AAAS announces leading scientists elected as 2020 fellows (contd.)
Credit: Courtesy of AAAS For Part 1 of this announcement, click here. SECTION ON GENERAL INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Nan Broadbent Seismological Society of...
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Miniscule robots of metal and plastic
Credit: (Visualisations: Alcântara et al. Nature Communications 2020) Robots so tiny that they can manoeuvre through our blood vessels and deliver medications to certain points...
Creating higher energy density lithium-ion batteries for renewable energy applications
Improving lithium-ion battery performance, cell lifetime with graphene-coated nickel, cobalt, aluminum nanoparticle cathodesCredit: Jin-Myoung Lim and Norman S. Luu, Northwestern University WASHINGTON, November 24, 2020...
New light on polar explorer’s last hours
The Denmark Expedition set out to explore unknown Inuit land in 1906. Three members died.Credit: wikipedia Jørgen Brønlund was one of the participants in the...
IOP Publishing unveils new open access environmental journal series
Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability is the first of a new series of OA titles building on IOPP's established environmental journalsCredit: IOP Publishing IOP Publishing...
8 Berkeley Lab Scientists Named 2020 AAAS Fellows
New Fellows honored for contributions in fields ranging from astrophysics and science philanthropy to the noncoding genome and high-performance computingCredit: Berkeley Lab The American Association...
Understanding the utility of plasmas for medical applications
Researchers aim to better explain the way plasmas interact with biological materials to help pave the way for plasma use in wound healing and cancer...
COVID-19 virus survives on surfaces within thin film
A nanofilm of liquid persists for hours on surfaces contaminated with droplets containing COVID-19, helping the virus surviveCredit: R. Bhardwaj and A. Agrawal WASHINGTON, November...
Largest clinical trial in Africa to treat mild COVID-19 cases launched in 13 countries
Will test a number of promising treatments in urgently needed focus on mild and moderate casesCredit: Kenny Mbala-DNDi NAIROBI/KINSHASA/GENEVA - 24 NOVEMBER 2020 Thirteen African...
Gender differences in academic productivity during COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 23, 2020--During the COVID-19 pandemic, most science and medical faculty began working from home, with...
AI detects COVID-19 on chest x-rays with accuracy and speed
Algorithm outperformed thoracic radiologists in new studyCredit: Northwestern University Algorithm was trained, tested on the largest COVID-era dataset (17,002 X-ray images) Algorithm analyzed X-ray images...
Areas where the next pandemic could emerge are revealed
Up to 20% of the world's most connected cities at greatest riskCredit: Michael Walsh, University of Sydney KEY FINDINGS Almost half the world's most connected...
Shining a light on nanoscale dynamics
Credit: Kathrin Mohler, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Physicists from the University of Konstanz, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) and the University of Regensburg have successfully demonstrated that ultrashort...
LG Electronics, IVI join forces to conduct a cholera vaccination and prevention project in Ethiopia
Credit: IVI Project to provide vaccination for 40,000 residents in areas at risk of cholera and establish disease monitoring system with the Ethiopian Ministry of...
CACTUS partners with Wiley to integrate UNSILO Technical Checks for screening manuscripts
Cactus Communications partners with Wiley to support journal authors and editorial offices with UNSILO Technical Checks in the screening of manuscriptsCredit: Cactus Communications 24th November...
