Promising results obtained with a new electrocatalyst that reduces the need for platinum
Credit: Aalto University Platinum is a very expensive metal and it is therefore one of the bottlenecks hindering the growth...
Argon is not the ‘dope’ for metallic hydrogen
Credit: Image courtesy of Cheng Ji. Washington, DC--Hydrogen is both the simplest and the most-abundant element in the universe, so...
Connected dolls and tell-tale teddy bears: Why we need to manage the Internet of Toys
Action is needed to monitor and control the emerging Internet of Toys, concludes a new report by the European Commission's...
Penn Program in Environmental Humanities’ event explores the idea of an ‘Ecotopian Toolkit’
Prompted in part by the 500th anniversary of Thomas More's Utopia, the "Ecotopian Toolkit" conference at the University of Pennsylvania...
Printable device points toward sensor-laden robot skin
In this age of smartphones and tablet computers, touch-sensitive surfaces are everywhere. They're also brittle, as people with cracked phone...
UVA finds ANOTHER immune system link science said didn’t exist
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System The University of Virginia School of Medicine has again shown that a part...
Clot or bleeding?
The international CLUE Working Group studied the risk of thrombosis and severe haemorrhage after urological cancer operations and other forms...
New era in precision medicine for pancreatic cancer
The development of new treatments for pancreatic cancer is set to be transformed by a network of clinical trials, aiming...
Boosting natural brain opioids may be a better way to treat anxiety: Research
Published in Nature Communications by University of Sydney scholars, the findings suggest medications that boost the effect of natural brain...
New portal to unveil the dark sector of the Universe
Credit: IBS Once upon a time, the Universe was just a hot soup of particles. In those days, together with...
Researchers discover new type of memory effect in Transition Metal Oxides
Transition metal oxides (TMO) are extensively studied, technologically important materials, due to their complex electronic interactions, resulting in a large...
Membrane lipids hop in and out of rafts in the blink of an eye
Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS Researchers in Japan, India and France have found that molecules move into and out of a...
A robust, 2-ion quantum logic gate that operates in a microsecond is designed
This theoretical research explores what could be achieved beyond current technological limitations to further motivate experimental progress. Together with qubits...
Where does laser energy go after being fired into plasma?
Credit: Dr Enrico Brunetti, produced with software by OSIRIS. An outstanding conundrum on what happens to the laser energy after...
USDA awards $5 million for fellowships for research and extension experiences
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced...
Livestock grazing effects on sage-grouse
Effects of livestock grazing on greater sage-grouse populations can be positive or negative depending on the amount of grazing and...
Corals die as global warming collides with local weather in the South China Sea
Credit: Photo by Thomas DeCarlo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution In the South China Sea, a 2°C rise in the sea...
Canada funds $125 million Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy
Credit: CIFAR The Government of Canada is funding a Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy for research and talent that will cement...
An algorithm that knows when you’ll get bored with your favorite mobile game
Credit: Silicon Studio The video game industry has been shaken up by the emergence of smartphone games, aimed at users...
3-D bioprinted human cartilage cells can be implanted
Credit: Philip Krantz Swedish researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and Sahlgrenska Academy have successfully induced human cartilage cells to...
