Pioneering 3D printed device sets new record for efficiency
A new 3-D printed thermoelectric device, which converts heat into electric power with an efficiency factor over 50% higher than the previous best for printed...
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Painless skin patch collects fluid for diagnostic testing
Credit: Adapted from ACS Sensors 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b00258 Although blood contains a wealth of potential biomarkers of disease, it can be challenging to obtain and...
Brussels scientists developed an AI method to improve rare disease diagnosis
The team under Professor Tom Lenaerts (VUB-ULB) of the IB² has developed an AI algorithm that makes it possible to identify combinations of genetic variants...
About faces: geometric style of portrait artwork
Researchers to present method to capture artistic style at SIGGRAPH 2019Credit: Courtesy, SIGGRAPH 2019 A team of computer scientists at the Interdisciplinary Center in Israel...
Researchers discover what makes deep-sea dragonfish teeth transparent
Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego have discovered what's responsible...
Details of first historically recorded plague pandemic revealed by ancient genomes
Analysis of 8 new plague genomes from the first plague pandemic reveals previously unknown levels of plague diversity, and provides the first genetic evidence of...
US struggles to keep up as hemp industry grows
U.S. hemp production is soaring, but government oversight hasn't kept up, according to an article in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of...
Telomere length unaffected by smoking
A new study has surprised the medical world, finding that smoking does not shorten the length of telomeres - a marker at the end of...
Verifying ‘organic’ foods
Organic foods are increasingly popular -- and pricey. Organic fruits and vegetables are grown without synthetic pesticides, and because of that, they are often perceived...
Tel Aviv University researchers spearhead early detection of Parkinson’s disease
New method tracks early stages of protein aggregation involved in Parkinson's Parkinson's disease is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease, affecting everything from speech, posture and gait...
Making a splash is all in the angle
Credit: Queen Mary University of London Making a splash depends on the angle of a liquid as it hits and moves along a surface, according...
Metal foam stops .50 caliber rounds as well as steel — at less than half the weight
Researchers have demonstrated that vehicle armor using composite metal foam (CMF) can stop ball and armor-piercing .50 caliber rounds as well as conventional steel armor,...
Why deep-sea dragonfish have transparent teeth
Credit: Marc Meyers Off the coast of San Diego, 500 meters under the sea, pencil-sized sea monsters grin pitch-black smiles because their mouths are filled...
Researcher earns $2.3 million grant to study bacteria’s role in triggering colon cancer
Credit: OU Medicine OKLAHOMA CITY - Although screenings and treatments have improved, colon cancer remains the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United...
The bacteria building your baby
Exposure to influential bacteria begins before we are born, new evidence confirms Australian researchers have laid to rest a longstanding controversy: is the womb sterile?...
