Highly sensitive sensors show promise in enhancing human touch
Ultrathin crack-based sensors operate on a principle similar to a spider's sense organ and display remarkable sensitivity to movementCredit: Rongrong Bao WASHINGTON, February 18, 2020...
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Scientists unlock low-cost material from solar cells to manipulate light for industry
Perovskites have been discovered to be a cheap alternative for Faraday rotatorsCredit: Stefanie Zingsheim/University of Sydney Researchers in Australia have found a way to manipulate...
LTE vulnerability: Attackers can impersonate other mobile phone users
They can thus start a subscription at the expense of others or publish secret company documents under someone else's identityCredit: RUB, Kramer Exploiting a vulnerability...
Neuroscience opens the black box of artificial intelligence
Computer scientists use brain research methods for a better understanding of AICredit: Jana Dünnhaupt/University of Magdeburg Computer scientists at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg are...
New artificial neural network model bests MaxEnt in inverse problem example
New artificial neural network model may serve as a basis for solving inverse problemsCredit: @EPFL Numerical simulations, generally based on equations that describe a given...
What induces sleep? For fruit flies it’s stress at the cellular level
Researchers reveal that fruit fly sleep is induced by cellular oxidative stress, which may explain why chronic lack of sleep appears to shorten life expectancyCredit:...
Ultrasound device improves charge time and run time in lithium batteries
The device brings lithium metal batteries one step closer to commercial viabilityCredit: David Baillot/University of California San Diego Researchers at the University of California San...
A new way to monitor cancer radiation therapy doses
A new gel-based nanosensor for radiation dose monitoring can be used on skin and is relatively inexpensiveCredit: Image credit Subhadeep Dutta. SAN DIEGO, CA -...
University of Guam, Northern Mariana Islands collaborate on watershed management
Credit: Photo courtesy of University of Guam The University of Guam and natural resource officials in Saipan and Rota exchanged expertise and challenges regarding watershed...
The dinosaur in the cupboard under the stairs
Credit: Dr Anthony Romilio The mystery surrounding dinosaur footprints on a cave ceiling in Central Queensland has been solved after more than a half a...
Environmental solutions to go global
Polymers clean up mercury and oil spills, nitrogen runoff, and moreCredit: Flinders University / SA Government New Australian technology that could fix some of the...
The functional diversity in a noxious heat and chemical sensor among mosquito species
Researchers in the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan discovered functional differences in TRPA1 which serves as a receptor for noxious heat and chemicals...
How countries respond to weather change
Credit: Source: IPCC AR5, 2014 A two degree Centigrade increase in global average temperature will lead to catastrophic consequences for the planet. Humanity has a...
Scientists discover that human cell function removes extracellular amyloid protein
Credit: Eisuke Itakura The accumulation of aberrant proteins in the body will cause various neurodegenerative diseases. Amyloid β, one of these aberrant proteins, is a...
Researchers discover how cells clear misfolded proteins from tissues
Credit: Itakura et al., 2020 Researchers in Japan have identified a new quality control system that allows cells to remove damaged and potentially toxic proteins...
