News articles tagged with 'microscopic'
Algal antifreeze makes inroads into ice
— 4 Mar 2011 14:05 | BiologySea-ice algae - the important first rung of the food web each spring in places like the Arctic Ocean - can engineer ice to its advantage, according to the first published findings about…
X-rays show why van Gogh paintings lose their shine
— 15 Feb 2011 16:21 | ChemistryScientists have identified a complex chemical reaction responsible for the degradation of two paintings by Vincent van Gogh and other artists of the late 19th century. This discovery…
Wealth of orchid varieties is down to busy bees and helpful fungi, says study
— 31 Jan 2011 16:31 | BiologyScientists have discovered why orchids are one of the most successful groups of flowering plants - it is all down to their relationships with the bees that pollinate them and the fungi…
MRI zooms in on microscopic flow
— 8 Oct 2010 14:09 | Health'Better and faster results!' is the clarion call for scientists and engineers to continually strive to improve their research tools. Of the tools used to study material structures at…
Scientists show there's nothing boring about watching paint dry
— 11 Aug 2010 09:00 | TechnologyIt turns out that watching paint dry might not be as boring as the old adage claims. A team led by Yale University researchers has come up with a new technique to study the mechanics…
Dartmouth researchers contribute to solving a quantum puzzle
— 1 Jul 2010 10:23 | PhysicsDartmouth researchers have discovered a potentially important piece of the quantum/classical puzzle - learning how the rules of physics in the quantum world (think smaller than microscopic)…
Tiny early-stage ovarian tumours define early detection challenge
— 28 Jul 2009 10:55 | HealthA new study by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers shows that most early-stage ovarian tumours exist for years at a size that is a thousand times smaller than existing tests…
Multiple PVI: A poor prognostic factor for hepatocellular carcinoma
— 15 Jun 2009 20:13 | HealthThe prognostic factors for HCC with microscopic PVI have remained elusive and no therapeutic strategy has been established in patients with HCC accompanied by microscopic PVI. A research…
Manipulating light on a chip for quantum technologies
— 10 Jun 2009 08:52 | TechnologyA team of physicists and engineers at Bristol University has demonstrated exquisite control of single particles of light - photons - on a silicon chip to make a major advance towards…
New method for detecting explosives
— 19 Mar 2009 15:12 | TechnologyA group of researchers in Tennessee and Denmark has discovered a way to sensitively detect explosives based on the physical properties of their vapours. Their technology, which is currently…