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…
NASA Astronaut Anne McClain, Crewmates Return from Space…
NASA astronaut Anne McClain and two of her Expedition 59 crewmates returned to Earth from the International Space Station Monday, landing safely in Kazakhstan at 10:47 p.m. EDT after months of science and four spacewalks aboard the microgravity laboratory. McClain, Expedition…
Dutch and US students win 2019 CERN Beamline…
Two teams of high-school students, one from the Praedinius Gymnasium in Groningen, Netherlands, and one from the West High School in Salt Lake City, USA, have won the 2019 Beamline for Schools competition (BL4S). In October, these teams will be invited to…
Branching out: Making graphene from gum trees
Researchers have developed a cost-effective and eco-friendly way of producing graphene using one of Australia’s most abundant resources, eucalyptus trees. Graphene is the thinnest and strongest material known to humans. It’s also flexible, transparent and…
Scientists successfully used DNA origami to scale-up molecular…
Researchers have successfully used DNA origami to make smooth-muscle-like contractions in large networks of molecular motor systems. The nanoscale folding of DNA to create non-arbitrary two- and three-dimensional shapes called DNA origami. This discovery which could be…