New tech builds ultralow-loss integrated photonic circuits
Credit: Jijun He, Junqiu Liu (EPFL) Encoding information into light, and transmitting it through optical fibers lies at the core of optical communications. With an...
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A new treatment for rare muscular disease
UC researchers present findings that could give patients with Pompe disease a better quality of lifeCredit: University of Cincinnati Rare diseases are sometimes the most...
Triangular-shaped spikes key to coronavirus transmission, finds new study
Credit: This image appeared in the research paper published in Physics of Fluids. COVID-19 needs no introduction. Last year, the disease, which is caused by...
Thirdhand smoke exposure linked to fabric type, heat, and humidity
UC Riverside-led team developed simple, rapid method to assess contaminants in household fabricsCredit: University Communications, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A study led by scientists...
Measuring neutron star squeezability
NICER collaboration, NASA astronaut reveal size of most massive neutron star, highlight Space Station scienceCredit: NASA / Walt Feimer A team of scientists used a...
Medically savvy smartphone imaging systems
Development of smartphone-based imaging systems for medicine and healthcare can be optimized by newly published guidelines for holistic assessmentCredit: Hunt et al., doi 10.1117/1.JBO.26.4.040902 Smartphones...
AI pinpoints local pollution hotspots using satellite images
Technique could help find sources of heavy air pollution and allow researchers to better study its effects on human health and make more socially just...
From smoky skies to a green horizon: Scientists convert fire-risk wood waste into biofuel
A simplified new process transforms wood waste from agriculture and forest management into ethanolCredit: Berkeley Lab Reliance on petroleum fuels and raging wildfires: Two separate,...
Southeast Regional Sun Grant Center announces grant recipients
Supporting innovation in sustainable, bio-derived productsCredit: Image courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Southeast Regional Sun Grant Center at the University of Tennessee Institute of...
$3M awarded to orthopedics researcher to study role of gut microbiome on osteoarthritis
Michael Zuscik, Ph.D., says the research could lead to the first disease-modifying treatment for patients with osteoarthritisCredit: Michael Zuscik, PhD Osteoarthritis affects the joints, but...
Agricultural trade across US states can mitigate economic impacts of climate change
Credit: University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - Agricultural producers deal firsthand with changing weather conditions, and extreme events such as drought or flooding can impact...
Understanding the growth of disease-causing protein fibres
UK researchers from the University of Bath and the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source have developed a method to directly measure the growth rate of...
FSU engineers improve performance of high-temperature superconductor wires
Credit: Mark Wallheiser/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Florida State University researchers have discovered a novel way to improve the performance of electrical wires used as high-temperature...
UGA to establish national NIH-funded center to fight flu
Credit: Peter Frey/UGA The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Georgia a contract to establish the Center for Influenza Disease and Emergence...
Microorganisms on the Rio Grande Rise are a basis for life and a possible origin of metals
Researchers conducted the first large-scale survey of the microbiota present in the seamount's ferromanganese crusts, describing bacteria and archaea involved in the nutrient cycle and...
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