The importance of solar power as a renewable energy resource is increasing. Sunlight contains high-energy UV light with a wavelength shorter than 400 nm, which...
Genetic diversity is the raw material that enables populations to evolve in response to changes in the environment – essentially, the more diversity the better.Credit:...
To many, EV stands for “electric vehicle.” To researchers at Harvard University and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, it’s shorthand for another vehicle — this one...
With some careful twisting and stacking, MIT physicists have revealed a new and exotic property in “magic-angle” graphene: superconductivity that can be turned on and...
A new study has uncovered a new thalattosuchian – an ancient ‘sister’ of modern-day crocodiles’ ancestors.Credit: Júlia d'Oliveira A new study has uncovered a new...
Bottle, glass tube and solvent, those are what we usually find in a chemistry lab or industry. Chemistry using solvents, or liquid based materials is...
Antioxidants are often advertised as a cure-all in nutrition and offered as dietary supplements. However, our body also produces such radical scavengers itself, one of...
Hydrothermal carbonization of lignocellulosic biomass—the most abundant renewable feedstock—is a promising method for the production of carbon materials with negative carbon emissions. This method has...
A study led by Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) has demonstrated the efficiency of a therapy based on radiation by ultrasounds on inhibtion of...
COVID-19 was the underlying cause of death for more than 940,000 people in the US, including over 1,300 deaths among children and young people aged...
HOUSTON – (Jan. 30, 2023) – Rice University researchers already knew the atoms in perovskites react favorably to light. Now they can see precisely how...
HOUSTON – (Jan. 30, 2023) – Kory Evans, an assistant professor ofbiosciences at Rice University, has won a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award to...
Monovalent anion perm-selective membranes (MAPMs) combined with electrodialysis can simultaneously realize the efficient separation of mono-/di-valent anions and the concentration of monovalent salt. However, their applications...
Often debilitating, chronic pain is one of the most common reasons individuals seek medical help. About 65 million adults in the United States are affected...
As the number of children born with a vision-impairing condition known as optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) increases, scientists with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC are...
