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…
Ancient rocks record first evidence for photosynthesis that…
[caption id="attachment_6313" align="alignright" width="275"] Aaron Satkoski, a scientist in the UW-Madison, CREDIT: David Tenenbaum/University of Wisconsin-Madison[/caption] MADISON - A new study shows that iron-bearing rocks that formed at the ocean floor 3.2 billion years ago…
Big range of behaviors for tiny graphene pores
Like biological channels, graphene pores are selective for certain types of ions. [caption id="attachment_6306" align="alignnone" width="639"] Researchers created pores in a graphene sheet (in purple) and then placed it over a layer of silicon nitride…
Ancestors of land plants were wired to make…
[caption id="attachment_6303" align="alignright" width="275"] Liverwort plants, pictured with moss and a fern, are an ancient lineage of land plant.[/caption] MADISON - When the algal ancestor of modern land plants made the transition from aquatic environments…
Electron partitioning process in graphene observed, a world…
Toward the realization of electron interferometer devices which utilize the wave nature of electrons. [caption id="attachment_6299" align="alignnone" width="603"] Non-zero shot noise due to the electron partition process is observed in the p-n junction case (red…