Chemistry
Shining a healing light on the brain
Credit: (Image by Zhaowei Chen/Argonne National Laboratory.) Scientists make pivotal discovery of method for wireless modulation of neurons with X-rays...
New machine learning tool diagnoses electron beams in an efficient, non-invasive way
It can help operators optimize the performance of X-ray lasers, electron microscopes, medical accelerators and other devices that depend on...
Stay on track! Support system to help the visually impaired navigate tactile paving
Scientists develop improved image processing algorithm that can more accurately detect tactile paving in various lighting conditions and environmentsCredit: Shibaura...
Commencement of shortwave propagation simulator (HF-START) service
Demonstrating radio wave propagation paths between any two points based on real-time space weather informationCredit: ©National Institute of Information and...
Small robot swimmers that heal themselves from damage (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Living tissue can heal itself from many injuries, but giving similar abilities to artificial systems, such...
Dow-like index for energy prices might help smooth transition to clean power
New metric can calculate and forecast the average price of the energy in the United StatesCredit: Rachel Barton/Texas A&M Engineering...
Medical imaging dimensionality mismatch
Researchers investigated observer performance for 2D and 3D image localization tasks; they found that when observers scrolled through a 3D...
RUDN University chemists found a way to increase the efficiency of metathesis reactions
Credit: RUDN University Chemists from RUDN University found out that fluorine and fluoroalkyl groups increase the efficiency of catalysts in...
Agile production: More than 14 million euros for battery research
KIT coordinates AgiloBat2: Novel production system for battery cells - flexible in terms of format, material, and quantity- BMBF funds...
World’s most sensitive radio telescope concludes 15-month listening session, accepting international proposals
Credit: Image by NAO Nestled in the mountainous landscape of Guizhou in southwest China, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope...
Astronomers image magnetic fields at the edge of M87’s black hole
Credit: EHT Collaboration The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has...
Curtin research finds first clues to start of Earth’s supercontinent cycle
Curtin University research has uncovered the first solid clues about the very beginning of the supercontinent cycle of Earth, finding...
Tuning in the noise? New electromagnetic circuit simulator visualizes radiation phenomena
Researchers develop highly accurate numerical method for electromagnetic noise that considers both conduction phenomena within conductors and radiation phenomena outside...
Mixed reality gets a machine learning upgrade
Researchers at Osaka University use machine learning to enhance the ability of a mixed-reality mobile viewer to digitally remove obstructions...
Electrochemical synthesis of formate from CO2 using a Sn/reduced graphene oxide catalyst
Credit: Kanazawa University Decreasing the emission and efficient utilization (fixation) of carbon dioxide (CO2) are worldwide issues to prevent global...
Bees form scent-driven phone tree to pass along messages
Credit: Peleg Lab Honeybees play a scent-driven game of telephone to guide members of a colony back to their queen,...
Scientists improve a photosynthetic enzyme by adding fluorophores
In new study, scientists show how covalently linking fluorophores to the enzyme broadens the range of wavelengths convertible into chemical...
Creating patterns spontaneously in synthetic materials
Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00110 Nature produces a startling array of patterned materials, from the sensitive...
High-performance quasi-2D perovskite light-emitting diodes: from materials to devices
Credit: by Li Zhang, Changjiu Sun, Tingwei He, Yuanzhi, Junli Wei, Yanmin Huang and Mingjian Yuan Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are...
Cost-effective, easily manufactured ventilators for COVID-19 patients
The Mechanical Ventilator Milano design helps overcome the ventilator shortage, aids with the respiratory effects of the pandemic.Credit: MVM Collaboration...
