Material can turn sunlight, heat and movement into electricity — all at once
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 7, 2017 -- Many forms of energy surround you: sunlight, the heat in your room and even your own movements. All that...
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American Cancer Society endorses two-dose regimen for HPV vaccination
ATLANTA - February 7, 2017 - The American Cancer Society has endorsed updated recommendations on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination from the Advisory Committee on Immunization...
NASA advances first-ever silicon-based X-ray optic
Credit: Credits: NASA/W. Hrybyk NASA scientist William Zhang has created and proven a technique for manufacturing lightweight, high-resolution X-ray mirrors using silicon -- a material...
Mysterious white dwarf pulsar discovered
Credit: Mark Garlick/University of Warwick University of Warwick researchers identify a white dwarf pulsar -- a star type which has eluded astronomers for half a...
Melanoma research breakthrough gives hope to treatment
Credit: Dr. Aaron Smith, QUT A QUT-driven project has identified the way in which melanoma cells spread, opening up new pathways to treatment via drugs...
Detecting early onset of metastatic disease using FAST disc
Credit: UNIST A new research, affiliated with UNIST has been highlighted on the front cover of the January 2017 issue of the prestigious journal Analytical...
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,...
£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...
