What physicists can learn from shark intestines
ROCKVILLE, MD – In 1920, inventor Nikola Tesla patented a type of pipe that he called a “valvular conduit,” which was built to draw fluid...
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How AI can help design drugs to treat opioid addiction
ROCKVILLE, MD – Approximately three million Americans suffer from opioid use disorder, and every year more than 80,000 Americans die from overdoses. Opioid drugs, such...
New multi-policy-based annealer for solving real-world combinatorial optimization problems
A fully-connected annealer extendable to a multi-chip system and featuring a multi-policy mechanism has been designed by Tokyo Tech researchers to solve a broad class...
Carolina researchers develop greener alternative to fossil fuels by producing hydrogen from water and light
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Chemistry have engineered silicon nanowires that can convert sunlight into electricity by splitting...
Department of Defense grant to fund dementia treatment study at UTHSC
Repeated traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in soldiers and military personnel can cause behavioral, neurological, and cognitive effects and lead to dementia. There is currently no...
New pumping strategy could slash energy costs of fluid transport by 22%
A collaboration between the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and the Polytechnic University of Milan has found that when a fluid is pumped...
Tame heat with pressure
A Chinese research team has developed a new concept for extracting thermal energy from low-temperature waste heat sources and reusing it on demand simply by...
Kleptomaniacs can even take a hint
Kyoto, Japan -- Don't call a kleptomaniac a crook. Not only are the underlying motives for stealing different, brain activity also shows contrasting images.Credit: KyotoU/Jake...
Food quality matters for southern resident killer whales, UBC study states
Not all Chinook salmon are created equal, and this has a major impact on the energetics for southern resident killer whales. A recent study quantified the lipid...
An iron-dependent form of non-canonical ferroptosis induced by labile iron
This study is led by Dr. Anjian Xu (Beijing Clinical Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University), Dr. Min Cong (Liver Research Center, Beijing...
Spraying compound probiotics improves growth performance and immunity and modulates gut microbiota and blood metabolites of suckling piglets
This study is led by Prof. Heping Zhang (Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University). One factor that shapes...
The unnecessary burden of war
Governments could help millions of people and save a lot of money with targeted energy subsidies. Different kinds of households around the world suffer in...
Electrocatalysis – Iron and Cobalt Oxyhydroxides examined at BESSY II
Very soon, we need to become fossil free, not only in the energy sector, but as well in industry. Hydrocarbons or other raw chemicals can...
Mothers with depression take longer to respond to their child, MU study finds
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A recent study at the University of Missouri found mothers who are struggling with depression tend to take longer to respond to...
Astrophysics: Scientists observe high-speed star formation
Gas clouds in the Cygnus X Region, a region where stars form, are composed of a dense core of molecular hydrogen (H2) and an atomic...
