Team examines importance of zeolite in catalysts for syngas conversion
The fuels used today depend heavily on petroleum. As the demand grows, scientists are looking for ways to produce fuels that do not require petroleum....
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Remote First Nations communities are among the most digitally excluded people in Australia: report
RMIT-led research has found a significant gap in digital inclusion for First Nations people compared with other Australians, which widens substantially with remoteness. Credit: Mapping...
Teams investigate material degradation process of carbon-based catalyst
Although a plethora of carbon-based catalysts have been developed to promote oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in different electrochemical systems, the degradation process of those catalysts...
Toward high-efficiency thin crystalline silicon solar cells
Solar power has become indispensable in our global pursuit of clean energy and sustainability. Today, about 95 percent of solar cells are made using crystalline...
Henry Ford Health first in Michigan to introduce advanced prostate diagnostic technology
DETROIT (Sept. 27, 2023) – Henry Ford Health is the first health system in Michigan to offer ExactVu, a cutting-edge technology for diagnosing and evaluating...
Tiny CRISPR tool could help shred viruses
HOUSTON – (Sept. 27, 2023) Small and precise: These are the ideal characteristics for CRISPR systems, the Nobel-prize winning technology used to edit nucleic acids like RNA...
Plastic cloud: New study analyzes airborne microplastics in clouds
Plastic particles less than 5 mm in size are called “microplastics.” These tiny bits of plastic are often found in industrial effluents, or form from...
Golden Goose Award announces 2023 awardees for discoveries in DNA sequencing technique, a bacteria-inspired method that saves crops and chicken pedigree lines
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Golden Goose Award, which celebrates federally funded research that sounds silly, but ultimately benefits society, has selected five researchers across the...
A novel role discovered for vagus nerve
The vagus nerve, known for its role in ‘resting and digesting’, has now been found to have an important role in exercise, helping the heart...
Patients who quit smoking after percutaneous coronary intervention do as well as non-smokers – unless they had smoked heavily
Patients who quit smoking after undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for narrowed arteries have similar outcomes as non-smokers during four years of follow-up after the...
Living donor liver transplant access is optimal for high-risk waitlisted cirrhosis patients
“Access to LDLT in a transplant program can optimize the timing of transplant for the increasingly older, frail patient population ”Credit: 2023 Arisar et al....
RPI researcher of circadian rhythms receives $2 million grant
With daylight savings time ending soon, we anticipate a change in the timing of daylight hours with the sunrise occurring earlier in the morning. Already,...
Researchers fabricate chip-based optical resonators with record low UV losses
WASHINGTON — Researchers have created chip-based photonic resonators that operate in the ultraviolet (UV) and visible regions of the spectrum and exhibit a record low...
New material captures coronavirus particles and could transform face mask efficiency
A research team at the University of Liverpool has developed a new material that captures coronavirus particles and could transform the efficiency of face masks and...
Aston University research pioneers making renewable hydrogen and propane fuel gases from glycerol
Credit: Aston University’s Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute. Research shows way forward for making renewable hydrogen from glycerol Crude glycerol from biodiesel production plants...
