Super-fast broadband may have negative side effects for companies
"Of course, it's difficult to believe that the internet is negative for companies - and we don't think that is the case: the internet and...
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Sound waves bypass visual limitations to recognize human activity
Privacy, environment restricts video camera use; sound can get around those concernsCredit: Xinhua Guo WASHINGTON, D.C., May 28, 2019 -- Video cameras continue to gain...
The effects of the Internet on learning in higher education
RMU Initiative Funding for Research to fund educational researchers, computer scientists, linguists, and neuroscientists at the Rhine-Main Universities The Internet has become a unique platform...
Researchers introduce novel heat transport theory in quest for efficient thermoelectrics
Credit: Michele Simoncelli, EPFL NCCR MARVEL researchers have developed a novel microscopic theory that is able to describe heat transport in very general ways, and...
EPFL researchers crack an enduring physics enigma
Credit: EPFL For decades, physicists, engineers and mathematicians failed to explain a remarkable phenomenon in fluid mechanics: the natural tendency of turbulence in fluids to...
Centuries-old drawings lead to better understanding of fan-shaped auroras
Credit: Japan Meteorological Agency Physics researchers and literature researchers have joined together to better understand the rare natural phenomenon of white and red auroras fanning...
Scientists revisit the cold case of cold fusion
Four academic laboratories partner with Google to explore how materials science can help make fusion more accessibleCredit: Phil Schauer Scientists from the University of British...
Microglia turned on
Visualizing microglia in brain tissue with a fluorescence turn-on substrate Part of the immune system in the brain is made up of so-called microglia cells....
Copenhagen researchers break quantum limit in precision of force and position measurements
Credit: Ola Joensen Researchers of the Schliesser Lab at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have pushed the precision of force and position measurements...
Study highlights vulnerability of rural coast to sea-level rise
Ghost forests and abandoned farmland illustrate the cost of climate changeCredit: Dr. Matt Kirwan/Virginia Institute of Marine Science Type "sea-level rise" in an internet search...
Researchers have discovered how a nanocatalyst works at the atomic level
Credit: Sami Malola, University of Jyväskylä The researchers of the Nanoscience Center (NSC) at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and in the Xiamen University, China,...
Antibiotic ornament clasp
Chemical synthesis demonstrates that antibiotic from the human nose works by proton translocation Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are an increasing health threat, making new antibiotics essential. German...
How small can they get? Polymers may be the key to single-molecule electronic devices
Credit: Angewandte Chemie Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and University of Tsukuba demonstrate that polymers could play a key role in the fabrication of...
Investigating molecular regulation of the cardiovascular system
New Collaborative Research Centre analyses diverse role of RNA molecules / Another RNA Collaborative Research Centre extended The new SFB comprising a consortium of 30...
Ultra-cold lithium atoms shedding light on superfluid formation
'Abrupt' onset of pairing points to best theories for describing ultra-cold Fermi gasesCredit: Sascha Hoinka, Swinburne University of Technology Abrupt onset of pairing points to...
