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From grey to green: unveiling the future of renewable e-methanol for cleaner shipping fuels
Methanol is a crucial chemical feedstock and a potential green fuel, particularly for the shipping industry. Currently, its production predominantly...
The secret to finding balance: improving interoception
A new study conducted at Reichman University’s Baruch Ivcher Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Technology, led by Prof. Amir Amedi,...
From trash to treasure: machine learning enhances organic waste recycling
Biological treatment methods such as anaerobic digestion, composting, and insect farming are essential for managing organic waste, converting it into...
Reducing carbon dioxide to acetate with a polyaniline catalyst coated in cobalt oxide nanoparticles
Acetic acid, also known as acetate, and other products that can be developed from acetic acid are used in a...
AI for good: Insilico Medicine hosts IMGAIA Product Launch Event
Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”), a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, today hosts Insilico Medicine Generative AI Action (IMGAIA)...
Warehousing industry increases health-harming pollutants
WASHINGTON (July 24, 2024)--America's demand for products delivered to the doorstep has led to a dramatic increase in e-commerce and...
IOP Publishing extends scope of Progress in Energy as part of prestigious new journal series
IOP Publishing (IOPP) is extending the remit of its journal Progress in Energy by accepting high-impact original research articles alongside...
The unintended consequences of success against malaria
For decades, insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor insecticide spraying regimens have been important – and widely successful – treatments against...
Taco-shaped arthropod from Royal Ontario Museum’s Burgess Shale fossils gives new insights into the history of the first mandibulates
A new study, led by palaeontologists at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is helping resolve the evolution and ecology of...
Human-infecting parasite produces sterile soldiers like ants and termites
New research from scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds a tiny freshwater parasite known to cause...
Eyes for Love: Searching for light and a mate in the deep, dark sea, male dragonfishes grow larger eyes than the females they seek
Chestnut Hill, Mass (07/24/2024) – A small but ferocious predator, the male dragonfish will apparently do anything for love. Or...
A new way to make element 116 opens the door to heavier atoms
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are credited in the discovery of 16 of...
Clinical psychologist’s book addresses largely ignored problem: social anxiety
RIVERISDE, Calif. -- We all have some social anxiety. The nervousness we might feel before giving a speech is one...
Is a gamma-ray laser possible?
Since the laser was invented in the 1960s, scientists have been working to increase lasers’ peak power and to design...
Microwave popcorn to particle accelerators: magnetrons show promise as radiofrequency source
NEWPORT NEWS, VA - A pocket-size gizmo that puts the “pop” in microwave popcorn could soon fuel particle accelerators of the future.Credit:...
Long-acting injectable cabotegravir for HIV prevention is safe in pregnancy
Long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) was safe and well tolerated as HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) before and during pregnancy in the...
High-energy collision study reveals new insights into quark-gluon plasma
In high-energy physics, researchers have unveiled how high-energy partons lose energy in nucleus-nucleus collisions, an essential process in studying quark-gluon...
Exploratory analysis associates HIV drug abacavir with elevated cardiovascular disease risk in large global trial
WHAT: Current or previous use of the antiretroviral drug (ARV) abacavir was associated with an elevated risk of major adverse...
3D-printed microstructure forest facilitates solar steam generator desalination
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2024 — Faced with the world’s impending freshwater scarcity, a team of researchers in Singapore turned to...
Study identifies best bioenergy crops for sustainable aviation fuels by U.S. region, policy goals
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers analyzed the financial and environmental costs and benefits of four biofuels crops used to produce sustainable...
