A simple way to harvest more ‘blue energy’ from waves
As any surfer will tell you, waves pack a powerful punch. Now, we are one step closer to capturing the energy behind the ocean’s constant...
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Testing environmental water to monitor COVID-19 spread in unsheltered encampments
To better understand COVID-19’s spread during the pandemic, public health officials expanded wastewater surveillance. These efforts track SARS-CoV-2 levels and health risks among most people,...
California leads U.S. emissions of little-known greenhouse gas
California, a state known for its aggressive greenhouse gas reduction policies, is ironically the nation’s greatest emitter of one: sulfuryl fluoride. Credit: Khamar Hopkins/Johns Hopkins University...
Computer scientists show the way: AI models need not be SO power hungry
The fact that colossal amounts of energy are needed to Google away, talk to Siri, ask ChatGPT to get something done, or use AI in...
Pressure determines which embryonic cells become ‘organizers’
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — A collaboration between research groups at the University of California, TU Dresden in Germany and Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s in Los Angeles...
Global rollout of Skin Observer by NAOS and Haut.AI in 2024
Tallinn, 3rd April 2024 - 10 AM CET – NAOS, the French founding company behind pioneering ecobiological skincare brands BIODERMA, Etat Pur, and Institut Esthederm,...
“Unheard of in structural biology”: New enzyme models reveal disease insights
LA JOLLA, CA—When nucleic acids like DNA or RNA build up in a cell’s cytoplasm, it sets off an alarm call for the immune system....
Innovative molecular biology technique allows for discovery of novel targets for candidate vaccines against schistosomiasis
Researchers in Brazil have used an innovative technique in molecular biology to identify targets for candidate vaccines against Schistosoma mansoni, the parasite that causes schistosomiasis.Credit: Butantan...
Increasing positive affect in adolescence could lead to improved health and well-being in adulthood
Adolescents with high positive affect may have improved physical and mental health as adults, according to a study published April 2nd in the open-access journal...
Unlocking membrane-based He/H₂ separation with AI
Technological advancement and data proliferation have deemed artificial intelligence (AI)-driven innovation as growth opportunity to the development of breakthrough materials for special applications, especially in...
Dogs provide new insights into aging and cognition
The quest to understand intelligence and unravel the workings of the mind has always been considered the holy grail of natural sciences. While we're still...
Electron-ion collider set to begin long-lead procurements
UPTON, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary for Science and Innovation has approved Critical Decision 3A (CD-3A) for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a...
Landmark advances in employment reframe the outlook for people with disabilities in post-pandemic era
East Hanover, NJ – April 2, 2024 – A recent commentary published in The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine highlights the unprecedented upward trend in...
These plants evolved in Florida millions of years ago. They may be gone in decades.
Scrub mints are among the most endangered plants you’ve probably never heard of. More than half of the 24 species currently known to exist are...
Dr. Arati Dasgupta honored by the Nuclear and Plasma Science Society
WASHINGTON – U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) plasma physicist, Arati Dasgupta, Ph.D., head, Radiation Hydrodynamics Branch, Plasma Physics Division, receives the 2024 IEEE Plasma Science and Applications...
