Researchers recreate horsepox virus from commercial DNA
Researchers at the University of Alberta have recreated an extinct relative of the smallpox virus using DNA worth about $100,000, acquired from Geneart in Germany, Science Magazine reported.
Scientists invent self-repairing smartphone screen material
Researchers have developed a transparent smartphone screen material that can repair its own scratches.
The material shares many properties with human skin. It is flexible and transparent, and can be stretched up to 50-times its...
Flow battery could run for more than 10 years
Researchers from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a new flow battery that stores energy in organic molecules dissolved in neutral-pH water.
Researchers steering a remote-controlled submarine around the world's deepest known hydrothermal vents have collected numerous samples from sunless depths of the Caribbean Sea where blazing hot, mineral-rich fluid gushes from volcanic chimneys that look like gnarled tree stumps.
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Free Internet worldwide for educators and researchers
New roaming service provides Internet at the fingertips of globe-trotting South African researchers