Industrial-strength brine, meet your kryptonite
Boron nitride coating is key ingredient in hypersaline desalination technologyCredit: Kuichang Zuo/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 3, 2020) - A ...
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Expensive gene therapies raise challenges and opportunities: Expert panel report
New CCA expert panel reportCredit: Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) Gene therapies are being approved for use in Canada, but ...
A DNA-based molecular tagging system that could take the place of printed barcodes
Credit: Kathryn Doroschak/University of Washington Many people have had the experience of being poked in the back by a plastic ...
Squid jet propulsion can enhance design of underwater robots, vehicles
Cephalopod jet propulsion reveals clues about how squids maneuver within turbulent flows.Credit: Yang Luo WASHINGTON, November 3, 2020 -- Squids ...
Ice-binding molecules stop ice growth, act as natural antifreeze
Credit: Pavithra M. Naullage WASHINGTON, November 3, 2020 -- Certain molecules bind tightly to the surface of ice, creating a ...
New Danish AI tool provides much-needed help to protein scientists across the world
Credit: Shunliang Wu Using artificial intelligence, UCPH researchers have solved a problem that until now has been the stumbling block ...
A breakthrough of the mechanism of energy saving in collective swimming
Credit: College of Engineering, Peking University Professor Xie Guangming's group in the College of Engineering at Peking University has found ...
The Charlesworth Group strengthens Hindawi partnership in China
Leading open access publisher Hindawi has extended their partnership with The Charlesworth Group to include digital author marketing in China.Credit: ...
The importance of good neighbors in catalysis
Credit: David Albinsson/Chalmers University of Technology Are you affected by your neighbours? So are nanoparticles in catalysts. New research from ...
‘Transparent solar cells’ can take us towards a new era of personalized energy
Scientists design novel transparent solar cells using thin silicon films, with efficient power generationCredit: Joel Filipe on Unsplash Today, the ...
Resurrecting war plan blue: NPS workshop re-examines US war preparedness
Credit: Courtesy of the Warfare Innovation Continuum The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recently concluded an intense concept generation workshop to ...
Tunable THz radiation from 3D topological insulator
Bismuth telluride can efficiently radiate linearly and circularly polarized terahertz waves, with adjustable chirality and polarizationCredit: Haihui Zhao et al., ...
Printing plastic webs to protect the cellphone screens of the future
A spider web-inspired solution made possible using 3D printingCredit: Shibo Zou Follow the unbreakable bouncing phone! A Polytechnique Montréal team ...
Cockroaches and lizards inspire new robot developed by Ben-Gurion University researcher
Credit: credit: Ben-Gurion University BEER-SHEVA, Israel...November 2, 2020 - A new high-speed amphibious robot inspired by the movements of cockroaches ...
NPS supports FVEY efforts to streamline space technologies
Credit: Javier Chagoya/Naval Postgraduate School The creation of the U.S. Space Force has inspired a renewed interest in space systems ...
Building cities with wood would store half of cement industry’s current carbon emissions
Slowly increasing the use of wood in European construction could increase the carbon storage of buildings by 420 million CO2 ...
Mathematical modeling of processes in neurons to assist the treatment of epilepsy and depression
Mathematical modeling of electro-mechanical processes in neurons to assist the treatment of epilepsy and chronic depression by focused ultrasoundCredit: Peter ...
NUS researchers invent flexible and highly reliable sensor
This novel e-skin, called TRACE, performs five times better than conventional soft materials; Suitable for measuring blood flow for pulse ...
A new spin on atoms gives scientists a closer look at quantum weirdness
Credit: Rachel Davidowitz When atoms get extremely close, they develop intriguing interactions that could be harnessed to create new generations ...
Cancer patients, clinicians find value in electronic real-time symptom
Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--Both cancer patients and their medical teams found it beneficial when patients ...
