E- textiles control home appliances with the swipe of a finger (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Electronic textiles could allow a person to control household appliances or computers from a distance simply by touching a wristband or...
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Interest in tandem solar cells heats up
For decades, silicon solar cells have been used to convert energy from sunlight into electricity. However, recent improvements in perovskite alternatives are moving tandem devices...
Stem cell-derived organoids for testing gene delivery to retinal & photoreceptor cells
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 12, 2018--A new study that compared six of the most promising adeno-associated viral (AAV) gene...
For 100 million years, amber freezes a tableau of tick’s worst day ever
Credit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- One day in Myanmar during the Cretaceous period, a tick managed to ensnare itself in a spider web. Realizing...
Breathing better may be an added benefit of biodiversity
Credit: Geoffrey Donovan, U.S. Forest Service A Forest Service study of nearly 50,000 children in New Zealand has found that those who live in greener...
Tiny termite house: How termites destroy from the inside out
Credit: The National Pest Management Association FAIRFAX, VA. (June 13, 2018) - The National Pest Management Association revealed a high-definition, behind-the-walls look at the destructive...
Carlex Glass America licenses ORNL superhydrophobic coatings for automotive applications
Credit: Jason Richards/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 13, 2018--Carlex Glass America LLC has exclusively licensed optically clear, superhydrophobic...
Bristol scientists discover a new way to find mass extinctions
Credit: Mike Benton, University of Bristol During the history of the Earth, there were many mass extinctions, when huge numbers of species died out. They...
No link found between oral antifungal drug and stillbirth
New research from a Swedish and Norwegian team of researchers led from Karolinska Institutet does not support a suggested link between treatment with the oral...
Study reveals simple chemical process that may have led to the origin of life on Earth
Credit: Credit: Kuhan Chandru Research led by Kuhan Chandru and Jim Cleaves from the Earth-Life Science Institute at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, has shown...
Large fenced reserves an effective way to bring wolves back to Scotland
Credit: Dr Christopher Sandom/University of Sussex Research, led by the University of Sussex and the University of Kent, indicates that for wolves to be effective...
Scientists discover how vitamin A drives the human lung immune system to control TB
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin and St James's Hospital, Dublin, have discovered how vitamin A drives the lung immune system to deal with tuberculosis (TB)....
Painted lady’s roundtrip migratory flight is the longest recorded in butterflies
Previously known to migrate from Europe to the Afrotropics during the autumn, the fate of this butterfly species and its offspring remained unknown. Researchers were...
British mammals’ fight for survival
Credit: Picture courtesy of Henry Schofield/The Mammal Society Almost one in five of British mammal species face a high risk of extinction, according to the...
New radiation therapy technique aims to preserve sexual function
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 12, 2018 - "Will treatment make me impotent?" It's a question on the minds of many men as they...
