Harnessing nature’s defences against tsunamis
International team led by Göttingen University studies protection of coastal communities in biodiversity hotspotsCredit: Thomas Wanger As sea levels rise ...
Month: December 2019
Project aims to make mining more efficient, safer
Credit: Virginia Tech Efficiency and safety are two aspects paramount to an effective mining operation that industry constantly seeks to ...
Secure data backup of medical records using secret sharing and secure communications
Prompt restoration of medical records via a satellite link for disaster medical supportCredit: National Institute of Information and Communications technology ...
Rare algae enzyme to convert cooking oil into ready-to-use biofuel
Researchers have found an unusual, light-dependent enzyme in microalgae. A new project at the Department of Engineering, Aarhus University, will ...
Combining science and design to measure our exposure to light
Credit: © HEAD-Baptiste Coulon How much light do you receive over the course of a day? What type of light ...
APS tip sheet: Dark matter’s galactic emissions and game theory of vaccination
Credit: Leane et al., Phys. Rev. Lett (2019) A Bright Day for Dark Matter December 11, 2019 - An abundance ...
The First International Project Marathon for studets of SPbPU and TU Graz
Six international teams took part in the innovative international projectCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University The final forum was ...
The danger behind certain biologics
The surprising role of an immune cell that explains some of the drugs' side effects and could lead to better ...
How humans learnt to dance; from the Chimpanzee Conga
Credit: University of Warwick The evolution of human dance has been studied by psychologists in chimpanzees Researchers from the University ...
Martian aurora offers climate change clues, Embry-Riddle reports
NASA, University of Colorado Boulder, Embry-Riddle present findings at AGUCredit: Embry-Riddle/Daryl LaBello SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - A newly published study, ...
Why collapse is not always a bad thing
New book provides an analysis of the process of failure and collapse, and outlines principles that help us manage these ...
Supporting structures of wind turbines contribute to wind farm blockage effect
Updated theoretical model for wind farm aerodynamics accounts for turbine towers as a source for wind resistance in offshore farms.Credit: ...
Russian scientists studied the effect of selenium on the properties of basil
A team of scientists from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University discovered that micromolar selenium doses increase the levels of useful ...
Chinese team makes nanoscopy breakthrough
New technique may be used to image living cellsCredit: WANG Zhongyang A Chinese research team has developed an advanced imaging ...
Mites can change their diet depending on environmental conditions
A team of scientists from Tyumen State University together with their foreign colleagues discovered that soil mites change their dietary ...
New insights to major disease pathways
Chemical tool identifies hundreds of modified proteinsCredit: Flinders University Australian researchers are making major inroads into finding the cause of ...
(Noise-) less is more
Development of high precision 3D circuit simulator allows for electromagnetic noise-less circuit layoutCredit: Osaka University A group of researchers from ...
Running research: Heel-toe or toe-heel?
Credit: Unsplash New research from La Trobe University suggests there is no evidence that changing a runner's strike pattern will ...
SMART and NTU researchers design polymer that can kill drug-resistant bacteria
New polymer may pave the way for developing drugs to which bacteria are significantly less resistant, a breakthrough that could ...
Novel e-skin achieves self-powered hippocampal neural stimulation
Credit: ZHAN Yang Chinese scientists recently developed a flexible electronic skin (e-skin) capable of self-powered neural stimulation and inducing a ...
