Tracking Southern Hemisphere black carbon to Antarctic snow
Credit: Luciano Marquetto Black carbon (BC) measurements in Antarctica are still scarce, but necessary to understand the particle's effect in ...
Month: April 2020
Risk factors for carrying pneumonia-causing bacteria revealed
Credit: Don Mammoser New research has uncovered the risk factors for Fijians carrying a pneumonia-causing bacteria. The collaborative study, led ...
Film photosensitizer: High efficient singlet oxygen generation
Credit: ©Science China Press Photosensitized generation of singlet oxygen attracted a great deal of interest reaching applications in various fields ...
Tracking the atomic pathways by in-situ liquid cell TEM
Credit: ©Science China Press Recently, platinum-containing core-shell structures with tunable magnetic and catalytic properties have attracted intensive attentions and offered ...
Drinking green tea may help with food allergies
Credit: Tasuku Ogita Ph.D., the Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Shinshu University, Japan. Research findings suggest gut microbes can effect allergic ...
Next gen solar cells perform better when there’s a camera around
Researchers find a simple way to detect tiny imperfections that affect performanceCredit: Exciton Science A literal "trick of the light" ...
Mapping the evolution of coastal waters in Metro Vancouver: The Burrard Inlet
What did the Burrard Inlet look like in the past, compared to how it is now?Credit: Fanny Couture What did ...
KIST develops foldable and washable luminescent film
Near-infrared sensors and displays developed based on the maximized efficiency of optical wavelength conversion. A flexible, transparent, and washable film, ...
Wearable health sensors will help detect disease in livestock
Credit: Biotangents Wearable biosensors are being developed to help monitor the health of livestock, particularly dairy cows, with the aim ...
Using nano-scale spintronics, researchers aim to build novel artificial brain
New research project to develop novel AI hardware; a completely new kind of computer system that mimics how the human ...
Balcan named recipient of ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award for machine learning innovations
Foundational contributions to minimally-supervised learning recognizedCredit: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today named Maria Florina ...
UCF scientists seek novel material to kill COVID-19
Researchers say nanoparticle film would 'catch' and kill virus, better protect healthcare providersCredit: UCF College of Medicine Masks that protect ...
Mutation reduces energy waste in plants
Credit: © Markus Scholz, Uni Halle To this end, the team identified several thousand proteins, determined their respective amounts in ...
Impulse for research on fungi
Credit: (Picture: Ulrich Terpitz / University of Würzburg) Fungi play an important role for mankind. In the soil, they decompose ...
Therapy dogs may help lower emergency clinicians’ stress
Credit: Dr. Kline New research published in Academic Emergency Medicine indicates that for physicians and nurses working evening shifts in ...
Building a bean that resists leafhoppers
Credit: Tim Porch Leafhoppers are tiny insects. They are only about 3 millimeters long, smaller than a grain of rice. ...
Exploring why males are larger than females among mammals
Credit: Marcelo H. Cassini, PhD In most animals, females are larger than males, but in most mammals, males are larger ...
How does habitat fragmentation affect Amazonian birds?
Four decades of research provide some answersCredit: Phil Stouffer The Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP), located near Manaus, ...
What are the environmental impacts of cancer drugs?
Credit: Christopher J. Malyniuk Chemotherapeutic drugs, also known as antineoplastic agents, that are prescribed to treat a range of cancer ...
Coquí fossil from Puerto Rico takes title of oldest Caribbean frog
Credit: Alberto Lopez Torres GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The bright chirp of the coquí frog, the national symbol of Puerto Rico, ...
