Collaborate Disseminate
Researchers recently shared details on creating foldable, self-locking structures by using multi-material 3D printing. These origami-inspired designs can transition between flat and three-dimensional forms, locking into place without needing external …read more Continue reading Origami-Inspired, Self-locking Structures With 3D Printing
Two guys — Stern and Gerlach — did an experiment in 1922. They wanted to measure magnetism caused by electron orbits. At the time, they didn’t know about particles having …read more Continue reading The Stern-Gerlach Experiment Misunderstood
In our high school chemistry classes we all learn about chirality, the property of organic molecules in which two chemically identical molecules can have different structures that are mirror images …read more Continue reading Chirality Could Kill Us All, If We Let It
We haven’t seen [Les Wright] in a while, and with the release of his new video, we know why — he’s been busy growing crystals. Now, that might seem confusing …read more Continue reading Automated Rig Grows Big, Beautiful Crystals Fast
In an announcement that stunned New Zealand’s research community, the country’s center-right coalition government said it would divert half of the NZ$75 million Marsden Fund, the nation’s sole funding source for fundamental science, to “research with e… Continue reading Amid Cuts To Basic Research, New Zealand Scraps All Support For Social Sciences
An international research team has for the first time imaged and controlled a type of magnetic flow called altermagnetism, which physicists say could be used to develop faster and more reliable electronic devices. Financial Times: A groundbreaking expe… Continue reading New Magnetic Flow Has Potential To Revolutionise Electronic Devices
Global antibiotic use in livestock varies dramatically across regions, with some Asian countries using up to 80 times more antibiotics per kilogram of meat than European nations, according to new research published by Our World in Data. Thailand leads … Continue reading Livestock Antibiotic Use in Asia Dwarfs European Levels Amid Resistance Fears
Since the construction of the first commercial light water nuclear power plants (LWR) the design of their fuel rods hasn’t changed significantly. Mechanically robust and corrosion-resistant zirconium alloy (zircalloy) tubes …read more Continue reading Silicon Carbide May Replace Zirconium Alloys for Nuclear Fuel Rod Cladding
“In September 2024, U.S. scientists made key advances towards building a nuclear clock — a step beyond an atomic clock,” according to ScienceAlert:
In contrast to the atomic clock, the transition measured by this new device happens in the nucleu… Continue reading From Atomic to Nuclear Clocks – and a Leap in Timekeeping Accuracy?
60-year-old Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli led the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s group studying bat coronaviruses (prompting Science magazine to call her “Bat Woman”). In June of 2020 Scientific American described Zhengli as “distressed because stories… Continue reading Wuhan Lab Researcher Fully Sequences Genomes of Coronavirus Samples From 2004 to 2021, Finds No Close Relatives to SARS-CoV-2