Could every country have a Green New Deal? Stanford report charts paths for 143 countries
Credit: Jacobson et al. / One Earth Ten years after the publication of their first plan for powering the world with wind, water, and solar,...
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New liquid metal wearable pressure sensor created for health monitoring applications
Credit: KAIST Soft pressure sensors have received significant research attention in a variety of fields, including soft robotics, electronic skin, and wearable electronics. Wearable soft...
New security system to revolutionize communications privacy
Credit: KAUST New computer chip enables information to be sent from user to user using a one-time un-hackable communication Technology overcomes major threat of quantum...
Brain biomarkers for detecting Alzheimer’s disease are located
Credit: Gerd Altman From the detection of functional brain changes that occur during Alzheimer's Disease (AD), a research team from the Complutense University of Madrid...
Using a chip to find better cancer fighting drugs
Researchers develop a tumor model on a device the size of a coinCredit: Kyoto University/Yokokawa Lab Japan -- Kyoto University researchers have developed a new...
Structures in seaweed shed light on sustainability
Credit: JI Shiqi Brown algae are not just seaweed that floats in the ocean and tangles swimmers' feet - it also contains a secret. In...
The ‘airbag’ that protects cells against stress
The results, published in Nature Communications, identify a molecular structure that acts as a type of 'airbag' in response to mechanical stressCredit: CNIC Scientists at...
Healing rays: Whoopi’s quick to mend
Credit: Migration Media 'Whoopi' the manta ray - a regular visitor to Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef - has helped University of Queensland and Murdoch University...
Evolution tunes birds to fit the bill
Researchers characterize the evolution of beak shape in relation to its many functionsCredit: Nicholas Friedman/OIST From toucans to hummingbirds, the varying shapes and sizes of...
Body cells spy out bacteria
The aryl-hydrocarbon receptor detects when bacteria increase so much in number that they become a danger to the bodyCredit: MPIIB / Volker Brinkmann Bacterial infection...
Artificial intelligence as behavioral analyst
Computer algorithms disassemble prey capture behavior of zebrafish into its componentsCredit: MPI of Neurobiology / Mearns What is the common ground between making a cup...
Newly developed mathematical model could be used to predict cancer drug side effects
Credit: Kobe University A research team at Kobe University Hospital have further illuminated the likelihood of cancer drug side effects that can occur due to...
The Demon in the Machine is named physics book of the year in UKM
Credit: Arizona State University Paul Davies' newest book, The Demon in the Machine, takes aim at one of the great outstanding scientific enigmas -what is...
No storm in a teacup — it’s a cyclone on a silicon chip
Credit: Dr. Christopher Baker University of Queensland researchers have combined quantum liquids and silicon-chip technology to study turbulence for the first time, opening the door...
Playing the angles with dramatic effect
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Phase transitions have long been of crucial importance to scientific research. The change from water to ice or steam is a...
