The ever-elusive riddle: What’s the best way to cut Christmas cookies?
Credit: Mikkel Abrahamsen At some point in life, most people have stood over a rolled-out slab of cookie dough and pondered just how to best...
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The natural ‘Himalayan aerosol factory’ can affect climate
Credit: Federico Bianchi Large amounts of new particles can form in the valleys of the Himalayas from naturally emitted gases and can be transported to...
Researchers adapt cell phone camera for SARS-CoV-2 detection
Credit: Daniel Fletcher and Melanie Ott Researchers have developed an assay that can detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in a nasal swab using a device...
Research reveals how airflow inside a car may affect COVID-19 transmission risk
Credit: Breuer lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new study of airflow patterns inside a car's passenger cabin offers some suggestions for potentially...
No strings attached: maximizing wireless charging efficiency with multiple transmitters
New control strategy dynamically changes transmitter currents for optimal wireless charging in moving devices, such as robots and electric carsCredit: Unsplash Wireless power transfer has...
Safe space: improving the “clean” methanol fuel cells using a protective carbon shell
Scientists encapsulate catalyst in a protective molecular sieve that selectively prevents undesired reactions in methanol fuel cellsCredit: Unsplash Because of the many environmental problems caused...
Riding in a car in the pandemic: which windows to open?
UMass Amherst research reveals some non-intuitive answersCredit: UMass Amherst/Mathai lab AMHERST, MASS. - If you find yourself in a car with someone outside your household...
New pathway in Alzheimer’s disease provides earlier target for potential therapies
Credit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a new target in development of Alzheimer's disease...
Crystals may help reveal hidden Kilauea Volcano behavior
Credit: Image credit: USGS Scientists striving to understand how and when volcanoes might erupt face a challenge: many of the processes take place deep underground...
The heavier, the better — superior stability in isotope functionalized perovskites
Credit: Gang Liu Organic-inorganic hybrid lead iodide perovskites are universally recognized as very promising photovoltaic (PV) materials. While outstanding PV performance is continuously reported, manipulating...
Hidden structure found in essential metabolic machinery
Discovery 'requires us to rethink everything we thought we knew about peroxisomes'Credit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 4, 2020) - In his...
Electrons falling flat: Germanium falls into a 2D arrangement on zirconium diboride
Scientists reveal 'flat band' behavior in 2D 'bitriangular' lattice of germanium, confirming earlier theoretical predictionCredit: JAIST Scientists have recently revealed, both theoretically and experimentally, that...
Hubble captures unprecedented fading of Stingray nebula
Credit: Credits: NASA, ESA, B. Balick (University of Washington), M. Guerrero (Instituto de AstrofÃsica de AndalucÃa), and G. Ramos-Larios (Universidad de Guadalajara) Astronomers have caught...
RUDN University chemists synthesized new fluorescent substances for medical applications
Credit: RUDN University Indolizines are a group of substances with biological and optical properties. A team of chemists from RUDN University developed a new approach...
Ionic defect landscape in perovskite solar cells revealed
Credit: Prof. Dr. Yana Vaynzof (TU Dresden/cfaed) The group of so-called metal halide perovskites as materials has revolutionized the field of photovoltaics in recent years....
