Nature-imitating coating makes batteries more durable and efficient
Aalto University's researchers were the first in the world to make use of carbon dioxide in the production of a ...
Month: June 2020
AI supports assembly specialists
Kimoknow, a startup of KIT, develops digital assembly assistants based on automatic AI-supported object recognitionCredit: Photo: Tanja Meißner, KIT Artificial ...
‘Ironing’ out the differences: Understanding superconductivity in ultrathin FeSe
Credit: Physical Review Letters Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) elucidate the underlying cause behind the different critical ...
Removing toxic chemicals from water — New environmentally-friendly method
Credit: IMPACT/Swansea University Researchers from Swansea University have developed a new environmentally friendly method for removing toxic chemicals from water. ...
Scientists discover cellular structure of poorly understood visual brain region
Virginia Tech scientists find distinct layers of unique cell typesCredit: Virginia Tech Graduate student Ubadah Sabbagh placed a cold glass ...
Researchers develop a ‘quick and easy’ COVID-19 test
The test is intended for population screening with simple meansCredit: ©IMP Global endeavours to fight the Covid-19 pandemic heavily rely ...
In the wild, chimpanzees are more motivated to cooperate than bonobos
When informing about a threat territorial chimpanzees are more motivated to cooperate than less territorial bonobosCredit: Cédric Girard-Buttoz, Taï Chimpanzee ...
Genetic malfunction of brain astrocytes triggers migraine
Credit: (Image: UZH) Migraine is one of the most disabling disorders, affecting one in seven people and causing a tremendous ...
Integrating health and climate agendas
Recommendations for a post-pandemic worldCredit: Nicole de Paula Climate change not only causes problems ranging from heat stress to increased ...
Ion conducting polymer crucial to improving neuromorphic devices
Credit: Shunsuke Yamamoto "Neuromorphic" refers to mimicking the behavior of brain neural cells. When one speaks of neuromorphic computers, they ...
Movers and stayers: Surviving a range shift due to climate change
A new study shows a broad diet helps tropical fish survive a range shift due to climate changeCredit: Jack Hannan ...
Dynamical and allosteric regulation of photoprotection in light harvesting complex II
Credit: ©Science China Press The photosynthetic systems of green plants have developed a dual function of efficient light collection under ...
Economic alien plants more likely to go wild
Credit: Mark van Kleunen Humans have cultivated plants outside their native ranges for thousands of years. But as the world ...
A dirty job: Tracking coronavirus using human waste
University of Missouri scientists assisting Missouri officials with Coronavirus Sewershed Surveillance ProjectCredit: University of Missouri Recent studies in the Netherlands ...
UTEP researchers uncover brain mechanisms in fruit flies that may impact future learning
Credit: Simon Lee EL PASO, Texas - A research team from The University of Texas at El Paso has made ...
Humans navigate with stereo olfaction
Credit: YE Yuting "If in doubt, always follow your nose," said Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings. Despite Gandalf's ...
Six Argonne researchers receive DOE Early Career Research Program awards
Credit: Mark Lopez, Argonne National Laboratory Argonne scientists Michael Bishof, Maria Chan, Marco Govoni, Alessandro Lovato, Bogdan Nicolae and Stefan ...
Air pollution, smoking and built environment are associated with an increase risk of childhood obesity
173 exposures analysed in first major study to assess risk of obesity in childhood using an exposome-wide approachCredit: ISGlobal How ...
Imaging magnetic instabilities using laser accelerated protons
An international team of researchers highlighted two variants of Weibel's instabilityCredit: David Tordeux The magnetic structures resulting from a plasma ...
Four new species of giant single-celled organisms discovered on Pacific seafloor
Credit: Jennifer Durden and Craig Smith, DeepCCZ Project. Two new genera and four new species of giant, single-celled xenophyophores (protozoans ...
