IMAGE: CERN, Mars Bioimaging and Axiom Space Geneva. The newly published study Assessment of the socio-economic benefits of CERN activities reports on CERN’s activities over the past 25 years and highlights a range of socio-economic benefits generated by…
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have used a classic optical phenomenon known as the “Poisson spot” to create stable patterns of light called “optical skyrmions”. Optical skyrmions are tiny, swirling configurations in the properties…
[caption id="attachment_6487" align="alignright" width="154"] Monica Turner[/caption] MADISON - Monica Turner has made a career of studying ecosystem resilience in the face of ecological challenges, from severe forest fires and bark beetle outbreaks in Greater Yellowstone…
[caption id="attachment_6482" align="alignright" width="600"] The Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure will allow people to use a ring or a card with a special key on it to cue digital devices to instantly access the users’ needs…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Harbor seals have an amazingly fine-tuned sense for detecting prey, as marine biologists have noted for years. Even when blindfolded, trained seals are able to chase the precise path of an object that…
Researchers use engineered viruses to provide quantum-based enhancement of energy transport. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Nature has had billions of years to perfect photosynthesis, which directly or indirectly supports virtually all life on Earth. In that time, the…