Science
Physicists improve understanding of heat and particle flow in the edge of a fusion device
Credit: Elle Starkman Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have discovered valuable information...
Predictability limit: Scientists find bounds of weather forecasting
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In the future, weather forecasts that provide storm warnings and help us plan our daily lives...
Solving the mystery of fertilizer loss from Midwest cropland
Credit: Bruno Basso Farmers can't predict their annual corn harvest with certainty, but with the help of new research from...
Low-calorie sweetener derived from lactose gets manufacturing boost from yeast
Credit: Photo courtesy Yong-Su Jin CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The quest to satisfy the sweet tooth without adding to the waistline...
PSU researchers develop blockchain protocol to prevent counterfeit pharmaceutical sales
Portland State University researcher Nirupama Bulusu wants to prevent counterfeit pharmaceuticals from flooding the market. Bulusu recently published a blockchain...
Successful research papers cite young references
Analysis of scientific citations reveals previously unknown patterns When it comes to publishing the most impactful scientific research and identifying...
Peeling back the darkness of M87
Supercomputers play pivotal role in Event Horizon Telescope's first-ever black hole imageCredit: Lia Medeiros, Chi-Kwan Chan, Feryal Özel, Dimitrios Psaltis...
Princeton scientists discover an interaction that helps cancers spread to bone
Credit: Image courtesy of Mark Esposito and Yibin Kang A Princeton-led team of researchers have discovered a factor that promotes...
Engineering ‘hairpins’ increases CRISPR accuracy
Added piece of RNA could improve the precision of CRISPR 50-foldCredit: Les Todd DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke...
Australia launches multi-billion smart satellite revolution
Credit: Video by Sasa Sefer Australia has today announced the biggest investment in space R&D in the country's history, with...
PolyU wins big with 18 prizes in Geneva Inventions Expo
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Among the nine Grand Awards Hong Kong delegation took home, PolyU was awarded four...
Abundance of information narrows our collective attention span
New study in Nature Communications finds increasingly narrow peaks of collective attention over time, supporting a 'social acceleration' occurring across...
Transparency from charities about how funds are used builds trust and increases giving
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Charitable and humanitarian organizations are increasingly tapping into a $30 billion crowdfunding market, not only to raise...
Scientists develop artificial chemical receptor to assist viral transduction for T cell engineering
Credit: CAI Lintao Engineered T cell immunotherapy, such as chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) and T cell receptor T...
Neutral Zinc-air battery with cathode NiCo/C-N shows outstanding performance
Credit: Qingfeng Yi et al. In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, a team of...
Knowing how cells grow and divide can lead to more robust and productive plants
A large portion of a plant is hidden below the ground. This buried root system is essential for the plant:...
Harnessing microorganisms for smart microsystems
Vorticella autonomously converts its linear motion to rotationCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. A research team...
Heads in the cloud: Scientists predict internet of thoughts ‘within decades’
A 'Human Brain/Cloud Interface' will give people instant access to vast knowledge and computing power via thought alone, predict experts...
Largest, fastest array of microscopic ‘traffic cops’ for optical communications
The technology could revolutionize how information travels through data centers and artificial intelligence networksCredit: Kyungmok Kwon photo Engineers at the...
First International Forum for Innovation in Next Generation Synchrotron Radiation
In 2018, a coalition of five organisations were selected to establish Japan's first next-generation synchrotron radiation facility as part of...
