NSF-funded deep ice core to be drilled at Hercules Dome, Antarctica
Credit: University of Washington Antarctica’s next deep ice core, drilling down to ice from 130,000 years ago, will be carried out by a multi-institutional U.S....
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An honored inventor
National Academy of Inventors elects UD's Terry Papoutsakis to 2020 Fellows classCredit: Photo by Evan Krape The University of Delaware's Eleftherios (Terry) Papoutsakis, Unidel Eugene...
Corona pandemic could be better tackled by reducing aerosol transmission.
Working committee particulate matter (AAF) recommends concrete countermeasures for indoor areas: masks, ventilation, air purification and overhead extractionCredit: Hartmut Herrmann / Konstanze Kunze, TROPOS Leipzig/Frankfurt/Main/Düsseldorf....
Sandia National Laboratories hosts Education With Industry officer
Air Force captain brings experience and determination to labsCredit: Photo by Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- With the resiliency and determination that...
Army looks to improve quadrotor drone performance
Researchers develop algorithms to enable drones to quickly switch between hover and forward flightCredit: U.S. Army ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- When an aircraft veers...
Delivering sound to people where they want it for VR, AR
Sound projectors provide an alternative to headphones for use in virtual reality and augmented reality simulations and for other contexts where it is helpful to...
Using targeted microbubbles to administer toxic cancer drugs
Credit: Please credit: Graphic: Dr Sunjie Ye, University of Leeds/Theranostics New research has shown how microbubbles carrying powerful cancer drugs can be guided to the...
Batteries mimic mammal bones for stability
By copying the multilayer geometry of mammal bones, cathodes for sodium-ion batteries can be made more structurally stable, while maintaining high capacities and fast charge...
Experiment to test quantum gravity just got a bit less complicated
Credit: University of Groningen Is gravity a quantum phenomenon? That has been one of the big outstanding questions in physics for decades. Together with colleagues...
Tiny nanospindles enhance use of ultrasound to fight cancer
Small vanadium-doped titanium dioxide spindles sensitize cancerous tumors to ultrasound waves, markedly suppressing tumor growthCredit: Liang Cheng WASHINGTON, December 8, 2020 -- Ultrasound can be...
Adapting magnetometers for noisy, physically demanding environments
High-sensitivity, optically pumped magnetometers are used in a wide array of applications from monitoring magnetic disturbances in near space to detecting neural activityCredit: Arne Wickenbrock...
Hunting out hidden hydrogen: novel holey nanosheets for detecting hydrogen gas leaks
Scientists develop hydrogen sensors with holey zinc oxide "nanosheets" to prevent accidents from hydrogen gas leaksCredit: Unsplash In recent years, hydrogen (H2) has emerged as...
Megagrant to advance research on nanophotonics
A new lab at MIPT Center for Photonics and 2D MaterialsCredit: Natalia Arefieva/MIPT Press Office The MIPT Center for Photonics and 2D Materials has been...
Measurements of tree height can help cycad conservation decisions
Credit: University of Guam A multi-national research team has exploited long-term data sets that span 2001 to 2018 to reveal the utility of tree height...
SMART researchers design portable device for fast detection of plant stress
Raman leaf-clip sensor would allow rapid diagnosis of nutrition deficiency in plants, enabling farmers to maximise crop yield in a sustainable wayCredit: Singapore-MIT Alliance for...
