Understanding the love-hate relationship of halide perovskites with the sun
New research by scientists at TU/e and universities in China and the US sheds light on the causes of perovskite solar cell degradation.Credit: Shuxia Tao...
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Satellite data show severity of drought summers in 2018 and 2019
Credit: Eva Boergens, GFZ The GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Follow-On) satellites launched in May 2018 are able to quantify the water mass deficit in...
UQ researchers solve a 50-year-old enzyme mystery
Credit: The University of Queensland Advanced herbicides and treatments for infection may result from the unravelling of a 50-year-old mystery by University of Queensland researchers....
Revealing winners & losers in projected future climates
New research reveals how winners & losers from climate change can be identified based on their ability to adapt to rising temperaturesCredit: PNAS New research...
UCLA receives Department of Energy grant to transform CO2 into construction materials
Credit: Gabriel Falzone/UCLA A UCLA research team has received a two-year, $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to support development of a...
Polarization of Br2 molecule in vanadium oxide cluster cavity and new alkane bromination
Credit: Kanazawa University Alkanes are major constituents of natural gas and oil, consisting of carbon and hydrogen atoms only. The C-H bonds of alkanes are...
Liquid metal synthesis for better piezoelectrics: Atomically-thin tin-monosulfide
Potential materials for future wearable electronics and other motion-powered, energy-harvesting devicesCredit: FLEET RMIT-UNSW collaboration applies liquid-metal synthesis to piezoelectrics, advancing future flexible, wearable electronics, and...
Commentary in Pediatrics: Children don’t transmit Covid-19, schools should reopen in fall
Rising cases in Texas childcare facilities could be misinterpreted, says commentary authorCredit: www.vperemen.com / CC BY-SA A commentary published in the journal Pediatrics, the official...
CT of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) versus CT of influenza virus pneumonia
Most COVID-19 lesions located in peripheral zone and close to pleura; influenza virus more prone to show mucoid impaction and pleural effusionCredit: American Journal of...
A new role for a tiny linker in transmembrane ion channels
UMass Amherst, Washington University team reveals new mode of channel regulationCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In the molecular-level world of ion channels - passageways...
Unique integrated health monitoring system for stroke survivors patented in Lithuania
Group of biomedical engineers from biotech company Gruppo Fos Lithuania and researchers at Kaunas University of Technology and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences have patented...
Rochester community initiative increases teenage use of effective contraception
A University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) partnership resulted in adoption of long-acting reversible contraception five-times greater than the US overallCredit: Scott Hesel A new...
Researcher earns federal grant to study stress-induced irritable bowel syndrome
Credit: OU Medicine OKLAHOMA CITY -- Anyone who suffers from irritable bowel syndrome can testify to its signature trait: It gets worse during times of...
New study supports remdesivir as COVID-19 treatment
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center The news about remdesivir, the investigational anti-viral drug that has shown early promise in the fight against COVID-19, keeps getting...
Neonatal exposure to antigens of commensal bacteria promotes broader immune repertoire
This mouse study looked at a group of immune cells called innate-like B-1 B cellsCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers...