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Materials Sciences

Harnessing Carbon: Innovations in Artificial Photosynthesis

The excessive atmospheric carbon dioxide that is driving global climate change could be harnessed into a renewable energy technology that would be a win for…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Breakthrough in Crystal Structure Prediction for HIV Drugs

Two years after its release, the HIV-1 drug Ritonavir was pulled from the market. Scientists discovered that the drug had crystallized into a slightly…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Innovative Solutions for the Internet of Energy Networking

This Internet of Energy is defined as the networking of relatively autonomous electricity producers and consumers, who determine and cover the energy demand…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Telescopes Discover Water Vapor on Exo-Neptune

“The discovery is a significant milepost on the road to eventually analyzing the atmospheric composition of smaller, rocky planets more like Earth,” said John…

Materials Sciences

NanoMaster Project Enhances Graphene Production Efficiency

Over the last eighteen months, the project team have focused on optimising and up-scaling the processes for graphene and expanded graphite production and their…

Life & Chemistry

Imaging Studies Reveal Dynamic T Cell-B Cell Interactions

Their surprising finding: T cells and B cells form numerous short-term contacts, each lasting no more than a few minutes, in a dynamic process that is very…

Life & Chemistry

New Technique Uncovers Histone Role in Cell Division

Now a new technique developed at Rockefeller University in Hironori Funabiki’s Laboratory of Chromosome and Cell Biology allows researchers to examine…

Life & Chemistry

Plankton’s Jet Lag: Hormones Driving Ocean Migration

A hormone that governs sleep and jet lag in humans may also drive the mass migration of plankton in the ocean, scientists at the European Molecular Biology…

Physics & Astronomy

New Hubble Insights Reveal Young Universe Secrets

Astronomers usually have to peer very far into the distance to see back in time, and view the Universe as it was when it was young. This new NASA/ESA Hubble…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Robots Aid in Power Restoration During Blackouts

Big disasters almost always result in big power failures. Not only do they take down the TV and fridge, they also wreak havoc with key infrastructure like cell…

Environmental Conservation

Dunes Uncover Secrets of Plant Diversity in Jurien Bay

But the Jurien Bay dunes proved to be the perfect site to unravel why plant diversity varies from place to place. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute…

Health & Medicine

Tropical Disease Trends in Latin America: Insights from Dr. Hotez

Dr. Peter Hotez, the fellow in disease and poverty at the Baker Institute, outlined his insights in a new editorial, “The NTDs and Vaccine Diplomacy in Latin…

Studies and Analyses

New Discoveries Unveil Tanzania’s Remarkable Biodiversity

A study documenting the latest research findings on the faunal richness of the tropical moist forests of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania was…

Physics & Astronomy

New Iso-Propyl Cyanide Molecules Discovered in Sgr B2

The molecule, iso-propyl cyanide, was discovered in Sgr B2, a star forming region close to the center of our galaxy that is a hot-spot for molecule-hunting…

Life & Chemistry

Feel the Rubber Hand: Exploring Illusions in Innovation

It seems rather weird: You see an artificial hand lying on a table in front of you knowing exactly it isn't your real hand. Nevertheless, you feel as though it…

Physics & Astronomy

Are Weak Values Quantum? Don't Bet On It

Over the past 20 years, a strange idea called a “weak value” has taken root in quantum information science.

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