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A “seating chart” for atoms helps locate their positions in materials

A “seating chart” for atoms helps locate their positions in materials

Cambridge, Mass. — If you think of a single atom as a grain of sand, then a wavelength…

Oct 26, 20258 min read
3D-printed material breakthrough could enable new twist for vehicle safety

3D-printed material breakthrough could enable new twist for vehicle safety

A new form of 3D-printed twisting metamaterial which can mitigate the effects of impact could lead to improved…

Oct 25, 20254 min read
What will stroke care look like in 2050?

What will stroke care look like in 2050?

University of Cincinnati expert reviews 2003 predictions, looks ahead to future in new Stroke article

Oct 25, 20257 min read
With a new molecule-based method, physicists peer inside an atom’s nucleus 

With a new molecule-based method, physicists peer inside an atom’s nucleus 

Cambridge, Mass. — Physicists at MIT have developed a new way to probe inside an atom’s nucleus, using…

Oct 25, 20257 min read
Tihar Flora Expo Concludes, Actress Manisha Koirala Urges: Let’s Preserve Indigenous Flowers

Tihar Flora Expo Concludes, Actress Manisha Koirala Urges: Let’s Preserve Indigenous Flowers

Kathmandu — The third Tihar Flora Expo–2082, organized by the Nursery Entrepreneurs Association Nepal (NAN) at Bhrikutimandap, has…

Oct 19, 20251 min read
Biochar and iron additives show promise for reviving degraded peatlands and locking away carbon

Biochar and iron additives show promise for reviving degraded peatlands and locking away carbon

Restoring degraded peatlands could play a vital role in tackling climate change, according to a new study led…

Oct 19, 20253 min read

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IAEA helps European countries prepare for emerging cattle disease

IAEA helps European countries prepare for emerging cattle disease

ByAmrita TuladharAug 16, 20163 min read

Traditionally common to Africa and Asia, lumpy skin disease emerged in Turkey in 2013 and has since rapidly spread through south-eastern Europe. The disease has been detected to date in six European countries – Greece, Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Albania and Montenegro – with new cases being reported weekly.

WARF, UW-Madison again rank in top 10 universities for U.S. patents

WARF, UW-Madison again rank in top 10 universities for U.S. patents

ByAmrita TuladharAug 14, 20165 min read

An annual report issued last month ranks the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the private nonprofit foundation that manages intellectual property on behalf of the University of Wisconsin—Madison, as 7th…

The LHC MoEDAL experiment publishes its first paper on its search for magnetic monopoles

The LHC MoEDAL experiment publishes its first paper on its search for magnetic monopoles

ByAmrita TuladharAug 10, 20163 min read

In a paper published by the journal JHEP, the MoEDAL experiment at CERN narrows the window of where to search for a hypothetical particle, the magnetic monopole.

Summer school shines

Summer school shines

ByAmrita TuladharAug 9, 20162 min read

Young scientists from all over the world have gathered for their two-week summer school course at ESA’s ESRIN centre for Earth observation in Frascati, Italy.