Month: September 2020

A research team including Osaka University reports an ultra-small actuator with the fastest on/off switch and most precise position control ...

Newly discovered mechanism regulates myocardial distensibility

Team of researchers studies how oxidative stress influences the elasticity of the heart muscleCredit: Linke Lab A healthy heart beats ...

Scientists develop a technique to dynamically curve a photon jet

Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University jointly with international colleagues have found a simple technique to dynamically curve a photonic jet, ...

Parkinson’s patient skin samples provide clues to disease mechanism and clinical test

Credit: Eleanor Coffey In a recently published study, researchers from the Turku Bioscience Centre at the University of Turku and ...

Ultrahigh energy density transition-metal-free cathodes designed by band structure engineering

Credit: ©Science China Press The growing demands for ultrahigh energy density batteries used in electronic devices, electrical vehicles, and large-scale ...

PhD thesis offers a real-time alternative to dialysis quality monitoring by optical method

Credit: TalTech The primary function of kidneys is to filter blood, removing waste products that build up in a human ...

HKU Professor Zheng Xiao GUO elected Member of Academia Europaea

Credit: The University of Hong Kong Professor Zheng Xiao GUO, Associate Dean for China & Global of Faculty of Science ...

NUS Researchers propose new perspective in nurturing lattice Boltzmann methods

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) share their recent progress in constructing numerical models for fluid mechanics simulations ...

City, University of London and Howden secure grant from the Royal Academy of Engineering

Project is targeted at reducing leakages in rotating machinery by 20% and improving the efficiency of oil free screw compressors ...

Ocean algae get ‘coup de grace’ from viruses

Viruses don't immediately kill algae but live in harmony with themCredit: MODIS, NASA; Steve Gschmeissner, Photo Researchers Inc.; Kay Bidle ...

Molecular basis underlying colorectal cancer revealed

Credit: Tadasuke Tsukiyama, et al., Nature Communications, September 15, 2020 A team of scientists has unraveled the molecular mechanism behind ...

Robots to help children touch the outside world

UC team is developing better telepresence robots, equipped with robotic armsCredit: University of California Irvine A team of University of ...

The future of biofuels in the dark

Fellowship funds experiments in growing algae without sunlightCredit: Elizabeth Hann/UCR Algae could compete with petroleum as the fuel of the ...

Florida State-led team offers new rules for algae species classification

Credit: Photo by Sophie McCoy. FSU Assistant Professor of Biological Science Sophie McCoy and her team are proposing formal definitions ...

Human activities promote disease-spreading mosquitoes; more study needed for prevention

Credit: Courtesy Dr. Brianna Beechler, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Disease-spreading mosquitoes may be more likely to occupy areas ...

Innovative approaches to stabilizing bridges, highway slopes

UTA civil engineer using recycled plastic pins to stabilize bridges and highway slopesCredit: UT Arlington A civil engineering professor at ...

CCNY engineer Xi Chen and partners create new shape-changing crystals

Credit: Image courtesy: Tong Wang Imagine harnessing evaporation as a source of energy or developing next generation actuators and artificial ...

Virtual reality trains public to reverse opioid overdoses

Credit: Penn Nursing The United States has seen a 200% increase in the rate of deaths by opioid overdose in ...

Toxic metals can affect student health performance, say scientists from RUDN university

Credit: RUDN Univeristy A group of medical and environmental researchers from RUDN University evaluated the level of heavy metals in ...

Henry ford study finds certain immuno suppressing drugs do not increase risk for COVID-19