Researchers discover how bean plants fend off famished foes
Credit: Adam Steinbrenner/University of Washington For a caterpillar, a green leaf can make a nice meal. But to the plant itself, it's an attack. And...
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Electrical spin filtering the key to ultra-fast, energy-efficient spintronics
Electrical spin filtering avoids energy-costs of magnetic fieldCredit: FLEET Spin-filtering could be the key to faster, more energy-efficient switching in future spintronic technology, allowing the...
Energy efficiency: Innovations that drive prosperity and slash emissions
New edited volume shows the intimate link between energy efficiency and the technologies that will drive tomorrow's economic growthCredit: World Scientific Strategies for increasing the...
Research identifies nanoscale effect of water and mineral content on bone
Research into the effect of water and mineral content on collagen fibrils will aid in the development of synthetic materials to mimic boneCredit: University of...
Molecules convert visible light into ultraviolet light with record efficiency
Newly developed molecular system makes possible the efficient conversion of even weak visible light from sunlight and indoor LEDs into ultraviolet lightCredit: Nobuhiro Yanai, Kyushu...
Green energy transition: Early and steady wins the race
Researchers from Aarhus University have modelled the decarbonisation of the sector-coupled European energy system using very high-resolution data. The results are clear: To reach climate-neutrality...
Thermal stability analysis technique for EV batteries to detect risk of fire or explosion
Laying the groundwork for designing safe materials for third-generation EVs. Identification of thermal degradation mechanism of cathode materials and creation of a real-time analysis platformCredit:...
Tech makes it possible to digitally communicate through human touch
Credit: Purdue University photo/John Underwood WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Instead of inserting a card or scanning a smartphone to make a payment, what if you...
Chemists get peek at novel fluorescence
Rice University scientists discover delayed phenomenon in carbon nanotubesCredit: Illustration by Ching-Wei Lin/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 3, 2020) - That carbon nanotubes fluoresce is...
Titanium atom that exists in two places at once in crystal to blame for unusual phenomenon
Researchers discover why a perfect crystal is not good at conducting heat, although it seemingly should beCredit: Caltech/USC/ORNL The crystalline solid BaTiS3 (barium titanium sulfide)...
How to cool more efficiently
Scientists break new ground in future refrigerationCredit: Wikimedia commons, Licence: CC0 1.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:MSC_Branka_(ship,_2016)#/media/File:MSC_Branka_in_Bremerhaven_1.jpg In the journal Applied Physics Reviews (DOI: 10.1063/5.0020755), an international research team...
Photonics meets surface science in a cheap and accurate sensor for biological liquids
Credit: Timur Ermatov et al/Light: Science & Applications Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Russia and Israel have come up with a new, simple and...
Grant to fund study of acoustics in turfgrass pest control
Credit: Allison Usavage, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - For homeowners, sod producers and turf industry professionals, keeping pests from feeding on valuable turfgrass has been...
Covert communications go quantum
University of Arizona researcher builds on WWII methods to reach the pinnacle of secret communications.Credit: University of Arizona Boulat Bash, an assistant professor of electrical...
Research leads to better modeling of hypersonic flow
Credit: Aerospace Engineering, The Grainger College of Engineering Hypersonic flight is conventionally referred to as the ability to fly at speeds significantly faster than the...
