New concept for lithium-air batteries
Lithium-air batteries, also known as lithium-oxygen batteries, are candidates for the next generation of high-energy electricity storage devices. Their theoretical energy storage capacity is ten...
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How online art viewing can impact our well-being
Art can have a positive effect on our mood. But does this also work when we look at paintings on a screen? An international research...
Precision mass measurements of nuclei reveal neutron star properties
Researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators recently measured the masses of several key nuclei with high-precision by employing a state-of-the-art...
Archaeologists map hidden NT landscape where first Australians lived more than 60,000 years ago
Scientists at Flinders University have used sub-surface imaging and aerial surveys to see through floodplains in the Red Lily Lagoon area of West Arnhem Land...
The Texas Heart Institute and The University of Texas at Austin awarded a National Institutes of Health grant to develop injectable hydrogel electrodes to prevent ventricular arrhythmias
The Texas Heart Institute and The University of Texas at Austin received a four-year, $2.37 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute...
NJIT prof. wins NSF CAREER Award to study quantum material for next-gen electronics
NJIT Assistant Professor of Physics Junjie Yang has won a National Science Foundation’s (NSF) CAREER Award to explore the unusual properties of quantum materials that...
How diet quality affects the gut microbiota to promote health
URBANA, Ill. – We know that eating a healthy diet affects body weight, cholesterol levels, and heart health. A new study from the University of...
EIC Center at Jefferson Lab announces six Research Fellowship Awards
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The Electron-Ion Collider Center at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (EIC Center at Jefferson Lab) has...
Scurrying centipedes inspire many-legged robots that can traverse difficult landscapes
Centipedes are known for their wiggly walk. With tens to hundreds of legs, they can traverse any terrain without stopping.Credit: Georgia Tech Centipedes are known...
Time-resolved crystallography for the masses
To develop future drugs and design new biotechnological applications, it is fundamental that scientists understand the changes in proteins while these are taking place. Currently,...
Reconstructing Pleistocene bacterial metabolites to revive their natural products
Reconstructing the bacterial genomes recovered from the calcified plaque of human and Neanderthal remains has offered new insights into previously undescribed Pleistocene bacterial metabolites, researchers...
Scientists begin to unravel global role of atmospheric dust in nourishing oceans
CORVALLIS, Ore. – New research led by an Oregon State University scientist begins to unravel the role dust plays in nourishing global ocean ecosystems while...
Scientists “revive” Stone Age molecules
Breakthroughs in ancient genome reconstruction and biotechnology are now revealing the rich molecular secrets of Paleolithic microorganisms. In a new study published in Science, a...
Gutless marine worms on a Mediterranean diet: Animals can synthesize phytosterols
Cholesterol and phytosterol are sterols, fatty compounds essential for many biological processes such as the functioning of cell membranes. Up to now, it has been assumed...
Study presents new clues about the rise of earth’s continents
Continents are part of what makes Earth uniquely habitable for life among the planets of the solar system, yet surprisingly little is understood about what...
