How to recycle lithium batteries
Rechargeable lithium ion batteries power our phones and tablets they drive us from A to B in electric vehicles, and have many applications besides. Unfortunately,...
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£1.75 million five-year project under way to uncover new ‘sound worlds’
(University of Huddersfield) A £1.7 million, five-year research project at the University of Huddersfield will push the limits of new 'sound worlds' for composers, performers...
Mobile phone and satellite data to map poverty
Credit: WorldPop, University of Southampton An international team has, for the first time, developed a way of combining anonymised data from mobile phones and satellite...
Novel LED street lights reduce costs
Credit: Photo: KIT Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a novel type of LED street light of increased efficiency. Compared to conventional...
The Potential of automatic word comparison for historical linguistics
Credit: Johann-Mattis List The comparison of different languages is a core task of historical linguistics. Language comparison allows linguists to trace the development of languages...
Powerful change: A profile of today’s solar consumer
People with higher incomes and better education no longer dominate demand for the domestic solar market in Queensland with a new QUT study revealing the...
Building a better model of human-automation interaction
People generally make decisions using two ways of thinking: They think consciously, deliberate for a while, and try to use logic to figure out what...
What happened to the sun over 7,000 years ago?
Credit: A.J.T.Jull Nagoya, Japan - An international team led by researchers at Nagoya University, along with US and Swiss colleagues, has identified a new type...
Fiscal incentives may help reduce carbon emissions in developing countries
A study has found that fiscal policies introduced by governments in developing countries can have a significant effect on lowering harmful carbon emissions and help...
Researchers find chemical switch that may decrease symptoms of schizophrenia
A new study by University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers has found that in mice, adjusting levels of a compound called kynurenic acid can...
Bacterial survival strategy: Splitting into virulent and non-virulent subtypes
Credit: (Photo credit: Irine Ronin) Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered a survival strategy that harmful bacteria can use to outsmart the...
New assay shows promise to advance personalized therapy for cancer patients
Philadelphia, PA, Feb. 7, 2017 - One of the most promising areas of cancer research is personalized therapy using precision medicine. The National Cancer Institute's...
Exposure of the half-century old misconception removes limits on life extension
Strehler-Mildvan (SM) correlation was reported in 1960 in a now-famous and very well cited Science paper. It relates to the Mortality Rate Doubling Time (MRDT)...
HPV vs. Pap test for cervical cancer screening: Strong evidence calls for new protocols, say experts
Credit: Reproduced with permission from Tota et al., Prev Med 53: S12-S21, 2011. Amsterdam, NL, February 7, 2017 -- For many years, cytology has been...
E-cigarettes safer than smoking says long-term study
E-cigarettes are less toxic and safer to use compared to conventional cigarettes, according to research* published in Annals of Internal Medicine today (Monday). Cancer Research...
