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Wake steering potentially boosts energy production at US wind plants
U.S. wind plants achieve a predicted annual production gain of 0.8% by using wake steeringCredit: Eric Simley, NREL WASHINGTON, May...
Iran’s groundwater depletion is reaching crisis levels, warn Concordia researchers
Ali Nazemi and Samaneh Ashraf say nations like Canada must learn from the country's calamitous overexploitation of its aquifersCredit: Concordia...
New catalyst proved efficient to electrosynthesis of ammonia
Credit: GENG Jing In a recent research, researchers led by Prof. ZHANG Haimin from the Institute of Solid State Physics...
Peatlands pose complex, poorly understood risk for similar fires, researchers warn
Findings come five years after disastrous fire in Fort McMurray, AlbertaCredit: Sophie Wilkinson, McMaster University HAMILTON, ON May 18, 2021...
Toward overcoming solubility issues in organic chemistry
Credit: Tamae Seo, et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society. March 30, 2021 Scientists from Hokkaido University have developed...
New material could create ‘neurons’ and ‘synapses’ for new computers
Credit: University of Groningen Classic computers use binary values (0/1) to perform. By contrast, our brain cells can use more...
People who have had dengue are twice as likely to develop symptomatic COVID-19
This is the main finding of a study.The authors analyzed blood samples collected in a town in the Brazilian Amazon...
New wound care best practice consensus document for pharmacy teams
Credit: University of Huddersfield and Wounds UK DURING the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacists have increasingly played a key role as being...
The importance of DNA compaction in tissue formation
Credit: IRB Barcelona Scientists led by Dr. Salvador Aznar-Benitah, head of the Stem Cells and Cancer laboratory at IRB Barcelona,...
Diabetes-prevention program supports addition of years to average lifespan
Participants were part of a new study from West Virginia University's School of Public Health.Credit: WVU Photo You can do...
Of mice and men: Mutation linked to autism impairs oxytocin-mediated social behavior
Mutations associated with autism can inhibit the release of the bonding hormone oxytocin and cause abnormal social behavior in miceCredit:...
Megaprojects threaten water justice for local communities
Credit: Photo: Dr Scott Hawken. Urban megaprojects tend to be the antithesis of good urban planning. They have a negative...
New testing platform for COVID-19 is an efficient and accurate alternative to gold-standard RT-qPCR tests
A microchip technology test kit may facilitate point-of-care testing in remote locations, clinics, and airports while providing similar accuracy to...
Scientists to take a new step in the microelectronics’ development
Researchers developed a method to determine the electrochemical capacity.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers of Peter the Great...
NUS engineers harvest WiFi signals to power small electronics
Researchers have devised a method, using spin-torque oscillators, to harness wireless signals and convert them into energy to power small...
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation announces 2021 graduate fellows
Credit: Fannie and John Hertz Foundation The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the most...
Land can retain about 1/4 monthly precipitation
Credit: Enda Zhu To support growing human and animal life, freshwater sources must continuously supply water. Freshwater from lakes, rivers,...
Modular photoswitch cpLOV2 developed for optogenetic engineering
Credit: ZHU Lei Recently, Prof. WANG Junfeng from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science...
Electric cars: Special dyes could prevent unnecessary motor replacements
Credit: Uni Halle / Alexander Funtan One day in the near future dyes in electric motors might indicate when cable...
In search of drought-tolerant holm oaks
Credit: University of Córdoba A research group at the University of Córdoba studied the molecular properties of the holm oak...
