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Striped Battery Structure Key To Quick Charging Time

A striped arrangement of dense and loosely packed electrons helps stabilize batteries in the intermediate state, allowing rapid charging.

Health

Risk Of HepE Outbreak “Very High” In Earthquake-Ravaged Nepal

Conditions created by the recent earthquake leave Nepal with a perfect storm for a hepatitis E outbreak, experts say.

In the Lab

Using Topological Defects To Engineer Self-Healing Materials

Nematic liquid crystals, commonly found in television displays, could find wider applications as a controllable scaffold for nano-sized colloids.

In the Lab

Self-Assembly Lowers PRAM Operating Currents

By harnessing self-assembling nanomaterials, scientists have made flexible phase-change random access memory devices more feasible.

In the Lab

Emotional Brains “Physically Different” From Rational Ones

Different types of empathy are reflected in differences in brain white matter distribution, scientists report.

Academia

Yoichi Ando Appointed Professor Of Physics At University of Cologne

Leading topological materials expert Professor Yoichi Ando will move from Osaka University to a new appointment at the University of Cologne.

Pharma

IME & INEX To Develop Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnostics

Using IME's microfluidic technology, testing for fetal abnormalities will only require a few milliliters of blood from the mother.

In the Lab

A TOAD That Might Finally Find Magnetoreceptors

Using a technique known as transient optical absorption detection (TOAD), scientists now have a tool sensitive enough to locate the structures animals use to sense magnetic fields

In the Lab

Sound Can Enhance Sight, But Only If You Can Read Music

Listening to music enhances the ability to discriminate between conflicting information from the left and right eyes, but only if the person can read musical scores.

In the Lab

Striped Battery Structure Key To Quick Charging Time

A striped arrangement of dense and loosely packed electrons helps stabilize batteries in the intermediate state, allowing rapid charging.

Health

Risk Of HepE Outbreak “Very High” In Earthquake-Ravaged Nepal

Conditions created by the recent earthquake leave Nepal with a perfect storm for a hepatitis E outbreak, experts say.

In the Lab

Using Topological Defects To Engineer Self-Healing Materials

Nematic liquid crystals, commonly found in television displays, could find wider applications as a controllable scaffold for nano-sized colloids.

In the Lab

Self-Assembly Lowers PRAM Operating Currents

By harnessing self-assembling nanomaterials, scientists have made flexible phase-change random access memory devices more feasible.

In the Lab

Emotional Brains “Physically Different” From Rational Ones

Different types of empathy are reflected in differences in brain white matter distribution, scientists report.

Academia

Yoichi Ando Appointed Professor Of Physics At University of Cologne

Leading topological materials expert Professor Yoichi Ando will move from Osaka University to a new appointment at the University of Cologne.

Pharma

IME & INEX To Develop Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnostics

Using IME's microfluidic technology, testing for fetal abnormalities will only require a few milliliters of blood from the mother.

In the Lab

A TOAD That Might Finally Find Magnetoreceptors

Using a technique known as transient optical absorption detection (TOAD), scientists now have a tool sensitive enough to locate the structures animals use to sense magnetic fields

In the Lab

Sound Can Enhance Sight, But Only If You Can Read Music

Listening to music enhances the ability to discriminate between conflicting information from the left and right eyes, but only if the person can read musical scores.

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