Nanoparticles that talk to each other using chemical messengers are described in a study. ‘Communication’ between abiotic nanoscale chemical systems is an almost-unexplored field with enormous potential.
If oriented just right, ice crystals in clouds can reflect enough sunlight to be seen from over a million kilometres away. Such bright spots of light over land could help in the search for Earth-like exoplanets.
Deep ammonia plume and a powerful magnetic field on Jupiter are among the surprises revealed by NASA's Juno mission: http://go.nature.com/2rLOAG6
A study published in Nature finds that noise from humans is damaging to US wildlife: 63% of protected areas are twice as loud as they should be. http://go.nature.com/2qLSjzg
In addition to generating lift by leading-edge vortices, it has been discovered mosquitoes use two additional aerodynamic features; so-called trailing-edge vortices, and a type of lift mechanism generated by the rotation…Read More
The sequence of the barley genome is reported in this week’s Nature. A notable and long-awaited community resource for cereal genetics and genomics, the genome will provide vital information for researchers who…Read More
