BEIJING, Feb 10– Researchers in China have developed improved at-home test strips that can quickly and accurately detect feline and canine parvoviruses, potentially helping pet owners identify life-threatening infections earlier, according to a study published…
TOKYO, Feb 6 – Japanese and German researchers have independently synthesized a new class of silicon-based compounds that could expand the element’s role beyond semiconductors and industrial materials. A team led by Professor Takeaki Iwamoto…
Light-powered delivery of silver nanowires by photofluidic movement can offer rapid, noninvasive, repetitive, and on-demand healing of electrical conductors. [caption id="attachment_4548" align="alignright" width="300"] Light-powered healing of electrical conductor: (left to right) pristine, cracked, and optically-healed…
Observations of 74 Earth-sized planets around distant stars may narrow field of habitable candidates. [caption id="attachment_4540" align="alignnone" width="639"] The system Kepler-444 formed when the Milky Way galaxy was a youthful two billion years old. The…
[caption id="attachment_4537" align="alignright" width="300"] NASA materials scientist Mia Siochi and systems engineer Mike Alexander, from the agency's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, and Boeing technician Felix Boyett count insect residue on the right wing…
Stretchable, biocompatible hydrogels with complex patterning could be used in tissue engineering. [caption id="attachment_4533" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo shows the open lattice of 3-D printed material, with materials having different characteristics of strength and flexibility indicated…