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See Holograms In Full Color, Whatever Your Angle
It is now possible to have full color holograms that can be viewed from a wide range of angles, thanks to metamaterials.
Food Security At The Forefront
The NTU Food Technology Center will research key issues in food security such as antimicrobial resistance in food microorganisms and the sustainability of food production.
RIKEN’s K Supercomputer Simulates One Trillion Atoms In Bacteria
It took 65,536 processing cores and several months to complete the experiment, which revealed major differences between in vitro and in vivo conditions.
New Technology Gives Materials That Raw Magnetism
This magnetic material-based data storage technology has potential applications in high-speed massive data transfer.
How Non-Native Herbivores Wiped Out A Native Cycad Tree
Just three species of non-native herbivorous insects were enough to reduce the population of a tree species native to Guam by 90 percent within a decade.
Two Genetic Markers Linked To Anti-malarial Drug Resistance
Two genetic markers were strongly associated with the malaria parasite's ability to resist piperaquine, an anti-malarial drug.
Meet Sleepy & Dreamless, Mice That Can’t Grab Forty Winks
Researchers have described two mutant pedigrees—which they named Sleepy and Dreamless, of course—that are linked to dysfunctional sleep patterns in mice.
Wang Yifang Elected Foreign Member Of Russian Academy Of Sciences
Wang Yifang, who led the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment, has been elected as a foreign member of Russia's highest scientific institution.
UNSW, Tata Consultancy To Jointly Develop Futuristic Tech
The University of New South Wales and Tata Consultancy have agreed to collaborate in the areas of machine learning, virtual reality, robotics, data analytics and cloud computing.