Tough love: intense glare helps next-gen solar tech through awkward phase
Increasing the intensity of light beyond the typical range is a surprising method of smoothing disorder, enabling control and maximising ...
Month: October 2020
The new software technology introduced in TalTech brings benefits to hospital
Credit: Photo credit: TalTech In the information technology sector, the rapid developments in hardware and software have significantly reduced the ...
HKU physicist joins international effort to unveil the behavior of “strange metals”
Credit: The University of Hong Kong The Landau's theory of Fermi liquid (FL) (Note 1), established in the first half ...
Global research center secures UN funding to extend work to Brazil
Innovative research uses video games to prevent online sexual exploitation of childrenCredit: University of Huddersfield Researchers at the University of ...
Studying new solar tracking strategies to maximize electric production
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba From making a small calculator work to generating energy to produce the entire output of an ...
High pressure is key for better optical fibers
Credit: Yongjian Yang, et al., npj Computational Materials, September 17, 2020 Optical fiber data transmission can be significantly improved by ...
Old methods prove true for studying proteins
Credit: © 2020 ?ukasz Jaremko and Vladlena Kharchenko A fresh new look at an old technique in protein biochemistry has ...
SwRI receives $6.4 million in funding to design sCO2 oxy-fuel turbine
Turbine to use coal syngas or natural gas as a fuel sourceCredit: SwRI SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. 19, 2020 -- ...
Natural killer cells also have a memory function
One third of the cytotoxic killer cells in the liver as a potential therapeutic targetCredit: MedUni Wien/Matern (Vienna, 19 October ...
Wearable pressure-sensitive devices for medical use
Novel design and strategic use of materials in a pressure-sensitive adhesive stripCredit: Khademhosseini Laboratory (LOS ANGELES) - In recent years, ...
Researching the chips of the future
Credit: UPV The chips of the future will include photonics and electronics; they will have a bandwidth, speed and processing ...
Changes in blood metabolite profile are visible years before diagnosis of alcohol-related disease
Credit: UEF / Raija Törrönen A new study from the University of Eastern Finland is the first in the world ...
Global food production threatens the climate
Use of nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture causes an increase in nitrous oxide concentration in the atmosphere - Comprehensive study with ...
‘Rare’ brain disorder may not be so rare anymore, trends in japan reveal
Scientists show that incidence and mortality of a rare brain disorder in Japan almost doubled from 2005 to 2014Credit: 2020 ...
Sludge-powered bacteria generate more electricity, faster
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Changing the surface chemistry of electrodes leads to the preferential growth of a novel electroactive bacterium ...
The ‘Goldilocks Day’: the perfect day for kids’ bone health
Credit: Unsplash Not too little, not too much - Goldilocks' 'just right' approach can now assess children's daily activities as ...
Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award 2020 presented in life sciences for the first time
Roberto Bonasio is awarded the Max Planck Humboldt-Research Award 2020, Luciano Marraffini receives the Max Planck-Humboldt MedalCredit: Daniel Burke Molecular ...
University of Sydney research could lead to customised cochlear implants
Research could lead to better hearing in noisy environmentsCredit: Dr Greg Watkins Cochlear implants are a groundbreaking technology that has ...
ARPHA and Pensoft launch one-stop preprint & journal submission in selected journals
Authors in participating ARPHA-hosted journals can now post their manuscripts on ARPHA Preprints upon submission in a clickCredit: Pensoft and ...
Odors as navigational cues for pigeons
Volatile organic compounds identified that can be used for olfactory navigation by homing pigeonsCredit: MPI of Animal Behavior Odors are ...
