IN THE LAB
Crystallizing A New Approach To Malaria Vaccination
Researchers have uncovered potentially transmission-blocking epitopes of the mosquito midgut protein AnAPN1, spurring the design of mosquito-based vaccines.
What Exactly Is The Mass Of A Supermassive Black Hole?
Scientists have made precise measurements of the supermassive black hole in the NGC 1097 galaxy, a finding that could help solve how galaxies evolved.
Atom-Thin Light Bulb Made With Graphene
Scientists have succeeded in using a single layer of graphene to make the world's thinnest light bulb.
Recalling Positive Memories Overrides Depression
Optogenetic techniques have revealed that the triggering of positive memories can mitigate the effects of stressful depression, at least in mice.
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.
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.
Self-Assembly Lowers PRAM Operating Currents
By harnessing self-assembling nanomaterials, scientists have made flexible phase-change random access memory devices more feasible.
Emotional Brains “Physically Different” From Rational Ones
Different types of empathy are reflected in differences in brain white matter distribution, scientists report.
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
