When you heat a tiny droplet of liquid tin with a laser, plasma forms on the surface of the droplet and produces extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light, whic...
Streamers may be great for decorating a child's party, but in dielectrics（电介质）, they are the primary origin of electric breakdown. They can cause ...
A tiny chip used in smart phones to adjust the orientation（定向） of the screen could serve to create a real-time urban seismic network, easily increasin...
Younger patients with colorectal（结肠直肠的） cancer that has spread (metastasised) to other parts of the body represent a high-risk group that is less like...
Scientists have discovered differences in the brain structure of ballet dancers that may help them avoid feeling dizzy when they perform pirouettes（脚尖...
A bioinformatics（生物信息学） approach to repurposing drugs resulted in identification of a class of antidepressants as a potential new treatment for small-...
After doing specific training for 12 weeks, people over the age of 90 improved their strength, power and muscle mass. This was reflected in an increas...
Patients with advanced melanoma（黑素瘤）, who have been treated with the monoclonal antibody, ipilimumab（伊匹单抗）, can survive for up to ten years, according...
Pouring a glass of wine is rarely an exact measurement, especially in a social setting（社会环境）. While most people think of a glass as one serving, in re...
One problem in developing more efficient organic LED light bulbs and displays for TVs and phones is that much of the light is polarized in one directi...