Chemists, engineers craft adjustable arrays of microscopic lenses
They number in the thousands, light striking the phalanx of lenses arrayed on a face in geometric pattern, the beams refracting through transparent mounds no...
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Plant-based isn’t just about burgers anymore
A team of University of Waterloo researchers has created smart, advanced materials that will be the building blocks for a future generation of soft medical...
Bioengineering team wins health care innovation competition
Four senior bioengineering students at The University of Texas at Arlington have won the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Coulter College for Healthcare Innovation competition for...
Contaminants in cannabis and hemp flowers create potential for health risks
Cannabis use, even for medical purposes, could make some people sick due to harmful fungi that contaminate the plants.Credit: Photo from Frontiers in Microbiology, courtesy...
Why do some men not produce sperm?
KANSAS CITY, MO—October 20, 2023—Millions of couples worldwide experience infertility with half of the cases originating in men. For 10% of infertile males, little or...
Felix Parra Diaz elected a fellow of the American Physical Society
Felix Parra Diaz, the head of the Theory Department at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), has been elected a...
An injured child’s chance of surviving improves when treated at a trauma center prepared to care for children
Key Takeaways Credit: American College of Surgeons Key Takeaways Trauma centers with the highest pediatric readiness scores (93 or greater) on a national assessment have much...
More than 7,500 daily steps prior to surgery is associated with lower risk of postoperative complications
Key takeaways Credit: American College of Surgeons Key takeaways Using Fitbit activity tracking data, researchers identified patients who might be at higher risk of postoperative complications....
University of Warwick researcher to benefit from £80m Royal Society funding to develop sustainable plastics
The University of Warwick will be at the forefront of research into sustainable materials, thanks to a share of £80 million funding by the Royal...
Ancient sea monster remains reveal oldest mega-predatory pliosaur
The fossils of a 170-million-year-old ancient marine reptile from the Age of Dinosaurs have been identified as the oldest-known mega-predatory pliosaur – a group of...
NTU Singapore and ETH Zurich scientists convert waste chicken feathers into the heart of clean fuel cells
 Credit: Credit to NTU Singapore  Feathers keep chickens warm, and they might also hold the key to creating sustainable fuel cells that can power...
Accelerating waves shed light on major problems in physics
Whenever light interacts with matter, light appears to slow down. This is not a new observation and standard wave mechanics can describe most of these...
Endocrine disruption in seals by environmental contaminants
In this study, the ability of bisphenols (BPs) and hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (OH-PCBs) to activate estrogen receptor α and β subtypes (bsERα and bsERβ) in...
Generating clean electricity with chicken feathers
The food industry generates enormous amounts of waste and by-​products, including from poultry production. Each year, some 40 million tonnes of chicken feathers are incinerated....
Organophosphorus flame retardants induce malformations in avian embryos
Tris(2-chloroisopropyl) phosphate (TCIPP) is one of the organophosphorus flame retardants that has been detected in the environment, and in the eggs, feathers, and liver of...
