Microplastics in the death zone
Scientists find plastic fibres in snow samples from Mount EverestCredit: Baker Perry, National Geographic Scientists have identified the highest recorded microplastics ever found on Earth...
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Collaborative AI effort unraveling SARS-CoV-2 mysteries wins Gordon Bell Special Prize
Credit: (Image produced by Anda Trifan, Argonne/University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC); John Stone, UIUC; Lorenzo Casalino and Rommie Amaro, University of California San...
NSF grant to study oxygen delivery in insects
Credit: Virginia Tech With support from an NSF grant, two faculty members in biomedical engineering and mechanics have combined forces to answer questions pertaining to insects' breathing....
New insights into memristive devices by combining incipient ferroelectrics and graphene
Credit: Banerjee lab, University of Groningen Scientists are working on new materials to create neuromorphic computers, with a design based on the human brain. A...
Team preparing for SKA shortlisted for ‘Nobel Prize of supercomputing’
Credit: Credit: ICRAR/UWA An international team led by The University of Western Australia was one of six finalists for the prestigious Gordon Bell Prize for...
One-way street for electrons
Scientists observe directed energy transport between neighbouring molecules in a nanomaterialCredit: University of Oldenburg Whether in solar cells, in photosynthesis or in the human eye:...
Highly efficient, long-lasting electrocatalyst to boost hydrogen fuel production
Surface oxygen adsorbed during synthesis of the single atomic alloy catalyst stabilizes the catalytic intermediate, ensuring a full cycle of water oxidationCredit: IBS Abundant. Clean....
Think you have COVID? This camera could tell you
Credit: University of South Australia A key symptom of COVID-19 - oxygen saturation - is now being estimated remotely from a camera, thanks to research...
Alternative gene control mechanism based on organization of DNA within nucleus
Genes that give plant nucleus its shape discovered, also regulate copper toleranceCredit: Image by Yuki Sakamoto, CC BY, first published in Nature Communications. Researchers at...
New type of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in hydrogen-bonded ferroelectrics
Credit: ©Science China Press Prevalent piezoelectric materials like barium titanate (BaTiO3) and lead zirconate titanate (PZT) possess high piezoelectric coefficients 20-800 pC/N, which are also...
T-cell abnormalities in severe COVID-19 cases
Credit: Associate Professor Masahiro Ono There is an idea within the coronavirus research field that there is some kind of T cell abnormality in critically...
Improving quantum dot interactions, one layer at a time
Scientists have found a way to control an interaction between quantum dots that could lead to more efficient solar cells.Credit: DaeGwi Kim, Osaka City University...
Staying ahead of the curve with 3D curved graphene
Credit: Tohoku University A team of researchers has amplified 3D graphene's electrical properties by controlling its curvature. "Our research showed the conservation and the degradation...
Dormant threat: Abnormal proteins unleash latent toxicity in neurodegenerative diseases
A new mechanism of action by which misfolded proteins cause indirect damage to neuronsCredit: DGIST Thanks to modern medicine, humans tend to live much longer...
The microbiome of Da Vinci’s drawings
The microbial composition of art pieces can reveal interesting facts about their past and the journey they madeCredit: The authors The work of Leonardo Da...
