Graphene withstands high pressure, may aid in desalination
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers LA JOLLA, CA--Professor Klaus Ley, M.D., has been selected as this year's winner of the ...
Bright future for self-charging batteries
Who hasn't lived through the frustrating experience of being without a phone after forgetting to recharge it? This could one ...
Nature plants a seed of engineering inspiration
Credit: Jung et al. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 24, 2017 -- Researchers in South Korea have quantitatively deconstructed what they describe ...
A cancer in the family: One spouse’s diagnosis can lower household income
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. - Caring for a husband or wife with cancer significantly diminishes family income, according to researchers ...
Growing body of evidence supports use of mind-body therapies in breast cancer treatment
April 24, 2017 -- In newly updated clinical guidelines from the Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO), researchers at Columbia University's ...
Metastatic breast cancers: Characterizing the profile of metastases for improved treatment
Researchers at the Jules Bordet Institute - Université libre de Bruxelles, VIB and KU Leuven published this 21 of April ...
Study reveals mystery behind formation of hollowed nanoparticles during metal oxidation
Credit: Subramanian Sankaranarayanan, Badri Narayanan, Yugang Sun, Xiaobing Zuo, Sheng Peng and Ganesh Kamath. Argonne National Laboratory/Temple University Rust usually ...
Clarifying the mechanism for suppressing turbulence through ion mass
Credit: Dr. Motoki Nakata Seeking to further improve plasma performance, from March 7, 2017, plasma experiments utilizing deuterium ions, which ...
Revealing polymeric fluids behavior at the microscopic scale
Credit: OIST An important concept in future healthcare is the development of devices called "lab on a chip". These "chips", ...
Self-assembled nanostructures can be selectively controlled
Credit: Marco Tripodi Plasmonic nanoparticles exhibit properties based on their geometries and relative positions. Researchers have now developed an easy ...
New breakthrough in battery charging technology
Credit: UNIST A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has developed a single-unit, photo-rechargeable portable power source based on high-efficiency ...
A rocky super-earth has been found in the habitable zone of a cool star close to the Sun
Credit: M. Weiss/CfA. One of the most successful techniques presently in use for detecting expolantes is the search for transits. ...
Stand Up To Cancer awards $1M to 4 research teams through Phillip A. Sharp Awards
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer NEW YORK, April 24, 2017-- Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) has awarded a total of ...
Facebook plays vital role in reducing government corruption, researchers find
Credit: Virginia Tech A Virginia Tech College of Science economics researcher says the popular social media website Facebook - and ...
NASA satellite animation shows Tropical Storm Arlene ‘eaten’ by weather system
Loading video... Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project An animation created by NASA using imagery from NOAA's GOES-East satellite shows the ...
Solar cell design with over 50 percent energy-conversion efficiency
Credit: Kobe University Solar cells convert the sun's energy into electricity by converting photons into electrons. A new solar cell ...
Freezing lithium batteries may make them safer and bendable
Credit: Yuan Yang/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--April 24, 2017--Yuan Yang, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Columbia Engineering, ...
Disney projection system shines makeup on actors during live performances
The facial appearance of actors can be transformed during live stage performances using a new advanced system developed by a ...
Disney method enables more realistic hair simulation
When a person has a bad hair day, that's unfortunate. When a virtual character has bad hair, an entire animation ...
Tecnalia develops the first cable-driven robot that prints large-sized components in 3-D
Credit: Tecnalia This new cable-driven robot, known as Cogiro, makes it possible to produce customised parts and also to obtain ...
