Researchers in Japan say they have found a way to recycle coloured plastics without losing quality — a breakthrough that could help tackle growing waste problems. Packaging often uses bright colours to attract buyers, but…
ALPHA cools antimatter using laser light for the…
Geneva—The ALPHA collaboration at CERN has succeeded in cooling down antihydrogen atoms – the simplest form of atomic antimatter – using laser light. The technique, known as laser cooling, was first demonstrated 40 years ago…
Faster Imaging in Rubber X-ray CT Imaging Helps…
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd (SRI) and Tohoku University teamed up to increase the speed of 4-Dimensional Computed Tomography (4D-CT) a thousand-fold, making it possible to observe rubber failure in tires in real-time. This breakthrough will…
New nondestructive optical technique reveals the structure of…
MADISON (UW) - Most people know mother-of-pearl, an iridescent biomineral also called nacre, from buttons, jewelry, instrument inlays and other decorative flourishes. Scientists, too, have admired and marveled at nacre for decades, not only for…
Uprooting cancer: Hydrogel rapidly reverts cancer cells back…
Hokkaido University successfully developed a hydrogel, a soft matter that revert cancer cells back to cancer stem cells within 24 hours, in six different human cancer types. This could lead to the development of anti-cancer…