Juan Enriquez’s “Right/Wrong”
New book analyzes how technology transforms our ethicsCredit: The MIT PRESS, 2020. "This book will make you uncomfortable and it will make you think," writes...
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Development of cost-efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen production
Development of a highly efficient and durable electrocatalyst for water electrolysis that will lead to cost-efficient hydrogen production. Trace amounts of titanium doping on low-cost...
Six-Year MiSight contact lens study: 23% of eyes showed no additional myopia progression
Powerful findings from CooperVision study shared at American Academy of Optometry Annual MeetingCredit: CooperVision CooperVision is reporting the latest findings from its landmark MiSight® 1...
Data science professor receives $1.25 million from Department of Defense
Justin Zhan develops algorithms to enhance computational speed and efficiency of applications requiring massive amounts of streaming data.Credit: University of Arkansas A $1.25 million grant...
Study describes COVID-19 transmission pattern
Model developed by Brazilian researchers predicts spatial and temporal evolution of epidemic diseases and can help plan more effective social isolation programs with less socio-economic...
Idaho laboratory joins national research programs for making ‘green’ hydrogen
Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Idaho National Laboratory is a member of two new Department of Energy research consortia charged with exploring new methods and technologies...
UCI, others see agriculture as major source of increase in atmospheric nitrous oxide
Long-lived greenhouse gas could hinder international climate goals, researchers sayCredit: Global Carbon Project Irvine, Calif. ¬ - An international team of researchers - including Earth...
New editor-in-chief appointed for SPIE journal Neurophotonics
Anna Devor will take on her new role beginning in January 2021Credit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA -- On 1 January, 2021, Anna Devor, an associate...
UC Davis Pavement Research Center receives $32 million interagency agreement from caltrans
Credit: Gregory Urquiaga, UC Davis The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has approved a $32 million interagency agreement to continue the work of the Partnered...
NASA examines Hurricane Delta’s early morning structure
Credit: Credit: UWM/SSEC/CIMSS/William Straka III The NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP satellite provided two nighttime views of Hurricane Delta as it moved toward the U.S. Gulf Coast....
Study finds fungal disease of snakes in 19 states, Puerto Rico
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In a collaborative effort between scientists and personnel on military bases in 31 states in the...
2020 Neukom Awards honors complex stories in complex times
Winners peer into imagined worlds with real consequencesCredit: Turnbull photo credit: Anju Manandhar; Chiang photo credit: Alan Berner. HANOVER, N.H. -- Dartmouth's Neukom Institute is...
New drug carrier systems
University of Delaware researchers advance drug delivery systems to treat connective tissue disordersCredit: Graphic illustration by Jeffrey C. Chase University of Delaware Professor Kristi Kiick...
Deep-seabed mining lastingly disrupts the seafloor food web
Especially the microbial part of the carbon cycle is affectedCredit: ROV-Team/GEOMAR The deep sea is far away and hard to envision. If imagined it seems...
Avoiding ableist language in autism research
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY --Ableist language is often used by autism researchers, which assumes that autistic people are "broken" or...