Revealing the microscopic mechanisms in perovskite solar cells
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 21, 2017 -- A material with the perovskite crystal structure has become very popular for solar cells. ...
Spintronic technology advances with newly designed magnetic tunnel junctions
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 21, 2017 -- For the last two decades, magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) have played a central role ...
A new model for capillary rise in nano-channels offers insights into fracking
Credit: Anqi Shen, Yikun Liu, Xiaohui Qiu, Yongjun Lu and Shuang Liang WASHINGTON, D.C., March 21, 2017 -- In the ...
What’s the best way to cook pasta? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 21, 2017 -- Pasta noodles contain only three ingredients: eggs, water and flour. ...
AML study correlates gene mutations with 34 disease subgroups
Columbus, Ohio - A large, new study of adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) correlates 80 cancer-related gene mutations with ...
Sussex Drug Discovery Centre & ReViral reach clinical trial with lung virus treatment
A collaboration between scientists at one of the UK's leading University drug discovery centres and the UK based biotech company ...
Looking for signs of the Big Bang in the desert
Credit: iStock The silence of an immense desolate land in which to search for reverberations coming from the time at ...
NASA’s hybrid computer enables Raven’s autonomous rendezvous capability
Credit: Credits: NASA A hybrid computing system developed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is the enabling ...
Spray painting biomaterials onto heart promotes cardiac repair after myocardial infarction
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 21, 2017--Researchers have demonstrated the effectiveness of a minimally invasive ...
New gel-like coating beefs up the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries
Credit: Yale University New Haven, Conn. - Yale scientists have developed an ultra-thin coating material that has the potential to ...
Electrons used to control ultrashort laser pulses
We may soon get better insight into the microcosm and the world of electrons. Researchers at Lund University and Louisiana ...
New approach uses ultrasound to measure fluid in the lungs
A team of engineering and medical researchers has found a way to use ultrasound to monitor fluid levels in the ...
Better learning through zinc?
Zinc is a vital micronutrient involved in many cellular processes: For example, in learning and memory processes, it plays a ...
Breaking the supermassive black hole speed limit
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, March 21, 2017--A new computer simulation helps explain the existence of ...
Astronomers hazard a ride in a ‘drifting carousel’ to understand pulsating stars
Credit: Image credit: MWA Project / Curtin University What sounds like a stomach-turning ride at an amusement park might hold ...
The foundation of aquatic life can rapidly adapt to global warming, new research suggests
Important microscopic creatures which produce half of the oxygen in the atmosphere can rapidly adapt to global warming, new research ...
Almond-crop fungicides a threat to honey bees
Annapolis, MD; March 17, 2017--Fungicides commonly used in almond orchards can be harmful to almond growers' primary pollinator: honey bees. ...
New medicine to prevent mothers dying in childbirth succeeds in first trial in humans
Credit: Monash University The Monash University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) today announced positive results from a first-in-human study of ...
New technologies in the air by NTU Singapore and Camfil to improve indoor air quality
Credit: NTU Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Swedish company Camfil, a global leader in the air filtration ...
Research spotlights early signs of disease using infrared light: New research
While more research is needed to confirm the findings published today in the FASEB Journal, the use of FITR could ...
