NASA sees Hurricane Teddy threaten Eastern Canada
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite used infrared light to identify strongest storms and coldest cloud top temperatures in Hurricane Teddy as it nears eastern...
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Revisions to drinking water standard tighten lead leaching allowance for plumbing products
Joint committee governing NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 lowers maximum allowable limits of leached lead from plumbing endpoint devicesCredit: NSF International ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Sept. 22, 2020) -...
Very sensitive optical receivers for space communication
Credit: by Ravikiran Kakarla, Jochen Schröder, and Peter A. Andrekson Space communication for deep-space missions, inter-satellite data transfer and earth monitoring require high-speed data connectivity....
NIH study details self-reported experiences with post-exertional malaise in ME/CFS
First publication from NIH ME/CFS study takes deep dive into key feature of the diseaseCredit: NIH/NCCIH One of the major symptoms of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue...
Evaporation critical to coronavirus transmission as weather changes
Impact of evaporation on virus survival, concentration, transmissionCredit: Talib Dbouk and Dimitris Drikakis WASHINGTON, September 22, 2020 -- As COVID-19 cases continue to rise worldwide,...
New theory predicts movement of different animals using sensing to search
Applications could include sensing in robotics and autonomous vehiclesCredit: Charles J. Sharp EVANSTON, Ill. --- All animals great and small live every day in an...
Water trapped in star dust
Astrophysicists at the University of Jena (Germany) prove that dust particles in space are mixed with iceCredit: ESA/PACS/SPIRE/Martin Hennemann & Frédérique Motte, Laboratoire AIM Paris-Saclay,...
New book on addiction from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Image generated by Alexander C.W. Smith, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Cold Spring Harbor, NY. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) announced...
Dresden physicists develop printable organic transistors
Credit: Copyright: IAPP High-definition roll-up televisions or foldable smartphones may soon no longer be unaffordable luxury goods that can be admired at international electronics trade...
NRAO joins space mission to the far side of the moon to explore the early universe
Spacecraft DAPPER will study "dark ages" of the universe in radio wavesCredit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Sophia Dagnello The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) has joined a new...
Inducing plasma in biomass could make biogas easier to produce
With the help of microwave pulses, plasma induced into polymer solutions helps break down thick material, lowering the viscosity and possibly breaking polymer chains.Credit: B....
Scientists identify solid electrolyte materials that boost lithium-ion battery performance
Identified materials could improve safety and performanceCredit: L.A. Cicero/Stanford University Stanford University scientists have identified a new class of solid materials that could replace flammable...
New research says Sodium-ion batteries are a valid alternative to Lithium-ion batteries
Credit: University of Warwick - Lithium (Li)-ion batteries (LIBs) are the electrochemical energy storage systems of choice for a wide variety of applications, however other...
A fresh sense of possibility
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Harsh environments that are inhospitable to existing technologies could now be monitored using sensors based on graphene. An intriguing form of...
Master’s degree in artificial intelligence now within reach of low-income students
FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science awarded $1 million NSF grant for accelerated five-year programCredit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University Researchers from Florida Atlantic...