Month: December 2020

Credit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - How can you improve the cutting of "gummy" metals? Purdue University innovators ...

Still paying for broken smartphone display? Now, It is automatically fixed

Laying the groundwork for designing safe materials for third-generation EVs; identification of thermal degradation mechanism of cathode materials and creation ...

Tiny quantum computer solves real optimisation problem

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now shown that they can solve a small part of a real ...

New path to rare earth mineral formation has implications for green energy and smart tech

Credit: Trinity College Dublin Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have shed new light on the formation mechanisms of a rare ...

Shark fishing bans partially effective

Credit: Claire Collins Bans on shark fishing are only partially effective in protecting sharks, new research suggests. Scientists from the ...

Individuals with high ADHD-traits are more vulnerable to insomnia

Credit: Andreas Andersson Individuals with high ADHD-traits that do not meet the criteria for a diagnosis are less able to ...

Scientists use NASA data to predict appearance of December 14, 2020 eclipse

Researchers identify neurons that control nausea-like responses in mice

Study reveals new targets for the design of improved antinausea medicationsCredit: Chuchu Zhang , Stephen Liberles At some point, everyone ...

New approach reveals structure and function of individual synapses

An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have developed a novel approach to measure ...

Pandemic has severely disrupted sleep, increasing stress and medication use

COVID-19 has affected sleep for half of surveyed, with potential long-term mental health and insomnia impact worriesCredit: University of Ottawa ...

Dark storm on Neptune reverses direction, possibly shedding a fragment

Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), and L.A. Sromovsky and P.M. Fry (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Astronomers ...

Study of coronavirus infection & multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children begins

Credit: NIAID An observational study has launched to evaluate the short- and long-term health outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children, ...

Potential treatment approach kills lymphoma while sparing healthy cells

Scientists use a novel method of modifying 'killer' immune cells to defeat a common form of cancerCredit: Image courtesy of ...

Unique prediction of ‘modified gravity’ challenges dark matter