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New editor-in-chief appointed for Journal of Electronic Imaging
Zeev Zalevsky will lead the IS&T-SPIE co-published journal beginning in January 2021Credit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA - On 1 January,...
Making a case for organic Rankine cycles in waste heat recovery
In a recent research paper published in the Energy journal, City, University of London's Dr Martin White says cascaded organic...
USRDS releases 2020 Interactive Annual Data Report
Credit: © Chronic Disease Research Group The Chronic Disease Research Group (CDRG), in partnership with the National Institute of Diabetes...
Building soft robots to lend a helping hand (or four)
Researchers net grant to develop next-generation machines to help humans in orchards and operating roomsCredit: Courtesy of Changyong Cao. Smarter....
Folding proteins feel the heat, and cold
Atom-scale models could help refine established theories on how proteins interact with solutionsCredit: Illustration by Dilip Asthagiri HOUSTON - (Nov....
Balance dysfunction after traumatic brain injury linked to diminished sensory acuity
Researchers at Kessler Foundation explored the integration of sensory acuity and balance control, developing new metric for quantifying impairment in...
Researcher receives $2.9 million for work improving effectiveness in lung cancer therapy
Credit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher has been...
PLATYPUS: New vulnerabilities discovered in Intel processors
Credit: © 2018 Lunghammer - TU Graz Power side-channel attacks are attacks that exploit fluctuations in power consumption to extract...
Silicone surface mimics topology, wettability of a real human tongue
Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c12925 The tongue helps people taste food, but structures on...
Project aims to cut microplastics in pharmaceutical and chemical industries
Credit: University of Bath University of Bath spin-out company Naturbeads has been awarded funding to develop their biodegradable alternative to...
Dartmouth professor awarded $400k grant to conduct research on space station
Zi Chen to investigate forces behind early embryonic developmentCredit: Dartmouth Engineering Dartmouth Engineering Professor Zi Chen has received a $400,000...
New strategy to ‘buffer’ climate change: developing cheaper, eco-friendly solar cells
New study develops a novel eco-friendly buffer for solar panels, which could tip the scale in the renewable energy transitionCredit:...
Turning heat into power with efficient organic thermoelectric material
Credit: University of Groningen Thermoelectric materials can turn a temperature difference into electricity. Organic thermoelectric materials could be used to...
Cloth face masks that can be disinfected by the sun
Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c15540 During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have become accustomed...
Connecting two classes of unconventional superconductors
Credit: © MPI CPfS The understanding of unconventional superconductivity is one of the most challenging and fascinating tasks of solid-state...
Pioneering new circular economy centre in technology metals announced
Credit: Sam Broom-Fendley The University of Exeter will lead a pioneering new research centre, designed to revolutionize how crucial metals...
Optoelectronic detectors capable of perceiving light intensity and color
Credit: by Mei-Na Zhang, Xiaohan Wu, Antoine Riaud, Xiao-Lin Wang, Fengxian Xie, Wen-Jun Liu, Yongfeng Mei, David Wei Zhang and...
Electrochemical oxygen evolution on Hf2B2Ir5 electrode material
Credit: © MPI CPfS The water electrolysis is an electrochemical way for production of hydrogen, which is considered as one...
Graphene controls laser frequency combs in fiber
Credit: by Chenye Qin, Kunpeng Jia, Qianyuan Li, Teng Tan, Xiaohan Wang, Yanhong Guo, Shu-Wei Huang, Yuan Liu, Shining Zhu,...
Cascade amplified upconversion luminescence facilitating narrow band NIR photodetection
Credit: by Yanan Ji, Wen Xu, Nan Ding, Haitao Yang, Hongwei Song, Qingyun Liu, Hans Ågren, Jerker Widengren, Haichun Liu...
