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UK Researchers Create Catalyst Mimicking Photosynthesis Z-Scheme

Led by Marcelo Guzman, an associate professor of chemistry in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, and Ruixin Zhou, a doctoral student working with Guzman, the…

Health & Medicine

Exploring Deep Learning’s Impact on Medical Research Collaborations

Working with colleagues from Harvard Medical School and Würzburg, researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have been examining the use of deep…

Life & Chemistry

Seismic Surveys Affect Zooplankton, Study Finds Insights

Scientists from IMAS and the Centre for Marine Science and Technology (CMST) at Curtin University studied the impact of commercial seismic surveys on…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

3-D Model Enhances Crop Yield Predictions for Farmers

The University of Illinois and the Partner Institute for Computational Biology in Shanghai developed this computer model to predict the yield of different crop…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Energy: Insights Into Closed Enzymes and Adenylate Kinase

The adenylate kinase enzyme is crucial to managing the energy budget of cells, accelerating the biochemical process whereby energy is stored or released. The…

Environmental Conservation

Innovative Dune Ecosystem Modeling with Acacia Longifolia

Acacia longifolia, which is native to Australia, is a species which was cultivated in Portugal primarily to stabilize dunes and as an ornamental plant; now it…

Physics & Astronomy

EPFL Solves Century-Old Physics Problem on Energy Storage

At EPFL, researchers challenge a fundamental law and discover that more electromagnetic energy can be stored in wave-guiding systems than previously thought….

Physics & Astronomy

Quantum Thermometer or Optical Refrigerator? Breakthrough Explained

In an arranged marriage of optics and mechanics, physicists have created microscopic structural beams that have a variety of powerful uses when light strikes…

Materials Sciences

Enhanced Design Boosts Performance of Flexible Wearable Tech

Wearable devices used to monitor a variety of health and environmental measures are becoming increasingly popular. The performance and efficiency of flexible…

Information Technology

3D-Printable Toys: Merging Fun with Functionality

Common toys such as steerable cars or waving wind-up figures are available as 3D-printable models, which also contain their mechanical components. However,…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding How Brains Surrender to Sleep Patterns

Sleep is a universal trait in animals: every nervous system seems to regularly undergo and require states of relaxation, during which brain activity is…

Physics & Astronomy

Individualized Fiber Components Transforming Global Markets

Already in March 2016, the business idea had been awarded at the StartUp-Impuls ideas competition of the Sparkasse Hannover and the hannoverimpuls GmbH in the…

Information Technology

Mapping Biodiversity: Monkeys Spotted from Space!

Using a combination of satellite and ground data, the team proposes that it is now possible to map biodiversity with an accuracy that has not been previously…

Environmental Conservation

How Animal Social Networks Boost Wildlife Conservation Efforts

A group of behavioural ecologists led by Lysanne Snijders from the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) outlines how the…

Materials Sciences

Plant-Inspired Innovations for Flexible Electronics

Aerogels are good candidates for such applications, but until now, it's been difficult to make them with both properties. Now, researchers report in ACS Nano…

Life & Chemistry

Isolating Neuronal Activity: Insights on Memory Consolidation

A team, led by researchers from the Cajal Institute (Madrid) belonging to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), have discovered some basic processes…

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