Bacteria may supercharge the future of wastewater treatment
Credit: Stephanie Precourt/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- Wastewater treatment plants have a PR problem: People don't like to think about what...
NASA sees formation of Tropical Depression Two-E in Eastern Pacific Ocean
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project The second tropical depression of the Eastern Pacific Ocean hurricane season formed near southwestern Mexico....
Russian scientists improved an X-ray fluorescence analysis algorithm
Scientists from the Faculty of Chemistry of the Lomonosov Moscow State University have performed computations and derived new equations, allowing...
Cold conversion of food waste into renewable energy and fertilizer
Researchers from Concordia's Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering (BCEE) in collaboration with Bio-Terre Systems Inc. are taking the...
NASA sees Cyclone Mora still packing punch after landfall
Loading video... Credit: Credit: NASA JAXA, Hal Pierce Satellite data showed heavy rain and high cloud tops in Tropical Cyclone...
Human activity has polluted European air for 2,000 years, study finds
WASHINGTON, DC -- A new study combining European ice core data and historical records of the infamous Black Death pandemic...
Hitoshi Murayama named one of the 100 influencers in the world
Credit: Kavli IPMU Hitoshi Murayama has been named a Genius Contributor for a project celebrating the 100th anniversary of the...
Looking at complex light wave forms
Credit: Graphics: Giuseppe Sansone For the first time an international research team under the direction of Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Sansone...
Moffitt improves radiation therapy for head and neck patients
TAMPA, Fla. (May 31, 2017) - Radiation therapy is one of the most common treatments used to fight cancer, with...
Giant ringed planet likely cause of mysterious eclipses
Credit: University of Warwick A giant gas planet - up to 50x the mass of Jupiter, encircled by a ring...
Searching beyond graphene for new wonder materials
Graphene, the two-dimensional, ultra lightweight and super-strong carbon film, has been hailed as a wonder material since its discovery in...
NASA’s Apollo-era test chamber now James Webb Space Telescope ready
Credit: Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn NASA's "Chamber A," an enormous thermal vacuum testing chamber housed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in...
Like a slice of pizza, a curvature could give fish fins their strength
Loading video... Credit: Mandre Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Pizza enthusiasts know well that a simple u-shaped curvature...
Drug-delivery method holds promise for controlling crop parasites
Credit: Paul Chariou Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are applying drug-delivery technology to agriculture to control parasitic roundworms more...
Detecting bloodstains — with an antimalarial compound
Credit: American Chemical Society As seen on crime shows, investigators use a combination of luminol and other substances to light...
JSA names co-recipients of its 2017 Outstanding Nuclear Physicist Prize
Washington, DC - Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, announced today that Charles Perdrisat and Charles Sinclair are the recipients of the...
When gold turns invisible
Credit: Seki T. et al., Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 2, 2017 A gold compound shifts from a...
Bamboo inspires optimal design for lightness and toughness
Credit: Sato M., et al., PLOS ONE, May 3, 2017 The spatial distribution of fibers in hollow bamboo cylinders is...
Take a look, and you’ll see, into your imagination
Credit: Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- Scanning your brain to decode the contents of your mind has been a subject...
From terrestrial and marine bioresources and wastes to value-added products
One of the main objectives of bio-based economy is to provide end markets with a wide selection of bio-based products...
