Demystifying DNA hybridization kinetics
Nanoscientists and theoretical physicists at UNSW Medicine & Health's EMBL Australia Node in Single Molecule Science joined forces to demystify the complicated mechanisms governing how quickly two matching strands of DNA can fully come together—or.....»»
Targeting cancer at the nanoscale
Scientists from the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Tracer Kinetics at Osaka University developed a novel system for targeted cancer radiation therapy that uses gold nanoparticles labeled with astatine-211. Owing to the limited range and half-life.....»»
White clover"s toxic tricks traced to its hybridization
White clover is a weed that grows the world over—there's a good chance you have some growing in your yard today. The plant that yard-preeners love to hate was spawned about 20,000 years ago when two European clover species hybridized......»»
America’s favorite truck goes hybrid: The Ford F-150, reviewed
Hybridization offers decent fuel economy improvement and a lot more power. The 2021 F-150 4X4 SuperCrew Lariat. [credit: Eric Bangeman.....»»
High-level anion doping towards fast charge transfer kinetics for capacitors
The research team of Prof. Xiaobo Ji and associate Prof. Guoqiang Zou has proposed an ingenious oxygen vacancy (OV) engineering strategy to realize high content anionic doping in TiO2 and offered valuable insights into devise electrode materials with.....»»
Novel heterostructure nanosheet boosts efficiency of lean-electrolyte lithium batteries
Lithium sulfur (Li-S) battery technology is promising for next-generation energy storage. However, lithium polysulfide shuttling, sluggish redox kinetics, and uncontrollable lithium dendrite growth limit the cycling stability......»»
Plant biologists help develop guide for science outreach
What are scientists passionate about? What do they actually do, and why does it matter? Answering questions like these is often part of public outreach efforts that, through demystifying the world of science for non-scientists, can increase appreciat.....»»
Networking 101: What is NVMe over Fabric?
Demystifying NVMe over fabric and unpacking the hype to help you decide if it’s right for you and your network......»»
Mathematicians develop new classes of stellar dynamics systems solutions
The Vlasov-Poisson equations describe many important physical phenomena such as the distribution of gravitating particles in interstellar space, high-temperature plasma kinetics, and the Landau damping effect. A joint team of scientists from the Math.....»»
Scientists find a way to accelerate DNA surface hybridization
Scientists globally aim to control chemical reactions—an ambitious goal that requires identifying the steps taken by initial reactants to arrive at the final products as the reaction takes place. While this dream remains to be realized, techniques.....»»
Pollinator host-switches and fig hybridization dominate fig-wasp coevolution
The genus Ficus (figs) and their agaonid pollinating fig wasps are a classic example of coevolution. It represents perhaps the most extreme and ancient (about 75 million years) obligate pollination mutualism known......»»
Low genetic diversity in two manatee species off South America
Worldwide, marine megafauna are at risk of extinction due to climate change, habitat loss, pollution, overhunting, population fragmentation, and hybridization with related species in areas disturbed by humans. Genetic studies can help determine the c.....»»