NUS engineers devise novel approach to wirelessly power wearable devices
Researchers successfully demonstrated the use of the human body as a medium for transmitting and harvesting energy to power wearables Advancements in wearable technology are...
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New program fuels Canada’s sustainable energy critical skills training and research
A new national research and training program will help to jumpstart the development of greener and more resilient energy grids--the networks that deliver our power--...
Improving dialysis through design
Interdisciplinary team finds better way to design clot-prone grafts currently used for dialysis People with end-stage renal disease often undergo hemodialysis, a life-sustaining blood-filtering treatment....
Trions exhibit novel characteristics in moiré superlattices
New physics revealed by UC Riverside-led research could improve understanding of moiré superlattices RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- When two similar atomic layers with mismatching lattice constants...
Study presents new species of bizarre, extinct lizard previously misidentified as a bird
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- An international research team has described a new species of Oculudentavis, providing further evidence that the animal first identified as a hummingbird-sized...
Plant-based diet protects from hypertension, preeclampsia
A plant-based diet appears to afford significant protection to rats bred to become hypertensive on a high-salt diet, scientists report. When the rats become pregnant,...
Stents inspired by paper-cutting art can deliver drugs to the GI tract
MIT engineers used kirigami-style etching to design a stent that can temporarily lodge in tubular organs to release drugs. CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Inspired by kirigami,...
New model accounts for the effect of behavior changes to predict COVID-19 cases
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- By adding behavioral components to an infectious disease model, Brown University researchers have developed a new modeling approach that captures the peaks...
New method makes generic polymers luminescent
Credit: Koji Kubota et al., Angewandte Chemie International Edition. May 14, 2021 Hokkaido University researchers have developed a simple method that converts existing generic polymers...
The sun’s clock
All cycles fit the picture: New calculations support and expand planetary hypothesis Not only the very concise 11-year cycle, but also all other periodic solar...
Novel magnet design with magic mirror-like properties
Researchers at Tohoku University have demonstrated the designability of novel magnets with magic mirror-like characteristics in organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite (OIHP)-type compounds. OIHP-type compounds, a type...
Lazy, hazy days no more: A call-to-action to better understand air pollution mechanisms
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Earth's atmosphere has a budget, and when expenses outpace savings, secondary aerosols form in areas of excessive pollution. Greenhouse gases...
Opto-mechanical non-reciprocity in fiber
The internet era that we live in depends completely on the transfer of vast information over optical fibers. Optical fibers are literally everywhere. In fact,...
CAPPA students win national environmental design challenge
UTA student teams take first place, honorable mention in EPA competition Student teams from The University of Texas at Arlington won first place and honorable...
PCF-based ‘parallel reactors’ unveils collective matter-light analogies of soliton molecules
Optical solitons are nonlinear optical wave-packets that can maintain their profile during the propagation even in the presence of moderate perturbations, offering useful applications in...