Customizable smart window technology could improve energy efficiency of buildings
Credit: (Image by Peter Allen / University of Chicago.) A customizable smart window harnesses and manipulates solar power to save energy and cut costs. Windows...
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Quantum body scanner? What happens when vector vortex beams meet scattering media
A comprehensive analysis of vector vortex beam transmission through scattering media offers insights into the behavior of light carrying orbital angular momentumCredit: Image courtesy of...
Umbilical cord blood successfully treats rare genetic disorders in largest study to date
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, July 14, 2020 - Researchers at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh found that infusing umbilical cord blood -- a readily available source...
SwRI testing N95, KN95 respirators, surgical masks in response to COVID-19
Engineers offering new service to evaluate particle filtration, flow resistanceCredit: Larry Walther, SwRI The Particle Science and Technology Laboratory at Southwest Research Institute has expanded...
Experts’ high-flying study reveals secrets of soaring birds
New research has revealed when it comes to flying the largest of birds rely on air currents, not flapping to move aroundCredit: Picture: Facundo Vital...
Next-gen micro-CT scan can lower radiation, offer better pictures
Research could 'transform the landscape' of micro-CT imagingCredit: University of Houston With a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and...
Army robots get driver education for difficult tasks
Credit: U.S. Army photo illustration by Jim Nelson ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Ground robots will be trained to receive demonstration commands - instead of...
“Knock codes” for smartphone security are easily predicted, researchers say
Credit: NJIT WASHINGTON (July 14, 2020)--Smartphone owners who unlock their devices with knock codes aren't as safe as they think, according to researchers from New...
Scientists ID gene responsible for deadly glioblastoma
Credit: UVA Health Scientists have identified an oncogene (a cancer-causing gene) responsible for glioblastoma, the deadliest brain tumor. The discovery offers a promising new treatment...
Messages sent by osteoblasts to osteoclasts are enclosed in an extracellular vesicle
Researchers led by Kanazawa University show that messages sent by osteoblasts via extracellular vesicles trigger the formation of mature osteoclasts during fracture healingCredit: Kanazawa University...
Hammer-on technique for atomic vibrations in a crystal
Credit: MBI Vibrations of atoms in a crystal of the semiconductor gallium arsenide (GaAs) are impulsively shifted to a higher frequency by an optically excited...
More than one cognition: A call for change in the field of comparative psychology
Reviewing 40 years of research, a new paper challenges hypotheses and calls for a more biocentric understanding of cognitive evolutionCredit: Clockwise from top left: Simone...
Scientists found a way to identify diseases by blood serum
Researchers developed a new dynamic light scattering method to determine the sizes of circulating immune complexes in blood serumCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University...
Back to the future: new study could lead to bumper crops
Credit: Elena Martin-Avila, et al. (2020). Research led by scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) could lead to major improvements in crop production. The...
Particulate plutonium released from the Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns
New research strongly suggests that the nano-scale heterogeneity that is common in normal nuclear fuels is still present in the fuel debris that remains inside...