Increasing the recovery of valuable fossil raw materials, avoiding climate-damaging carbon dioxide emission, and stabilizing our energy supply network – these are the three major...
Scientists on the forefront of the rapidly growing field of thermoelectric power generation have found that metals and metalloid compounds built upon antimony, lead, copper,...
University alumni, faculty, and partners of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have raised S$3 million for a new Professorship named after the University’s founding...
Sport and exercise experts are calling for better education around periods and pregnancy in women’s football.Credit: E-WinS Sport and exercise experts are calling for better...
Single crystals are materials in which the crystal lattice is continuous and unbroken to the edges of the sample, with no grain boundaries. The atoms...
BROOKLYN, New York, Thursday, November 3, 2022 -- Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Elisa Riedo and her team have discovered a fundamental friction law...
The invasive spotted wing drosophila (SWD), introduced from South-East Asia, is a well-known fruit crop pest. It lays its eggs by destroying the mechanical protection...
Credit: IRB Barcelona Researchers at IRB Barcelona report that the induction of senescence in tumour cells strongly stimulates the immune system. Vaccination with senescent...
Is it possible for a deterministic system to be unpredictable? Although counter-intuitive, the answer is yes. Such systems are called “chaotic systems,” which are characterized...
Astrophysicists say that cosmic inflation – a point in the Universe’s infancy when space-time expanded exponentially, and what physicists really refer to when they talk...
A new short volume by veteran science writer George Musser covers the concept of emergence in two domains of physics: the physics of materials (known...
Osaka, Japan – You can't expect a pharmaceutical scientist to switch labs to the facilities available in a television studio and expect the same research...
Thermal pyrolysis of plastics has drawn considerable attention as a reliable and emerging technology for resource recycling since it can create valuable by-products in the...
Good news for those who struggle to fit a gym workout into their day: you may be able to cut your weights routine in half...
There are several theories about how the Earth and the Moon were formed, most involving a giant impact. They vary from a model where the...
