VR is not suited to visual memory?!
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A breath of fresh air for longer-running batteries
A low-cost catalyst on a sulfur-doped, porous, carbon nanostructure improves the performance of lithium batteries that run on airCredit: DGIST DGIST researchers are improving the...
UTA expert in quantum optics and optical communications named Fellow of SPIE
High honor for electrical engineering professorCredit: UT Arlington An expert in classical and quantum communications and professor of electrical engineering at The University of Texas...
Improved functioning of diverse landscape mosaics
Credit: University of Zurich To date, biodiversity research primarily focused on the number of plant species present in ecosystems. "Most studies so far have used...
Randomness opens the gates to the land of attophotography
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN / Anna Wach One of the last obstacles hindering the photography and filming of processes occurring on a scale of attoseconds,...
Bandage material helps stop bleeding without adhering to the wound
Credit: Li Z et al. Nature Communications 2019 "We did not actually plan this, but that is just how science works sometimes: you start researching...
Nuclear radiologists ‘outsmart’ prostate cancer with an apparently ineffective drug
Credit: Saarland University/Thorsten Mohr When a non-scientist tries to imagine a scientist, the image that often arises is one of a somewhat remote, rather idealistic...
Greening at high latitudes may inhibit the expansion of midlatitude deserts
Credit: Yongli He Desertification has always been a serious challenge for human beings, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. Projections from CMIP5 support the expansion...
Nanomaterial fabric destroys nerve agents in battlefield-relevant conditions
Metal-organic framework-based composites don't need liquid water to workCredit: Journal of the American Chemical Society Northwestern University scientists have successfully combined a nanomaterial effective at...
Peering into the genome of brain tumor
Osaka University-led research introduces a machine-learning algorithm for predicting genetic mutations of malignant brain tumor types based only on MRI, offering promise for noninvasive diagnosis...
A ‘pivotal’ moment for understanding whale evolution
Credit: Taro Okamura Scientists could soon better investigate the feeding behaviors of extinct dolphin and whale species. A third year student at Japan's Nagoya University...
IVI to lead critical standard reagents availability for oral cholera vaccine manufacturing
This will ensure uniform efficacy and help meet global demandCredit: International Vaccine Institute January 9, 2020 - SEOUL, South Korea - The International Vaccine Institute...
Surgery may add months or years of survival for adults with rare and deadly brain cancers
Findings from medical records study could help doctors and patients make more informed treatment decisionsCredit: Alicia Ortega, MS For adult patients with brainstem high-grade gliomas...
Smoking HIV out of dormancy
A newly discovered mechanism allows the immune system to detect and respond to HIVCredit: CEMIR, the Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Norwegian University of Science...
Getting to the heart of heart beats: Cardiac thin filament structure and function revealed
Researchers use CryoEM to visualize the most detailed images of cardiac muscle thin filaments to date, revealing for the first time structural changes that regulate...
