“We know the genes, but not their functions.” To resolve this long-standing bottleneck in microbial research, a joint research team has proposed a cutting-edge research strategy that leverages Artificial Intelligence (AI) to drastically accelerate the…
Abu Dhabi/Geneva – Global renewable energy jobs grew only modestly in 2024 despite installations hitting new highs, according to a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The…
[caption id="attachment_12278" align="alignnone" width="775"] Graduate student Vijay Thiruvengadam, left, and Karu Sankaralingam, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with a prototype board used to explore a new, streamlined approach specifically…
A revolutionary design mimics the rowing action of the cilia on single-celled Paramecium, demonstrating much faster movement than conventional microrobots. [caption id="attachment_12274" align="alignnone" width="2208"] Microrobots offer a wide range of potential treatments in healthcare, from…
[caption id="attachment_12270" align="alignnone" width="625"] Credit: ESA/XMM-Newton/ R. Saxton / A.M. Read[/caption] This colourful, seemingly abstract artwork is actually a map of our Galaxy, depicting all the celestial objects that were detected in the XMM-Newton slew…
Chemists have tried to synthesize carbon nanobelts for more than 60 years, but none have succeeded until now. A team at Nagoya University reported the first organic synthesis of a carbon nanobelt in Science. Carbon…