What to expect when you’re expecting electric transportation
Study explores strategies that could help reduce emissions from the transport industryCredit: andreas160578 via pixabay While electric vehicles alone may not reduce carbon emissions, a...
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‘Lab in your phone’ lets you play the scientific life
Credit: Pocket Sized Hands The scientist inside your phone is having a stressful day. Trying to finish a research paper while keeping a batch of...
Synthesizing a superatom: Opening doors to their use as substitutes for elemental atoms
Credit: Tokyo Tech Superatom is a name given to a cluster of atoms that seem to exhibit properties similar to elemental atoms. Scientists have shown...
By gum! Scientists find new 110-million-year-old treasure
Credit: University of Portsmouth A remarkable new treasure has been found by scientists from the University of Portsmouth - the first fossil plant gum on...
Turbomachine expander offers efficient, safe strategy for heating, cooling
Credit: Riley Barta/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new device to help homeowners cut electricity bills could also provide more efficient and safer cooling...
Scientists call on government to increase ambition to save our ocean
Credit: Lauren Porter, University of Plymouth In the last decade there has been rapid expansion in the area of ocean designated as a Marine Protected...
Lava flows tell 600-year story of biodiversity loss on tropical island
Credit: Hervé Douris A natural experiment created by an active volcano gives new insight into the long-term negative impacts of human colonisation of tropical forest...
Design of the W7-X fusion device enables it to overcome obstacles
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. A key hurdle facing fusion devices called stellarators -- twisty facilities that seek to harness on Earth the fusion...
The dangers facing fireflies
Credit: Mike Lewinski on Unsplash. The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Worldwide declines in insect populations have...
Want to catch a photon? Start by silencing the sun
Quantum breakthrough uses light's quirky properties to boost 3D imaging, paving the way for enhanced performance in self-driving cars, medical imaging and deep-space communicationsCredit: Stevens...
New tool aids patients in selecting a transplant center
Credit: ©Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute Minneapolis, Minn. - February 24, 2020 - A new website developed by researchers at Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI) and...
Living cell imaging technique sheds light on molecular view of obesity
Utah State University researchers develop probes to help improve techniques to test drugs for obesity-related conditionsCredit: USU A collaborative team of researchers at Utah State...
Temple’s Dr. Silvia Fossati awarded $500,000 grant for Alzheimer’s drug discovery research
Credit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA) - Silvia Fossati, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Associate Director of the Alzheimer's Center at Temple at...
‘Grand Challenge’ review stresses global impact of microplastics
Credit: Chris Pallister/GoAK.org. Professor Rob Hale of William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science is lead author of a new "Grand Challenges" paper commissioned...
USask computer-based simulator tests insects for effects of new pesticide
Credit: David Stobbe for University of Saskatchewan SASKATOON--University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers have used a novel combination of techniques to compare the effects of two...
