Grant to fund study of acoustics in turfgrass pest control
Credit: Allison Usavage, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - For homeowners, sod producers and turf industry professionals, keeping pests from feeding on valuable turfgrass has been...
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Covert communications go quantum
University of Arizona researcher builds on WWII methods to reach the pinnacle of secret communications.Credit: University of Arizona Boulat Bash, an assistant professor of electrical...
Research leads to better modeling of hypersonic flow
Credit: Aerospace Engineering, The Grainger College of Engineering Hypersonic flight is conventionally referred to as the ability to fly at speeds significantly faster than the...
Common pipe alloy can form cancer-causing chemical in drinking water
Water disinfectant reacts with chromium in iron pipes to form hexavalent chromiumCredit: Water Chemistry and Technology Lab/UCR Rusted iron pipes can react with residual disinfectants...
Leaving so soon? Unusual planetary nebula fades mere decades after it arrived
Credit: NASA/ESA/Bruce Balick/MartÃn Guerrero/Gerardo Ramos-Larios Stars are rather patient. They can live for billions of years, and they typically make slow transitions -- sometimes over...
3D protein modeling suggests why COVID-19 infects some animals, but not others
New insights into protein structures could help inform drug development and predict future outbreaksCredit: Rodrigues et al. 2020 (CC-BY 2.0) Some animals are more susceptible...
Dark excitons hit the spotlight
Researchers pioneer a revolutionary new method to directly observe previously hidden particles, called dark excitons.Credit: OIST Heralding the end of a decade-long quest, in a...
C-Path, Ltd. announces new contract with innovative medicines initiative
Credit: Courtesy of C-Path, Ltd. DUBLIN, Ireland, December 3, 2020 -- Critical Path Institute, Ltd. (C-Path, Ltd.) announced today a new contract with the Innovative...
Can we make bones heal faster?
UIC researchers capture new real-time images of bone, tooth formationCredit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine A new paper in Science Advances describes for the first time how minerals...
Researchers confront optics and data-transfer challenges with 3D-printed lens
Credit: Graphic by Michael Vincent CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have developed new 3D-printed microlenses with adjustable refractive indices - a property that gives them highly...
Physicists capture the sound of a “perfect” fluid
The results should help scientists study the viscosity in neutron stars, the plasma of the early universe, and other strongly interacting fluids.Credit: Image: Christine Daniloff,...
Army computer models unveil secret to quieter small drones
Credit: Sgt. Hillary Rustine ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- It's no secret the U.S. Army wants its small unmanned aerial systems to operate quietly in...
How hot is too hot for life deep below the ocean floor?
Publication in Science: International team researches the limits of lifeCredit: Photo: JAMSTEC At what depth beneath the seabed does it become so hot that microbial...
Marine mammals’ adaptations to low oxygen offer new perspective on COVID-19
Humans are poorly adapted for oxygen deprivation, making us vulnerable to long-term effects from a disease that disrupts the body's oxygen supply pathwayCredit: T.M. Williams...
New energy conversion system will bridge gap between renewable energy and power grid
Credit: WVU Engineers at West Virginia University are creating a new energy conversion system that has the potential to bridge renewable energy sources into the...
