, to date, the precise mechanisms that cause bacterial death have been unknown.
– Advertisement –
Using a range of advanced imaging…
Author: admin
-
Scientists develop ‘backpack’ computers to track wild animals in hard-to-reach habitats
To truly understand an animal species is to observe its behavior and social networks in the wild.
With new technology, researchers are able to track tiny animals that divide their time between flying around in the sky and huddling together in…
Continue Reading
-
The Biology Of Why Coronavirus Is So Deadly
COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Coronaviruses belong to a group of viruses that infect animals, from peacocks to whales. They’re named for the bulb-tipped spikes that project from the virus’s surface and give the…
Continue Reading
-
Does relativity lie at the source of quantum exoticism?
Since its beginnings, quantum mechanics hasn’t ceased to amaze us with its peculiarity, so difficult to understand.
Why does one particle seem to pass through two slits simultaneously? Why instead of specific predictions can we only talk about…
Continue Reading
-
Discovery by UMass Lowell-led team challenges nuclear theory
A discovery by a team of researchers led by UMass Lowell nuclear physicists could change how atoms are understood by scientists and help explain extreme phenomena in outer space.
The breakthrough by the researchers revealed that a symmetry that…
Continue Reading
-
On Mars or Earth, biohybrid can turn carbon dioxide into new products
If humans ever hope to colonize Mars, the settlers will need to manufacture on-planet a huge range of organic compounds, from fuels to drugs, that are too expensive to ship from Earth.
University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley…
Continue Reading
-
High altitude water Cherenkov Observatory tests speed of light
New measurements confirm, to the highest energies yet explored, that the laws of physics hold no matter where you are or how fast you’re moving.
Observations of record-breaking gamma rays prove the robustness of Lorentz Invariance – a piece of…
Continue Reading
-
New explanation for sudden heat collapses in plasmas can help create fusion energy
Scientists seeking to bring the fusion that powers the sun and stars to Earth must deal with sawtooth instabilities — up-and-down swings in the central pressure and temperature of the plasma that fuels fusion reactions, similar to the serrated…
Continue Reading
-
Argonne and CERN weigh in on the origin of heavy elements
A long-held mystery in the field of nuclear physics is why the universe is composed of the specific materials we see around us. In other words, why is it made of “this” stuff and not other stuff?
Specifically of interest are the physical…
Continue Reading
-
Astronaut urine to build moon bases
The modules that the major space agencies plan to erect on the Moon could incorporate an element contributed by the human colonizers themselves: the urea in their pee.
European researchers have found that it could be used as a plasticizer in the…
Continue Reading