Making Natural Products in an Unnatural Way

TECH & INNOVATION 06.12.2019 11:22 AM

The team have been able to create a synthetic metabolic pathway that will allow scientists to access these essential compounds in a controlled and efficient way

New Study Reveals Materials Can Be Shaped Through a Magnetic Field

06.08.2019 09:47 AM

Collaborators from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich designed a material that is magnetism-activated in terms of its shape memory. Subjecting the material into a magnetic field retains its shape.

The Immunity of the Chinese Brake Fern to Toxic Arsenic

06.05.2019 14:17 PM

Key proteins keep the heavy metal from wreaking havoc on the way to its cellular jail cell. Pteris vittata, commonly known variously as the Chinese brake, Chinese ladder brake, or simply ladder brake, is a fern species in the Pteridoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae.

A New 3D Printed Device Sets New Record for Efficiency

06.05.2019 14:16 PM

The findings of the researchers reveal that printed thermoelectric materials using tin selenide are a promising way forward

Making Breathable Oxygen Out of Carbon Dioxide

06.05.2019 10:43 AM

Study reveals how to create oxygen from carbon dioxide Oxygen is necessary in sustaining life and considered as a precious gem since it cannot be found in space.

Missing Ingredient in Diamond Formation Finally Found By Scientists

06.03.2019 11:18 AM

Diamonds are perhaps the most sought-after stones on Earth. Yet we didn't fully understand how they were even made — until now.

Scientists Uncovered Vulnerability of Cloud Service Hardware

06.01.2019 11:06 AM

FPGAs stand out by their comparatively low current consumption, which makes them ideally suited for the server farms run by cloud service providers

In a World-First, Brain Implants To Treat Addiction Being Done in China

05.31.2019 08:37 AM

The rest of the world has ethical and scientific concerns, though other countries and states like West Virginia is falling in line.

Human Cheese Made From Famous People Bacteria

05.28.2019 09:57 AM

Disclaimer: This article is not for the faint-hearted and those with a weak stomachBacteria from the armpits, belly buttons and faces of celebrities were collected to make cheese blocks.

Improving Superconductors Through Artificial Intelligence and Principles of Artifical Selection

05.27.2019 21:01 PM

Scientists use AI in improving superconductors Researchers from the U. S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory utilized sets of defects to improve on the capacity of superconductors.

Unlocking the Secrets of Photosynthetic Supercomplex Structure

05.27.2019 12:15 PM

Through cryo-EM, researchers can take a look at biological structures that were not accessible just a few years ago and is now exposing structures of unprecedented complexity in great detail

Gold Coated Fungi Discovered in Australia Could Lead to Natural Methods of Gold Mining

05.27.2019 11:32 AM

Fungus That Absorbs And Secretes Gold Discovered In Australia A surprising discovery has been found in Western Australia where a fungi is covered in gold.

Scientists Develop a Method in Determining the Shape of an Electron

05.25.2019 22:32 PM

One of the complicated and frustrating things in the field of research focused on quantum mechanics is the spin of an electron. It serves as the smallest unit of information in a quantum computer.

Chemists Discover a New Process of Computing Through Light

05.24.2019 08:12 AM

Chemists from the McMaster University have developed a unique yet simple method of computing by shining patterned bands of light and shadow through different sides of a polymer and cube and reading the combined results that emerge.

The Face of Change: British Man with the Smallest Carbon Footprint

05.21.2019 07:35 AM

British man tedious enough to solve his carbon footprint to fight climate change In a world where the new car, new dress, and a cool profile picture seems to define your world, who can imagine that there is a man that sees and nurture one of the most important gifts to humankind.