The ever-elusive riddle: What’s the best way to cut Christmas cookies?
Credit: Mikkel Abrahamsen At some point in life, most people have stood over a rolled-out slab of cookie dough and ...
Month: December 2020
The natural ‘Himalayan aerosol factory’ can affect climate
Credit: Federico Bianchi Large amounts of new particles can form in the valleys of the Himalayas from naturally emitted gases ...
Researchers adapt cell phone camera for SARS-CoV-2 detection
Credit: Daniel Fletcher and Melanie Ott Researchers have developed an assay that can detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in a ...
Research reveals how airflow inside a car may affect COVID-19 transmission risk
Credit: Breuer lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new study of airflow patterns inside a car's passenger cabin ...
No strings attached: maximizing wireless charging efficiency with multiple transmitters
New control strategy dynamically changes transmitter currents for optimal wireless charging in moving devices, such as robots and electric carsCredit: ...
Safe space: improving the “clean” methanol fuel cells using a protective carbon shell
Scientists encapsulate catalyst in a protective molecular sieve that selectively prevents undesired reactions in methanol fuel cellsCredit: Unsplash Because of ...
Riding in a car in the pandemic: which windows to open?
UMass Amherst research reveals some non-intuitive answersCredit: UMass Amherst/Mathai lab AMHERST, MASS. - If you find yourself in a car ...
New pathway in Alzheimer’s disease provides earlier target for potential therapies
Credit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a new target ...
Crystals may help reveal hidden Kilauea Volcano behavior
Credit: Image credit: USGS Scientists striving to understand how and when volcanoes might erupt face a challenge: many of the ...
The heavier, the better — superior stability in isotope functionalized perovskites
Credit: Gang Liu Organic-inorganic hybrid lead iodide perovskites are universally recognized as very promising photovoltaic (PV) materials. While outstanding PV ...
Hidden structure found in essential metabolic machinery
Discovery 'requires us to rethink everything we thought we knew about peroxisomes'Credit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. ...
Electrons falling flat: Germanium falls into a 2D arrangement on zirconium diboride
Scientists reveal 'flat band' behavior in 2D 'bitriangular' lattice of germanium, confirming earlier theoretical predictionCredit: JAIST Scientists have recently revealed, ...
Hubble captures unprecedented fading of Stingray nebula
Credit: Credits: NASA, ESA, B. Balick (University of Washington), M. Guerrero (Instituto de AstrofÃsica de AndalucÃa), and G. Ramos-Larios (Universidad ...
RUDN University chemists synthesized new fluorescent substances for medical applications
Credit: RUDN University Indolizines are a group of substances with biological and optical properties. A team of chemists from RUDN ...
Ionic defect landscape in perovskite solar cells revealed
Credit: Prof. Dr. Yana Vaynzof (TU Dresden/cfaed) The group of so-called metal halide perovskites as materials has revolutionized the field ...
Unlocking the secrets of chemical bonding with machine learning
Credit: Virginia Tech A new machine learning approach offers important insights into catalysis, a fundamental process that makes it possible ...
Protein storytelling to address the pandemic
New computational tools developed at Stony Brook University help characterize protein structures and identify new treatments for COVID-19Credit: Lucy Fallon, ...
Battery of tests: Scientists figure out how to track what happens inside batteries
Credit: Department of Energy The future of mobility is electric cars, trucks and airplanes. But there is no way a ...
Researchers urge priority vaccination for individuals with diabetes
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have discovered individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes ...
Reversible stickiness is something to smile about
Credit: Department of Organic Biomaterials,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) researchers report a cross-linker for dental cement that breaks ...
