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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...
LHAASO discovers a dozen PeVatrons and photons exceeding 1 PeV and launches ultra-high-energy gamma
Credit: Image by Institute of High Energy Physics China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO)--one of the country's key...
When one become two: Separating DNA for more accurate nanopore analysis
Credit: Earlham Institute A new software tool developed by Earlham Institute researchers will help bioinformaticians improve the quality and accuracy...
Discovery increases likelihood of growing food despite drought
Genes to keep plants greenCredit: Siobhan Brady/UC Davis University of California scientists have discovered genetic data that will help food...
‘Bite’ defects revealed in bottom-up graphene nanoribbons
Credit: @Michele Pizzochero Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), narrow strips of single-layer graphene, have interesting physical, electrical, thermal, and optical properties because...
Novel intelligent vehicles guarantee water source for 2022 Olympic Winter Games
Credit: YU Daoyang As the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games is approaching, it's urgent to secure the water quality of...
Turn problems into opportunities: Photorespiration for improved plant metabolism
Researchers from the EU-funded Gain4Crops project have now succeeded in engineering a solution that connects photorespiration and C4 metabolism, two...
Crystalline supermirrors for trace gas detection in environmental science and medicine
Credit: (© 2019 Barbara Mair, Universität Wien) Manufactured in a new process based on crystalline materials, these low-loss mirrors promise...
Working together for clean water
The BMBF project "TRUST" (funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research) at the University of Stuttgart developed concepts...
Spintronics: Improving electronics with finer spin control
DGIST scientists have found a novel way to control magnetic spins in a localized spaceCredit: DGIST Spintronics is an emerging...
AI predicts lung cancer risk
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - An artificial intelligence (AI) program accurately predicts the risk that...
Oregon State research shows why some pockets of conifer survive repeated forest fires
Credit: Will Downing, OSU CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University researchers say "topographic templates" can help forest conservation managers develop...
Colonization of the Antilles by South American fauna: Giant sunken islands as a passageway
Credit: © Cornée et al. Fossils of land animals from South America have been found in the Antilles, but how...
HKU researchers identify promising new biologics for obesity-related diseases
Credit: The University of Hong Kong The research teams at the University of Hong Kong led by Professor Xuechen LI...
Swiss farmers contributed to the domestication of the opium poppy
Credit: Raül Soteras, AgriChange Project Fields of opium poppies once bloomed where the Zurich Opera House underground garage now stands....
