Startup supported by FAPESP will supply mechanical ventilators to Brazil’s Health Ministry
Based in São Paulo, Magnamed will produce 6,500 ventilators by August for use in treating COVID-19 patients, working in partnership with a pool of leading...
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Scientists discover just how runny a liquid can be
Credit: Image by thehackneycollective.com Scientists from Queen Mary University of London and the Russian Academy of Sciences have found a limit to how runny a...
Two steps closer to flexible, powerful, fast bioelectronic devices
Columbia researchers design biocompatible ion-driven soft transistors that can perform real-time neurologically relevant computation and a mixed-conducting particulate composite that allows creation of electronic components...
Maryland engineers open door to big new library of tiny nanoparticles
A new study expands the landscape of nanomaterials -- and what we can do with themCredit: Yang et al. The development of bimetallic nanoparticles (i.e.,...
Climate change may push some species to higher elevations — and out of harm’s way
Upslope movements may push species away from human pressure, which could reduce extinction risk for many mountain-dwelling speciesCredit: (Photo credit: Paul R. Elsen WCS). New...
Catalyst opens door to more efficient, environmentally friendly ethylene production
Credit: Fanxing Li, NC State University A research team led by North Carolina State University has engineered a new catalyst that can more efficiently convert...
Dramatic loss of food plants for insects
Researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Zurich investigated the 100-year development in the canton of ZurichCredit: © Foto: Eliane Furrer-Abrahamczyk Just a few weeks...
Rice wins fed grant to advance sickle cell disease therapy
Bioengineer Gang Bao studies genome-editing outcomes to enable a future clinical trialCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 24, 2020) - A Rice University lab...
Holistic approach best for tackling nonmedical drug use, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Health practitioners are constantly developing new ways to help those with drug and alcohol addictions wean...
Quantum electrodynamics experiment
Researchers see application in future quantum technologiesCredit: © Cellule The fundamental laws of physics are based on symmetries that, among other things, determine the interactions...
Bose-Einstein condensate: Magnetic particles behave repulsively
New findings by physicists may be relevant for future information technologies; study in Nature CommunicationsCredit: I. V. Borisenko et al./ Nature Communications Data transmission that...
An eclipsing binary millisecond pulsar discovered by FAST
Credit: ESA/Hubble Using the data obtained by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), a research team led by Prof. PAN Zhichen and Prof. LI...
Assessing El Niño’s impact on fisheries and aquaculture around the world
Credit: © IRD - Arnaud Bertrand While considerable resources are invested in seasonal forecasts and early-warning systems for food security, not enough is known about...
Fueling the world sustainably: Synthesizing ammonia using less energy
Credit: Irasutoya, Michikazu Hara Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed an improved catalyst by taking the common dehydrating agent calcium hydride...
Palaeontologists reveal ‘the most dangerous place in the history of planet Earth
Credit: Artwork by Davide Bonadonna 100 million years ago, ferocious predators, including flying reptiles and crocodile-like hunters, made the Sahara the most dangerous place on...
