Origami powered by light
Pitt and CMU researchers develop high-torque light-powered actuatorCredit: Mahnoush Babaei If you watch the leaves of a plant long enough, ...
New targets for the development of a drug treatment for obesity and type 2 diabetes
The hormone GIP regulates body weight and food intake via a receptor in the brainCredit: Helmholtz Zentrum München The GIP ...
Bristol-led research will disrupt solar and expedite efforts toward Net-Zero target
New technology means solar panels could be integrated into windows, claddingCredit: David Fermin A team of researchers, led by chemists ...
Physicists have optimized the method of smelting the MAX phase
Credit: IKBFU MAX-phases are the new promising class of artificially created compounds that started to be extensively studied in the ...
Plant-based magnetic nanoparticles with antifungal properties
Scientists developed a plant-based technology for obtaining magnetic nanoparticles with antifungal propertiesCredit: Thakur et al. / Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 2020 ...
The future of solar technology: New technology makes foldable cells a practical reality
International research team creates solar cells with unprecedented flexibility and resistanceCredit: Pusan National University With the recent development of foldable ...
Brain tumor study reveals surprising gene deletion and method to overcome drug resistance
Inhibiting the enzyme SCD and blocking the function of the transcription factor FOSB, blunts acquired resistance and extends survival in ...
Solar awnings over parking lots help companies and customers
Credit: Sarah Atkinson/Michigan Tech The number of people who own electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing, but they face a conundrum: ...
‘Handy pen’ lights up when exposed to nerve gas or spoiled food vapors
Credit: Adapted from ACS Materials Letters 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.0c00516 Exposure to some odorless, colorless and tasteless gases, such as nerve ...
Scientists create liquid crystals that look a lot like their solid counterparts
Credit: Smalyukh Lab A team at the University of Colorado Boulder has designed new kinds of liquid crystals that mirror ...
New history of photography focuses on presidents
Credit: Book cover courtesy the University of Illinois Press. Obama image from an official White House photo by Pete Souza. ...
Definitely not the flu: risk of death from COVID-19 3.5 times higher than from flu
Credit: CMAJ A new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) found that the risk of death from COVID-19 ...
Temple-Led Team: COVID containment measures in Philly associated with rise in gun violence
Pandemic has exacerbated issues such as poverty, unemployment and structural racism that are empirically tied to violence in PhiladelphiaCredit: Temple ...
CONCERT project: designing configurable collaborative robot to help workers
Researchers will develop configurable robots in order to preserve workers health in workplaces. Cobots will be validated in a construction ...
Virtual reality helping to treat fear of heights
Credit: Bentz et al., npj Digital Medicine 2021 Researchers from the University of Basel have developed a virtual reality app ...
Long-term stress linked to increased risk of heart attack
Credit: Emma Busk Winquist/Linköping University Can long-term stress lead to heart attacks? Most people would probably answer in the affirmative, ...
Endovascular aneurysm repair linked to higher readmission rates
Chances of readmission were 1.5 times higher with less-invasive techniqueCredit: Justin Kelley, MU Health Care Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAA) ...
Lung ultrasound helps predict COVID-19 patient outcomes
Brazilian researchers applied an examination protocol based on an analysis of 12 lung regions to 180 severe patients and found ...
Russian scientists significantly improved coal-burning efficiency
Credit: Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS A team of Russian scientists from NUST MISIS, Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) and Boreskov Institute of ...
RUDN University veterinarians tested a new drug against pneumonia in calves
Credit: RUDN University Respiratory tract diseases in young animals of the cattle are a big issue for world agriculture and ...