Moiré effect: How to twist material properties
2D materials have triggered a boom in materials research. Now it turns out that exciting effects occur when two such layered materials are stacked and...
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Prolonged immune response may contribute to post-COVID-19 blood clots
COVID-19 survivors, particularly those with heart disease or diabetes, may have an increased risk of blood clots or strokes due to prolonged immune responseCredit: Public...
Cost-effective, easily manufactured ventilators for COVID-19 patients
The Mechanical Ventilator Milano design helps overcome the ventilator shortage, aids with the respiratory effects of the pandemic.Credit: MVM Collaboration WASHINGTON, March 23, 2021 --...
A European monitoring and warning system on natural hazards for aviation
Credit: Pixabay Volcanic eruptions, forest fires, electromagnetic radiation from the Sun or electrical storms, and sandstorms are among the phenomena that may pose a risk...
‘Zombie’ genes? Research shows some genes come to life in the brain after death
Post-mortem changes may shed light on important brain studiesCredit: Dr. Jeffrey Loeb/UIC In the hours after we die, certain cells in the human brain are...
Identifying banknote fingerprints can stop counterfeits on streets
Credit: University of Warwick In 2016 the Bank of England introduced plastic (polymer) banknotes, alongside 50 other countries that use polymer banknotes Counterfeit polymer banknotes...
Artificial neurons help decode cortical signals
Credit: Alexey Ossadtchi Russian scientists have proposed a new algorithm for automatic decoding and interpreting the decoder weights, which can be used both in brain-computer...
Taking microelectronics to a new dimension
Credit: by Erik Hagen Waller, Julian Karst, and Georg von Freymann Metallic microstructures are the key components in almost every current or emerging technology. For...
Containing the coronavirus effects on the nervous system
INRS research could prevent infection of nervous system cells by coronaviruses, such as the one responsible for COVID-19Credit: INRS A number of studies have shown...
Enhanced ceramics could play pivotal role in advancing 5G technology
Some 5G technologies still considered the wild west in material, design developmentCredit: Skyworks Solutions WASHINGTON, March 23, 2021 -- 5G, or the fifth-generation technology standard...
Microchip models of human lungs enable better understanding of disease, immune response
Lung-on-a-chip platforms can provide a more rapid alternative for preliminary testing of drug candidates to treat coronavirus-induced lung infectionsCredit: Yildiz-Ozturk WASHINGTON, March 23, 2021 --...
Electronic nose sniffs out free radicals
Collaboration works on nanosensors to detect atmospheric pollutantsCredit: G. Mannaerts, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Smog?uselang=de#/media/File:Ciel_du_Havre_04.JPG) An international project involving researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) is receiving...
Time-expanded phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry
Credit: by Miguel Soriano-Amat, Hugo F. Martins, Vicente Durán, Luis Costa, Sonia Martin-Lopez, Miguel Gonzalez-Herraez and María R. Fernández-Ruiz Distributed optical fiber sensing (DOFS) is...
Underwater swimming robot responds with feedback from soft ‘lateral line’
Credit: Seoul National University Stuttgart - A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Germany, from Seoul National University...
A simple laser for quantum-like classical light
Credit: by Yijie Shen, Isaac Nape, Xilin Yang, Xing Fu, Mali Gong, Darryl Naidoo and Andrew Forbes Tailoring light is much like tailoring cloth, cutting...
