Plutonium has captured the attention of scientists since its discovery in the early 1940s. This enigmatic element has an important role to play in emerging energy technologies like nuclear batteries ...

Ultrafast laser processing creates silicon surfaces that absorb nearly all infrared light and remain stable under heat and wear, enabling coating-free infrared sensing and calibration.

Figure | Working principle of HyFMRI and in vivo experimental results. a, schematic drawing of the hybrid multiplexed fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging (HyFMRI) platform for measuring ...

Novel materials have a wide array of potential scientific applications, and these honorees have prototypes that could wind up in smartphone screens—or on the moon. His health-sensing fabrics can be ...

Heavy metals get a bad rap. For the most part, it is deserved because they are usually toxic. Except when they aren't. You have probably consumed a whole lot of at least one or two of them, yet you ...

With that comes saying goodbye to many of our summer plants, the hustle to prep the garden for winter, and the sweet flavor of frost-kissed kale and spinach. Before a hard frost, make sure to harvest ...

Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells (capsids) around their genomes, a process that—while messy and complex—consistently ...

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