Chemical storage of renewable energies
KIT coordinates Germany-wide DFG Priority Program -- Investigation of catalytic systems under fluctuating operation conditions when using wind and solar energyCredit: photo: Pascal Armbruster, KIT...
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Researchers find epigenetic loss that changes how cells obtain energy from cancer
Cheap energy for the tumor cellCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA It has been known for decades that cancer cells have an altered metabolism and it is...
Bullying evolves with age and proves difficult to escape from
Bullying is a harmful antisocial behavior present in schools all over the world. Involvement in bullying, as either perpetrators or victims, have serious short-term and...
Renewable energy won’t make Bitcoin ‘green,’ but tweaking its mining mechanism might
The cryptocurrency Bitcoin is known for its massive energy footprint. Now, researcher Alex de Vries, from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in the Netherlands, suggests that renewable hydropower...
Three new honorary doctors at Karolinska Institutet
Paolo Chiesi, Douglas Easton, and Sophie Ekman appointed in 2019 Three new honorary doctors have been appointed by the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. Paolo...
New technology accelerates the science of deceleration
Researchers look at ways to improve standard braking systemsCredit: UBC Okanagan While it's not a case of reinventing the wheel, researchers are looking at ways...
A cosmic bat in flight
ESO's Cosmic Gems Programme captures the Cosmic Bat's dusty cloudsCredit: ESO ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT has caught a glimpse of an ethereal nebula hidden...
Duplicate or mirror?
Laser light determines chirality of molecules "In pharmaceutics, being able to transition a molecule from one chirality to the other using light instead of wet...
Artificial intelligence learns to predict elementary particle signals
Scientists from the Higher School of Economics and Yandex have developed a method that accelerates the simulation of processes at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)....
Critical materials: Researchers eye huge supply of rare-earth elements from mining waste
Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Researchers have examined a method to extract rare-earth elements from mining waste that could provide the world with a reliable supply...
No increased risk of complications for joint replacement in ambulatory surgery setting
The typical length of stay in hospital after hip replacement and knee replacement procedures has decreased over the last decade from about four days to...
Protection against digital gold diggers. Software blocks crypto mining
Software 'CoinEater' of St. Pölten UAS blocks crypto mining, the unwanted access to computer performanceCredit: St. Pölten UAS / Sebastian Schrittwieser Cryptojacking describes the creation...
Researchers uncover new clues to surviving extinction
Ecological transformation in the wake of the 'Great Dying' moves scientists closer to understanding the nature of recoveryCredit: © 2019 Ashley Dineen SAN FRANCISCO (March...
Study: Surgery for herniated discs in neck can be safely performed in outpatient setting
Surgery to remove multiple herniated or degenerated discs in the neck, a procedure known as anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), can be safely performed...
Converting biomass by applying mechanical force
Nanoscientists discover new mechanism to cleave cellulose effectively and in an environmentally friendly wayCredit: Saeed Amirjalayer et al./Angew Chem One of the greatest global challenges...
