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Nanomaterials enable dual-mode heating and cooling device
Device could cut HVAC energy use by nearly 20% in the USCredit: Po-Chun Hsu, Duke Engineering DURHAM, N.C. - Engineers...
New platform generates hybrid light-matter excitations in highly charged graphene
Columbia researchers are the first to use static charge between 2D atomic layers to provide a new route for generating...
CUNY SPH launches CONVINCE USA to understand and address public concerns about COVID vaccine
New program is part of global initiative with Vaccine Confidence Project and Wilton ParkCredit: CUNY SPH The City University of...
People returning home from skilled nursing facilities need tailored instructions
Research especially important as COVID-19 creates new challenges in care transitionsCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Returning home after a stay...
Research reveals how a fungal infection activates inflammation
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have shed light on the mechanisms that underlie how Aspergillus fumigatus activates the...
CZI awards nearly $32 million to advance biomedical imaging
Grants support increased collaborations and innovations in imaging technology, while new request for applications focuses on visualizing proteins in cellsCredit:...
Science organization elects Army researcher as fellow
Credit: U.S. Army RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- The American Association for the Advancement of Science elected an Army scientist...
AI abdominal fat measure predicts heart attack and stroke
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - Automated deep learning analysis of abdominal CT images produces a...
Visualisation reveals how a protein ‘hunkers down’ to conserve energy
Credit: University of Leeds A visualisation made from nearly 100,000 electron microscope images has revealed the ingenious way a protein...
Living with autonomous systems “we can trust”
New report calls for greater input from society on future direction of autonomyCredit: The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Autonomous systems...
KIT and Audi are working on recycling method for automotive plastics
Closed loop for plastics from automotive engineering: Recycled plastics are processed to pyrolysis oil which can then be used for...
Protein molecules in cells function as miniature antennas
Credit: Credit: Petr Pachl / IOCB Prague Researchers led by Josef Lazar of the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry...
A French team has improved the measurement of a fundamental physical constant
Credit: Pierre Cladé, Saïda Guellati-Khélifa et Tatsumi Aoyama The validation and application of theories in physics require the measurement of...
Cell membranes in super resolution
Credit: (Picture: Sauer group / University of Würzburg) Expansion microscopy (ExM) enables the imaging of cells and their components with...
Researchers validate theory that neutrinos shape the universe
Credit: Kavli IPMU The effect that nearly massless, subatomic particles called neutrinos have on the formation of galaxies has long...
Electronic waste on the decline, new study finds
Older, bulkier electronics are disappearing from the waste stream, with ramifications for the future of e-waste recycling.Credit: Yale School of...
This 3D printer doesn’t gloss over the details
A new system enables realistic variations in glossiness across a 3D-printed surface; the advance could aid fine art reproduction and...
SMART researchers develop plant nanobionic sensor to monitor arsenic levels in soil
For the first time, researchers from SMART have engineered a living plant-based sensor for the detection of arsenic in the...
Active camouflage artificial skin in visible-to-infrared range
Thermally controlled, active imperceptible artificial skin in visible-to-infrared rangeCredit: Seoul National University Cephalopods' exceptional ability to hide into any background...
Carbon dioxide converted to ethylene — the ‘rice of the industry’
Understanding intermediates of the electrochemical CO2 reduction to ethylene. Encouraging catalyst design-a key component of CO2 utilization using renewable energy.Credit:...
