Researchers offer overview of composite metal foams and potential applications
Credit: Afsaneh Rabiei Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a range of composite metal foams (CMFs) that can be used in applications from...
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Scientists harness solar power to produce clean hydrogen from biomass
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a fuel that is both sustainable...
Looking for ‘fingerprints’ at the intersection of weather and climate
New Haven, Conn. - Scientists have found the seasonal "fingerprints" of Arctic sea ice, El Nino, and other climate phenomena in a new study that...
Genetic analysis better explains how uterine cancers resist treatment
Researchers have charted the complex molecular biology of uterine carcinosarcoma, a rare and aggressive gynecologic cancer, according to a study published on March 13 in...
New technique completely protects internet video from cyberattacks — Ben-Gurion University study
BEER-SHEVA, Israel, March 13, 2017 - A Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researcher has developed a new technique that could provide virtually 100 percent...
PolyU develops the most energy-efficient LED filament lamps
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University A research team of State Key Laboratory of Ultra-precision Machining Technology (Partner Laboratory in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)...
Star in closest orbit ever seen around black hole
Credit: Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/University of Alberta/A.Bahramian et al.; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss. Astronomers have found evidence of a star that whips around a likely black hole twice...
New research urges a rethink on global energy subsidies
The hidden toll that subsidies for electricity, fossil fuels, and transport have on social welfare, economic growth and technological innovation needs to be exposed through...
Enzyme-free krebs cycle may have been key step in origin of life on Earth
Credit: Aleksej Zelezniak/Francis Crick Institute A set of biochemical processes crucial to cellular life on Earth could have originated in chemical reactions taking place on...
Radiation from nearby galaxies helped fuel first monster black holes, says study
Credit: Columbia University The appearance of supermassive black holes at the dawn of the universe has puzzled astronomers since their discovery more than a decade...
Creation of highly magnetic material could improve computer technologies
Credit: Manners Group, University of Bristol Scientists, led by Professor Ian Manners from the University of Bristol's School of Chemistry, have developed a facile route...
Atomic map of malaria drug gives it new life
Credit: Wong et al., 2017 Researchers have mapped how the malaria drug mefloquine works, providing a route to make effective alternatives and combat rising drug...
Diving with the sharks
Credit: Darcy Bradley Swimming with metaphorical sharks is one thing, but actually getting into the water with the razor-toothed ocean predators? Crazy, right? Not according...
WSU researcher finds mechanism triggering spread of prostate cancer to bones
SPOKANE, Wash.--A Washington State University researcher has found a way that prostate cancer cells hijack the body's bone maintenance, facilitating the spread of bone cancers...
1 in 5 breast cancer patients could benefit from existing treatment, genetic study reveals
Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators have discovered that a greater number of breast cancers are genetically similar to rarer cases...
