Could we recycle plastic bags into fabrics of the future?
Engineers have developed self-cooling fabrics from polyethylene, a material commonly used in plastic bagsCredit: Image courtesy of Svetlana Boriskina In ...
Voltage from the parquet
Piezoelectric woodCredit: ACS Nano / Empa Ingo Burgert and his team at Empa and ETH Zurich has proven it time ...
Bacteria adapt syringe apparatus to changing conditions
Study shows how pathogenic bacteria can adapt to varying conditions of the digestive tractCredit: Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology ...
Open door to treatment of renal fibrosis by showing that it is caused by telomere shortening
Renal fibrosis leads to kidney failure, which can only be treated by dialysis and whose incidence is increasing due to ...
UNIST takes top prize at 2021 Samsung Humantech Paper Award
Credit: UNIST Nine UNIST students have been recognized for their excellence in academic and research work at the 27th Annual ...
Saarbrücken based bioinformaticians trace down molecular signals of Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Oliver Dietze In their study, which is now published in the journal Nature Aging, they show that the level ...
Households in Zimbabwe affected by fall armyworm are 12% more likely to experience hunger
CABI has led the first study to explore the income and food security effects of the fall armyworm invasion on ...
Global river flow contingent upon climate change
Credit: Michigan State University More often than ever before, water available in rivers is at the mercy of climate change, ...
Significant variation found in timing andselection of genetic tests for non–small-cell lung cancer
Whole-genome sequencing instead of biomarker testing may streamline selection of appropriate therapy, investigators report in the Journal of Molecular DiagnosticsCredit: ...
Melting glaciers could speed up carbon emissions into the atmosphere
Credit: Lee Brown The loss of glaciers worldwide enhances the breakdown of complex carbon molecules in rivers, potentially contributing further ...
Rare open-access quantum computer now operational
Scientists worldwide can use ion-based testbed at Sandia National LaboratoriesCredit: Bret Latter, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A new ...
European summer droughts since 2015 unprecedented in past two millennia
Credit: Ulf Büntgen Recent summer droughts in Europe are far more severe than anything in the past 2,100 years, according ...
UIC researchers discover hidden link between cellular defense systems
Credit: Photo provided by researchers Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered that heparanase, HPSE, a poorly understood ...
Skoltech and MIT researchers identify optimal human landing system architectures to land on the Moon
Credit: Pavel Odinev (Skoltech) Researchers from Skoltech and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have analyzed several dozen options to pick ...
Brown researchers explore possibilities for an ultra-secure gun registry
Credit: Nick Dentamaro/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Proposals to create a national gun registry have long been met with fierce ...
Predicting vessel arrival time, based on artificial intelligence!
Credit: UNIST A student, affiliated with the Department of Industrial Engineering within the College of Information-Bio Convergence Engineering at UNIST ...
Surgery should remain as mainstay of treatment for acute uncomplicated appendicitis
Credit: RCSI An RCSI study conducted in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin has found that surgery, rather than antibiotics-only, should remain ...
Researchers discover how the brain learns from subconscious stimuli
Credit: Neuron Researchers uncovered for the first time what happens in animals' brains when they learn from subconscious, visual stimuli. ...
Fear of COVID-19 :
Psychological, not environmental factors are importantCredit: (© Stephanie Eder) During pandemics, protective behaviors need to be motivated by effective communication. ...
How do good metals go bad?
New measurements have solved a mystery in solid state physics: How is it that certain metals do not seem to ...
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