Ceramic Pump Moves Molten Metal at a Record 1,400 Degrees Celsius
The new pump could facilitate high efficiency, low-cost thermal storage, providing a new way to store renewable energy generated by wind and solar power,...
Missing Link Between New Topological Phases of Matter Discovered
The HZB researchers studied crystalline semiconductor films made of a lead, tin, and selenium alloy (PbSnSe) that were doped additionally with tiny amounts of...
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New Link Between Volcanic Eruptions, Nile Flooding and Revolt in Ancient...
Major revolts in ancient Egypt’s famous Ptolemaic era may have been triggered by volcanic eruptions that resulted in the suppression of the Nile summer...
Future Smartwatches could Sense Hand Movement Using Ultrasound Imaging
The research team led by Professor Mike Fraser, Asier Marzo and Jess McIntosh from the Bristol Interaction Group (BIG) at the University of Bristol, together with...
Neutrons Observe Vitamin B6-dependent Enzyme Activity Useful for Drug Development
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have performed neutron structural analysis of a vitamin B6-dependent protein, potentially opening avenues for...
Climate Change could Bring much Earlier Water Runoff in Sierra Nevada by Century’s End
California has taken a wild weather ride over the past two years: A historic drought finally came to an end, and the winter of...
New Technique Tracks Plant Photosynthesis from Space
University of Sydney and NASA researchers have developed a revolutionary new technique to image plant photosynthesis using satellite-based remote-sensing, with potential applications in climate...
UCLA Study Shows Cell Diversity of a Key Brain Region
UCLA researchers have shown for the first time a comprehensive picture of cell diversity in the amygdala, a vital brain region involved in the...
Irish Students Gear up to Make Airwaves in Space!
Oscor Romeo Four India Sierra Sierra (OR4ISS) - do you copy? Students from Tallaght Community School will make history this year, as they have...
Scientists Demonstrate Path to Linking the Genome to Healthy Tissues and Disease
Since scientists first decoded a draft of the human genome more than 15 years ago, many questions have lingered, two of which have been...
Research Rebuts Idea That Epidurals Prolong Labor
Epidural analgesia — a mix of anesthetics and narcotics delivered by a catheter placed close to the nerves of the spine — is the...
How Hepatitis C wages Guerrilla Warfare
HEPATITIS: The Hepatitis C (HCV) virus is a sly enemy to have in one’s body. Not only does it manage to make itself invisible...
Rice U. Study: Vibrating Nanoparticles Interact
Like a tuning fork struck with a mallet, tiny gold nanodisks can be made to vibrate at resonant frequencies when struck by light. In...
Study Shows How Rough Microparticles Can Cause Big Problems
New research from North Carolina State University, MIT and the University of Michigan finds that the surface texture of microparticles in a liquid suspension...
A Stanford Battery Based on Sodium may Offer more Cost-Effective Storage...
As a warming world moves from fossil fuels toward renewable solar and wind energy, industrial forecasts predict an insatiable need for battery farms to...
Queensland, China Collaborate on Game-changer Research
University of Queensland research projects to develop better batteries for renewable energy and a way of predicting crop yields from space have been funded...
Flying Taxicabs?
CWRU researcher working with NASA, other partners to build small, battery-powered aircraft in next several years
Need to catch a fast ride from Cleveland to...
