Solar power plants get help from satellites to predict cloud cover
Scientists develop a method to convert GOES satellite data into detailed information about cloud cover properties, enhancing the ability to forecast available sunlight for solar...
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Beacon in space: BRITE Constellation observes complete nova eruption for the first time
The recordings of a complete nova eruption are unique worldwideCredit: © Nova_by K. Ulaczyk, Warschau Universität Observatorium Since the beginning of the BRITE Constellation in...
Hierarchically mesoporous TiO2 materials for energy and environmental applications
Credit: ©Science China Press Since the first discovery of photocatalytic water splitting on a TiO2 electrode under ultraviolet (UV) light, TiO2 materials have been widely...
NEH award will help researchers expand work on architect fay jones
Featuring interactive video game technology, the project will provide real-time 3D and virtual reality user experience of six Jones buildingsCredit: Russell Cothren, University Relations, University...
UTA computer scientist developing topological methods for robotic perception
Superior sensing in robotsCredit: UT Arlington Using a new field of applied mathematics, a computer scientist at The University of Texas at Arlington is working...
Novel 3D imaging technology makes fluorescence microscopy more efficient
HKU Biomedical Engineering develops novel 3D imaging technology to make fluorescence microscopy more efficient and push the boundaries of living cells researchCredit: @The University of...
Supercomputing future wind power rise
TACC's Jetstream, Wrangler and DOE NERSC Cori simulate promiseCredit: Pryor et al., CC BY 4.0 Wind power surged worldwide in 2019, but will it sustain?...
Seeking sounds of superfluids
Probing quantum gases with sound wavesCredit: FLEET Sound waves reveal the unique properties of an ultracold quantum gas, a model system for describing certain superconductors...
Barcelona-based synthetic biology company secures two-million-euro investment
Credit: M Lluch Luis Serrano and Maria Lluch of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have founded Pulmobiotics S.L., a pre-clinical life sciences...
Is the Earth’s inner core oscillating and translating anomalously?
Quantum mechanical simulations reveal low iron viscosity at the pressure and temperature conditions of Earth's inner coreCredit: Ehime University The Earth's inner core, hidden 5150...
Researchers develop synthetic scaffolds to heal injured tendons and ligaments
Top biomedical engineering researcher develops synthetic scaffolds for tendon and ligament regenerationCredit: Pixabay Key points: Top biomedical engineering researcher develops synthetic scaffolds for tendon and...
Estuaries are warming at twice the rate of oceans and atmosphere
Study of 166 rivers, lakes and lagoons in Australia shows fisheries face big challengesCredit: NSW DPIE Estuaries on the south-east coast of Australia are warming...
‘A bad time to be alive’: Study links ocean deoxygenation to ancient die-off
Credit: Erik Sperling In a new study, Stanford researchers have strongly bolstered the theory that a lack of oxygen in Earth's oceans contributed to a...
Predicting the evolution of genetic mutations
Credit: McCandlish lab/CSHL, 2020 Quantitative biologists David McCandlish and Juannan Zhou at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have developed an algorithm with predictive power, giving scientists...
Switching on a key cancer gene could provide first curative treatment for heart disease
Credit: Dr Cathy Wilson, University of Cambridge Researchers trying to turn off a gene that allows cancers to spread have made a surprising U-turn. By...
