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…
Paolo Nespoli returned to Earth
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli landed back on Earth early this morning after 139 days in space. The ride home from the International Space Station required braking from 28 800 km/h to a standstill in barely…
Engineers create plants that glow
Illumination from nanobionic plants might one day replace some electrical lighting. [caption id="attachment_13901" align="alignnone" width="624"] Illumination of a book (“Paradise Lost,” by John Milton) with the nanobionic light-emitting plants (two 3.5-week-old watercress plants). The book…
Bee-mimicking Clearwing Moth Buzzes Back to Life After…
Entomologist Gets First-ever Footage of the Lost Species in Primeval Jungles of Malaysia. [caption id="attachment_13897" align="alignnone" width="1360"] The rediscovered Oriental blue clearwing has been lost to science for 130 years.Credit : Marta Skowron Volponi[/caption] An…
Monkeys infected by mosquito bites further Zika virus…
[caption id="attachment_13892" align="alignnone" width="612"] A vacuum tube holds a blood-fed strain of Aedes aegypti mosquito in place under a microscope. PHOTO: JEFF MILLER[/caption] Monkeys who catch Zika virus through bites from infected mosquitoes develop infections…