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Physics & Astronomy

Slip-and-Slide Power Generators: Harnessing Low-Frequency Energy

The new technology could be used as a power source for low-power portable devices, and would be especially suitable for harvesting energy from low frequency…

Physics & Astronomy

Tiny Planet-Finding Mirrors Inspired by Webb Telescope

A team of scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., now is developing an instrument that would image and characterize planets beyond…

Physics & Astronomy

Evaluating Antimicrobial Metals for Water Filters: A Study

Other metals such as copper and zinc have also been shown to exhibit anti-microbial activity. Researchers from Princeton University in New Jersey used atomic…

Life & Chemistry

'Personality genes' may help account for longevity

Up until now, research has focused on genetic variations that offer a physiological advantage such as high levels of HDL (“good”) cholesterol. But researchers…

Life & Chemistry

Like curry? New biological role identified for compound used in ancient medicine

New research at Oregon State University has discovered that curcumin, a compound found in the cooking spice turmeric, can cause a modest but measurable…

Physics & Astronomy

OSIRIS-REx Team Measures Yarkovsky Effect on Asteroid 1999 RQ36

Scientists with the University of Arizona-led asteroid sample return mission OSIRIS-REx have measured the orbit of their destination asteroid, 1999 RQ36, with…

Earth Sciences

New Model of Geological Strata May Aid Oil Extraction, Water Recovery and Earth History Studies

A Sandia modeling study contradicts a long-held belief of geologists that pore sizes and chemical compositions are uniform throughout a given strata, which are…

Information Technology

Threat Intelligence System Helps Share Malware Data

Known as Titan, the system will be at the center of a security community that will help create safety in numbers as companies large and small add their threat…

Environmental Conservation

El Niño Weather and Climate Change Threaten Survival of Baby Leatherback Sea Turtles

This critically endangered species faces threats that include egg poaching and human fishing practices. Now, Drexel University researchers have found that the…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Find a Way to Delay Aging of Stem Cells

Stem cells are essential building blocks for all organisms, from plants to humans. They can divide and renew themselves throughout life, differentiating into…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Find Genetic Evidence That Turtles Are More Closely Related To Birds Than Lizards And Snakes

Paleontological and morphological studies place turtles as either evolving from the ancestor of all reptiles or as evolving from the ancestor of snakes,…

Environmental Conservation

Bark Beetle May Impact Air Quality, Climate

A study by a researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale shows these two phenomena may be related, tied together by chemistry and climate change…

Materials Sciences

Two-Dimensional Layered Materials for High-Performance Electronics

Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms in a tight hexagonal arrangement, is a highly researched material due to its incredible electronic properties, with…

Life & Chemistry

New Species Top 10 List Draws Attention to Diverse Biosphere

The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and a committee of scientists from around the world announced their picks for…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights: Brain Compensates for Flickering Gaze

These spheres may look almost identical, but subtle differences between them revealed a molecular version of the robots from Transformers. Each sphere is a…

Life & Chemistry

Locating ground zero: How the brain’s emergency workers find the disaster area

Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have now discovered exactly how microglia detect the site of injury,…

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