Ultra-sensitive optical sensor can reduce hydrogen’s risks
In the pursuit of clean and renewable energy, hydrogen plays an important role. But a major challenge facing this transition is that the gas is...
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Researchers review impact of halides on electrochemical CO2 reduction
Halides hold promise for improving the performance of catalysts used in carbon dioxide conversion. A team of scientists has examined the recent progress and challenges...
Gorgeous rainbow-colored, stretchy film for distinguishing sugars (video)
Rainbows and sugar may conjure up images of a certain leprechaun-branded breakfast cereal. But now, researchers in ACS Nano report a kaleidoscope-like film for telling...
Sunny with a chance of trauma: CT scans spike in hot weather
CHICAGO – Using a decade of weather and CT imaging data, researchers have identified specific weather conditions that are associated with the number of whole-body...
Non-surgical treatment relieves carpal tunnel syndrome
CHICAGO – A minimally invasive treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome provides complete and long-term relief to patients without the use of corticosteroids, according to research...
How giant-faced owls snag voles hidden in snow
Hovering over a target helps giant-faced Great Gray owls pinpoint prey hidden beneath as much as two feet of snow. Credit: James Duncan Hovering over a...
Basketball study automates patterns of play to compare teams’ performance
New analysis of elite women’s basketball automatically pinpoints a team’s chances of high or low scoring plays despite the ball’s trajectory looking the same, in...
Novel mix-charged nanofiltration membrane developed for wastewater treatment
A research group led by Prof. WAN Yinhua from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel...
The stories men tell themselves after getting dumped
When a partner breaks up with them, men often try to make sense of it by telling themselves stories about how it happened. Some of...
New data suggests COVID vaccine design ideas with better variant resilience
Latest research findings show that vaccine-elicited neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 are mostly directed against one of the two main domains of the viral entry machinery.Credit:...
Surgical masks are not inferior to N95 masks for health-care workers providing routine COVID-19 care
Media ReleaseCredit: McMaster University Media Release Embargoed by the Annals of Internal Medicine until Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022,...
New method to detect oxygen consumption in the brain
The human brain consumes an immense amount of energy and needs an uninterrupted supply of oxygen to maintain its activity. Therefore, the brain is equipped...
Fertilizing the ocean to store carbon dioxide
By Beth MundyCredit: Illustration by Stephanie King | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory By Beth Mundy The urgent need to remove excess carbon dioxide from Earth’s...
Quantitative diagnosis of bowel ischemia with deep learning
Bowel ischemia is a potentially fatal medical condition caused by a decrease or obstruction of blood flow to the intestine. It is linked to many...
Researchers investigate neuron differentiation in fruit fly brains
The brains of all higher order animals are filled with a diverse array of neuron types, with specific shapes and functions. Yet, when these brains...
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