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Smallest pixels ever created could light up colour-changing buildings

The colour pixels, developed by a team of scientists led by the University of Cambridge, are compatible with roll-to-roll fabrication on flexible plastic films,...

New approach to drug discovery could lead to personalised treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders

Mental health disorders are the leading cause of disability worldwide, accounting for 31% of total years lived with disability. While our understanding of the...

Stress in early life could make people more likely to develop depression

New research by the University of Bristol has found that early life adversity could make an individual more at risk of developing negative thinking,...

Assembling wide view of the evolving universe

Astronomers have put together the largest and most comprehensive "history book" of galaxies into one single image, using 16 years' worth of observations from...

Single molecule puts sperm on track

Sperm starts their sprint to the ovum when they detect changes in the environment through a series of calcium channels arranged like racing stripes...

Study busts myths about gossip

A new UC Riverside study asserts that women don't engage in "tear-down" gossip any more than men, and lower-income people don't gossip more than...

A new synthetic nanofactory inspired by nature

Bacteria across our planet contain nanometer-sized factories that do many different things. Some make nutrients, others isolate toxic materials that could harm the bacteria....

Design flaws create security vulnerabilities for ‘smart home’ internet-of-things devices

Researchers at North Carolina State University have identified design flaws in "smart home" Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices that allow third parties to prevent devices from...

Pinpointing Gaia to Map the Milky Way

Gaia, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), surveys the sky from orbit to create the largest, most precise, three-dimensional map of our Galaxy....

Standard fiber bundles offer route to 3D optical biopsies

The optical fiber bundles employed in microendoscopy are normally limited to 2D imaging, primarily because size constraints make the use of tunable focusing optics...

Pesticide exposure causes bumblebee flight to fall short

Flight behavior is crucial for determining how bees forage, so reduced flight performance from pesticide exposure could lead to colonies going hungry and pollination...

Researchers obtain first ever underwater ultrasound scans of wild reef manta rays

The research project is taking place in the Republic of Maldives, in South Asia, which has the largest population of reef manta rays in...