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", not related to the electronic...
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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 way to manipulate the optical...
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 silicon solar cells and lithium-ion...
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. Similar to the way the...
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 $1 million to four teams...
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 its open sharing of information...
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 North Atlantic Ocean's first tropical...
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 design could raise the energy...
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, has developed a new method...
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 team at Disney Research that...
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 video or film can look...
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 information in real time about...
Research moves closer to unraveling mystery cause of multiple sclerosis
A new study has made a major new discovery towards finding the cause of multiple sclerosis (MS), potentially paving the way for research to investigate...
Interdisciplinary studies reveal relationship between solar activity and climate change
Credit: Ziniu Xiao The solar flux is considered the fundamental energy source of earth's climate system on long time scales. In recent decades, some studies...
ELC R&D showcases research linking environmental factors/biological processes to skin and hair aging
(Spectrum) The Estée Lauder Companies Research & Development (R&D) will present six abstracts posters focused on new findings in anti-aging skin and hair research at...
