Riding in a car in the pandemic: which windows to open?
UMass Amherst research reveals some non-intuitive answersCredit: UMass Amherst/Mathai lab AMHERST, MASS. - If you find yourself in a car with someone outside your household...
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New pathway in Alzheimer’s disease provides earlier target for potential therapies
Credit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a new target in development of Alzheimer's disease...
Crystals may help reveal hidden Kilauea Volcano behavior
Credit: Image credit: USGS Scientists striving to understand how and when volcanoes might erupt face a challenge: many of the processes take place deep underground...
The heavier, the better — superior stability in isotope functionalized perovskites
Credit: Gang Liu Organic-inorganic hybrid lead iodide perovskites are universally recognized as very promising photovoltaic (PV) materials. While outstanding PV performance is continuously reported, manipulating...
Hidden structure found in essential metabolic machinery
Discovery 'requires us to rethink everything we thought we knew about peroxisomes'Credit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 4, 2020) - In his...
Electrons falling flat: Germanium falls into a 2D arrangement on zirconium diboride
Scientists reveal 'flat band' behavior in 2D 'bitriangular' lattice of germanium, confirming earlier theoretical predictionCredit: JAIST Scientists have recently revealed, both theoretically and experimentally, that...
Hubble captures unprecedented fading of Stingray nebula
Credit: Credits: NASA, ESA, B. Balick (University of Washington), M. Guerrero (Instituto de AstrofÃsica de AndalucÃa), and G. Ramos-Larios (Universidad de Guadalajara) Astronomers have caught...
RUDN University chemists synthesized new fluorescent substances for medical applications
Credit: RUDN University Indolizines are a group of substances with biological and optical properties. A team of chemists from RUDN University developed a new approach...
Ionic defect landscape in perovskite solar cells revealed
Credit: Prof. Dr. Yana Vaynzof (TU Dresden/cfaed) The group of so-called metal halide perovskites as materials has revolutionized the field of photovoltaics in recent years....
Unlocking the secrets of chemical bonding with machine learning
Credit: Virginia Tech A new machine learning approach offers important insights into catalysis, a fundamental process that makes it possible to reduce the emission of...
Protein storytelling to address the pandemic
New computational tools developed at Stony Brook University help characterize protein structures and identify new treatments for COVID-19Credit: Lucy Fallon, Laufer Center, Stony Brook University...
Battery of tests: Scientists figure out how to track what happens inside batteries
Credit: Department of Energy The future of mobility is electric cars, trucks and airplanes. But there is no way a single battery design can power...
Researchers urge priority vaccination for individuals with diabetes
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have discovered individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes infected with COVID-19 are three...
Reversible stickiness is something to smile about
Credit: Department of Organic Biomaterials,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) researchers report a cross-linker for dental cement that breaks down under UV light, making...
New testing system could become the IoT of photovoltaics
Suns Voc current-voltage testing adapted for system-wide useCredit: Pexels A new system for measuring solar performance over the long term in scalable photovoltaic systems, developed...
