Transforming e-waste into a strong, protective coating for metal
Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00485 A typical recycling process converts large quantities of items made of a single material into more of...
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Uncovering the nitty-gritty details of surface tension and flow behavior
Pitt Professor receives $292K from NSF to investigate the micromechanics of surface tensionCredit: University of Pittsburgh Dry sand can be poured out of a bucket...
New insights into wound healing
Using 3D mapping, researchers uncover a process that has stymied mechanobiologyCredit: Courtesy image When we get a wound on our skin, the cells in our...
Engineering a carbon-negative power plant
Pitt professor Katherine Hornbostel receives ARPA-E Grant to design natural gas plant that captures more carbon than it producesCredit: Ramon Cordero (Mainline Photography) As renewable...
How stony-iron meteorites form
SAPHiR multi-anvil press solves mystery of the solar systemCredit: Dr. Nicolas P. Walte / TUM Meteorites give us insight into the early development of the...
Tailored light inspired by nature
Researchers develop for the first time light fields using caustics that do not change during propagationCredit: WWU - Alessandro Zannotti Modern applications as high resolution...
New fabrication method brings single-crystal perovskite devices closer to viability
Credit: Yusheng Lei Nanoengineers at UC San Diego developed a new method to fabricate perovskites as single-crystal thin films, which are more efficient for use...
Exploring power line vibration monitoring by autonomous robots
Credit: Virginia Tech Oumar Barry, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering, is using a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career...
Discovered: Remnant of ancient globular cluster that’s “the last of its kind”
'Stellar archaeology' reveals a star stream composed of the remnants of an ancient globular cluster that was torn apart by the Milky Way's gravity 2...
Put down that cup of earl gray tea!
Antioxidant-rich foods like black tea, chocolate and berries may increase risk for certain cancers, new Hebrew University research findsCredit: EMET Prize It is a fact...
A new method is developed to extract antibiotic residue in food from animal sources
Credit: University of Córdoba Coccidiosis is a kind of intestinal illness that affects different groups of animals. It inhibits the absorption of nutrients and growth...
ENCODE3: Interpreting the human and mouse genomes
Credit: ENCODE Scientists around the world have access to a rich trove of information through the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE)--annotated versions of the human...
Electrochemical doping: researchers improve carbon nanotube transparent conductors
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Aalto University have discovered that electrochemical doping with ionic liquid can significantly enhance the...
Astronomers pinpoint the best place on Earth for a telescope: High on a frigid Antarctic plateau
Credit: Zhaohui Shang au, could offer the clearest view on Earth of the stars at night, according to new research by an international team from...
Potential preterm births in high risk women predicted to 73% accuracy, by new technique
A new technique that can spot a potential preterm birth in asymptomatic high-risk women, with up to 73% accuracy months before delivery, has been developed...