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Nano-Cone Textures Generate Extremely "Robust" Water-Repellent Surfaces

When it comes to designing extremely water-repellent surfaces, shape and size matter. That's the finding of a group of scientists at the U.S. Department of…

Physics & Astronomy

Topological Light: Living on the Edge

This concept, esoteric as it appears, is also neat because it is the basis for creating ultrastable quantum “playgrounds.” In topological systems, certain…

Life & Chemistry

Chimpanzees Use Long-Term Memory in Food Search Strategies

Where do you go when the fruits in your favourite food tree are gone and you don’t know which other tree has produced new fruit yet? An international team of…

Physics & Astronomy

New Insights on Wind Turbine Efficiency Through Airflow Modeling

Researchers modeling how changes in air flow patterns affect wind turbines' output power have found that the wind can supply energy from an unexpected…

Earth Sciences

NASA Sees Atlantic Depression Become Tropical Storm Lorenzo

NASA's Aqua satellite captured a “before” image and NOAA's GOES satellite captured an “after” image of the depression's transition.Lorenzo was born on Oct. 21…

Studies and Analyses

Substandard Housing Impacts Low-Income Children’s Well-Being

A new report from researchers at Boston College and Tufts University shows the distinct emotional and educational price children pay when their families live…

Life & Chemistry

Super Song Learners: Insights from Max Planck’s Research

However, there are relatively large differences in the accuracy how these songs are copied. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Protein Dynamics: Fate of Import Receptor Pex18

Recycling or “scrap press”: physicians at the Ruhr-Universität have found out which molecular mechanisms decide about the fate of the import receptor Pex18….

Studies and Analyses

UCI Study Reveals Heavy Air Pollution Linked to Cancer in Canada

Levels of contaminants higher than in some of the world’s most polluted cities have been found downwind of Canada’s largest oil, gas and tar sands processing…

Earth Sciences

NASA Sees Hurricane Raymond Re-Soaking Mexican Coast

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite flew directly above hurricane Raymond on Oct. 21 at 0111 UTC/Oct. 20 at 6:11 p.m. PDT). TRMM…

Earth Sciences

NASA's Aqua Satellite Sees Typhoon Francisco Approaching Japan

On Oct. 22 at 04:30 UTC/12:30 a.m. EDT, NASA's Aqua satellite captured a stunning visible image of Typhoon Francisco approaching Japan that showed a large…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Miniature Circuit Breaker Enhances Building Safety

The 5SL4 miniature circuit breaker safely shuts down circuits in buildings in case of overloads or short circuits and thus protects cables and devices from…

Information Technology

Multiphysics Simulations in HPC Cloud: Fortissimo Project Update

The Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI participates in the new collaborative project Fortissimo (Factories of the Future…

Materials Sciences

CU-Boulder Innovates 4-D Printing for Composite Materials

A team led by H. Jerry Qi, associate professor of mechanical engineering at CU-Boulder, and his collaborator Martin L. Dunn of the Singapore University of…

Life & Chemistry

Protecting the Brain: Synapse Innovations in Neurodegeneration

The study, which has implications for understanding neurodegenerative diseases, stroke, and other nervous system disorders, adds to a growing body of evidence…

Life & Chemistry

New Method Enhances Stem Cell Fate Prediction at U of T

University of Toronto researchers have developed a method that can rapidly screen human stem cells and better control what they will turn into. The technology…

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