Artificial light affects plant pollination even during the daytime
Credit: UZH/Agroscope The use of artificial light at night around the world has increased enormously in recent years, causing adverse effects on the survival and...
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Solar cells: Losses made visible on the nanoscale
Using a conductive atomic force microscope, they scanned the solar cell surfaces and detected tiny, nanometre-sized channels for the detrimental dark currents, which are due...
Simple blood test could replace surgery for some brain tumour patients
Credit: University of Plymouth Brain Tumour research Centre of Excellence A research breakthrough shows that a simple blood test could reduce, or in some cases...
A new satellite-measured “Solar-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence” (SIF) product aims to improve carbon neutrality research
Credit: TanSat team Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) is emitted during plant photosynthesis. SIF results from vegetation chlorophyll giving off red and infrared light wavelengths when...
https://discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/1098/the-right-ring-count-to-harness-waste-heat
Credit: © 2021 Morgan Bennett Smith Electronic organic materials offer promise to support alternative and green energy sources to meet escalating global energy demands and...
New software improves accuracy of factories’ mass-produced 3D-printed parts
Credit: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Researchers at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed software to improve the accuracy of 3D-printed parts, seeking to reduce costs and...
NUS researchers harness AI to identify cancer cells by their acidity
Novel technique paves the way for faster, inexpensive and accurate cancer diagnosisCredit: National University of Singapore Singapore, 17 March 2021 - Healthy and cancer cells...
Advisory: Study confirms vitamin D, fish oil don’t lower atrial fibrillation risk
Credit: Photo by Cedars-Sinai A study published March 16 in JAMA (the Journal of the American Medical Association) confirms that neither vitamin D nor the...
New quantum algorithm surpasses the QPE norm
Osaka City University refines quantum computer-ready algorithm to measure the vertical ionization energies of atoms and molecules within 0.1 eV of precision.Credit: Kenji Sugisaki, Takeji...
Socioeconomic factors play key role in COVID-19 impact on Blacks, Hispanics
Credit: ATS March 17, 2021-- A new study published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society reveals how socioeconomic factors partially explain the...
Scientists shrink pancreatic tumors by starving their cellular ‘neighbors’
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute demonstrated for the first time that blocking "cell drinking," or...
Pressure sensors could ensure a proper helmet fit to help protect the brain
Credit: Adapted from ACS Sensors 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c02122 Many athletes, from football players to equestrians, rely on helmets to protect their heads from impacts or...
More than one in 10 patients with lung cancer do not know what type they have
Credit: ESMO credit - The increasing complexity of treatments for lung cancer and language differences can make it difficult for patients to communicate with their...
Astronauts in crewed missions to Mars could misread vital emotional cues
A study simulating the effects of weightlessness also finds that impaired cognitive performance cannot be counteracted by short periods of artificial gravityCredit: DLR Living for...
Boosting insect diversity may provide more consistent crop pollination services
First global study of pollinator service stability over time finds fewer fluctuations in diverse communitiesCredit: Deepa Senapathi / University of Reading Fields and farms with...