A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Predatory bacteria: The new ‘living’ antibiotic
Antibiotic resistance is one of medicine’s most pressing problems. Now, a team from Korea is tackling this in a unique way: using bacteria to fight bacteria. [caption id="attachment_11758" align="alignnone" width="2448"] Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria.Creditt…
Enormous swarms of midges teach about interconnected landscapes
[caption id="attachment_11753" align="alignnone" width="775"] David Hoekman, a former postdoctoral researcher at UW–Madison, now an assistant professor at Southern Nazarene University, in a midge swarm in May 2008. PHOTO: CLAUDIO GRATTON[/caption] Swarms of midges rise out…
Identification of Molecular Origins Underlying the Interfacial Slip
A new study, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), has discovered the fundamental principles of handling polymers. [caption id="attachment_11749" align="alignnone" width="725"] The schematic description of the main molecular mechanisms…
Noctis Labyrinthus stereo pair
[caption id="attachment_11743" align="alignnone" width="700"] Credit: ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO[/caption] ExoMars was launched on a Proton-M rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan on 14 March 2016. Around seven months later, it arrived at Mars. As part of…