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…
Nepal Earthquake on Rador
[caption id="attachment_4116" align="alignright" width="579"] Nepal earthquake ( Description: Combining two Sentinel-1A radar scans from 17 and 29 April 2015, this interferogram shows changes on the ground that occurred during the 25 April earthquake that struck…
Karena W. Chapman and Ali Javey to receive 2015 MRS Outstanding…
Awardees honored for contributions to energy-relevant systems and integrating nanomaterials, respectively WARRENDALE, PA – The Materials Research Society’s (MRS) Outstanding Young Investigator Award recognizes outstanding, interdisciplinary scientific work in materials research by a young scientist…
Phase Down of Mercury Amalgam
Mercury-Free Dentistry: National Regulation & Revision of Dental Curriculum Demanded Kathmandu-- Academician, dental professionals and environmental experts emphasizes the protection of human health and environmental pollution and urge the government to take initiative step to introduce…
Researchers may have solved origin-of-life conundrum
By Robert F. Service | AAAS [caption id="attachment_3388" align="alignnone" width="600"] JOE TUCCIARRONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYCORBISThe crash of meteors on early Earth likely generated hydrogen cyanide, which could have kick-started the production of biomolecules needed to make the first…