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...
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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...
Reducing down to 1/3 of thermal resistance by WOW technology for 3-D DRAM application
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Researcher team led by Professor Takayuki Ohba at Tokyo Institute of Technology, ICE Cube Center, in collaboration with the WOW...
Guts and glory for RMIT smart pills
Credit: RMIT University Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have successfully completed phase one human trials of ingestible capsules that have the potential to...
Tiny ‘cages’ could keep vaccines safe at high temperatures
Vaccines and antibodies could be transported and stored without refrigeration by capturing them in tiny silica 'cages', a discovery which could make getting vital medicines...
Game-changing PanDDA method unveils previously hidden 3-D structure data
Scientists have utilised Diamond Light Source to develop a new method to extract previously hidden information from the X-ray diffraction data that are measured when...
Higher prostate cancer risks for black men may warrant new approach to screening
A new study indicates that higher prostate cancer death rates among black men in the US may be due to a higher risk of developing...
