The University of Osaka researcher shows that solid-state hysteresis can be described using thermodynamic state variables When the input variable X is changed as X0→X1→X0, the response Y of the system varies as A→B→C →D→A.…
Researchers publish findings of a €3.7m spotlight on…
A cross-European team of researchers have reported the results of the four-year, €3.7m SPOTLIGHT study into measures to prevent adult obesity and the role of the environment. They find that urban planners have a responsibility to ensure that the neighbourhoods they design will promote healthy…
Research Team Sheds Light on “Rightie” or “Leftie”…
Scientists based at Nagoya University, Japan, demonstrate the development of behavioral laterality (left-/right-handedness) in a scale-eating cichlid from Africa’s Lake Tanganyika, Perissodus microlepis. [caption id="attachment_7883" align="alignright" width="300"] Lefty and Righty of scale-eating cichlid fish and…
Genetically Engineered Immune Cell Therapy Found to Boost…
A research team led by Nagoya University, Japan, shows in mice the potential of a special immune cell that targets a key protein in tumor growth that helps stop brain cancer. [caption id="attachment_7873" align="alignright" width="300"]…
Rogue wave ahead
New prediction tool gives 2-3 minute warning of incoming rogue waves. [caption id="attachment_7870" align="alignnone" width="599"] “These waves really talk to each other,” Themis Sapsis says. “They interact and exchange energy. It’s not just bad luck.…