This self-cleaning surface could repel even the deadliest superbugs
A new wrap repels everything that comes into contact with it, including viruses and bacteria.
A team of researchers at McMaster University has developed a...
Can you cryogenically freeze your body and come back to life?
When you die, many things can be done with your body –– embalming, cremation, donation to science and so on.
But some people will choose...
Scientists convert plastics into useful chemicals using sunlight
Chemists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered a method that could turn plastic waste into valuable chemicals by using sunlight.
In lab...
Pear shaped nuclei solve a nuclear fission mystery
Things go pear-shaped when you split the atom, nuclear physicists have found.
Researchers from Australia and Japan found that when atoms split, in the process...
Atomic-scale manufacturing method could enable ultra-efficient computers
As computers continue to infiltrate almost every aspect of modern life, their negative impact on the environment grows.
According to recent estimates, the electricity required...
Scientists create first implantable magnet resonance detector
Scientists from Germany and Switzerland developed a highly sensitive implant that enables to probe brain physiology with unparalleled spatial and temporal resolution.
They introduce...
Scientists find sugars were delivered to Earth by meteorites
Researchers from Tohoku University, Hokkaido University, JAMSTEC, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center investigated meteorites and found ribose and other sugars.
These sugars possessed distinct...
New self-cleaning concrete could keep buildings looking new
Building materials that clean themselves could save immense time and labor in homes and businesses, as well as reduce disease risk in settings such...
Spiders and ants inspire this unsinkable metal
Scientists, inspired by diving bell spiders and rafts of fire ants, have created a metallic structure that is so water repellent, it refuses to...
The smell of old books could help preserve them
Old books give off a complex mélange of odors, ranging from pleasant (almonds, caramel and chocolate) to nasty (formaldehyde, old clothes and trash).
Detecting early...