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In a surprise discovery, Flinders University nanotechnology researchers have produced a range of different types of gold nanoparticles by adjusting water flow in the novel vortex fluidic device—without the need for toxic chemicals. The article, "Nanogold Foundry Involving High-Shear-Mediated Photocontact Electrification in Water," has been published in Small Science.

In a recent study published in the journal Small Science, researchers from TU Wien discovered a unique way to purify water from waste cellulose.

<p>Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have developed a novel method of adding polyethylene glycol molecules to engineered groups of messenger RNAs called “mRNA polyplexes”, which enable the cells that receive them to produce specific proteins. This technique allows greater control of the site in the body to which the polyplexes are delivered, significantly advancing the field of therapeutic mRNA technologies, with applications in vaccine develop...

Cryogenic-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has rapidly become one of the most important experimental methods in structural biology and nanoscience. In this article, AZoNano discusses the working principle of single particle cryo-electron microscopy.

Everything you need to know about the rootinest, tootinest, sharpshootin'-est character in the whole Grishaverse.

Here’s a breakdown of the Grishaverse and its reading order, with a spoiler-free explanation of how timelines change from books to show.

From Grishas to volcras and more, here is the terminology used in Netflix’s Shadow and Bone explained.

What is a Grisha, and what are all their different powers? We explain all the Shadow and Bone terms here.

The American academy is in crisis, and the symptoms are clear to anyone with eyes to see: relentlessly rising costs, administrative bloat, and a declining 18- to 24-year-old cohort of potential tuition-paying students who are increasingly reluctant to take on a crushing load of debt. Add to that the increasingly aggressive assaults, emanating from within the academy, on core institutional values like freedom of inquiry and expression, and you have a fulminating crisis.

Ben Barnes plays the manipulative and powerful Shadow Summoner in Netflix’s Shadow and Bone series. The show is an adaptation of the trilogy of the same name written by Leigh Bardugo. The...