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Soccer heading linked to measurable decline in brain function

New research being presented this week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) links soccer heading – where players hit the ball with their head…

Material that can perform different tasks depending on temperature

Researchers report that they have developed a new composite material designed to change behaviors depending on temperature in order to perform specific tasks. These materials are poised to be part…

Researchers advance ‘placenta-on-a-chip’

…with sensing, imaging technology. A research poster dated Dec. 9, 2015, hangs just outside Nicole Hashemi’s Iowa State University laboratory. It introduces a major project for Hashemi and her research…

Network of robots can successfully monitor pipes

…using acoustic wave sensors. An inspection design method and procedure by which mobile robots can inspect large pipe structures has been demonstrated with the successful inspection of multiple defects on…

Fat cells help repair damaged nerves

Damage to the body’s peripheral nerves can cause pain and movement disorders. Researchers at the Leipzig University have recently investigated how damaged nerves can regenerate better. They found that fat…

Fighting global warming with tamarind polymers

For this contribution to Sustainable Chemistry, the international expert jury of the Innovation Challenge honoured Indian the start-up Schutzen Chemical Group with the ISC3 Innovation Award 2023, endowed with 15,000…

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Physics and Astronomy

Researchers show an old law still holds for quirky quantum materials

This surprising result is important for understanding unconventional superconductors and other materials where electrons band together to act collectively. Long before researchers discovered the electron and its role in generating…

Meteorites likely source of nitrogen for early Earth

Kyoto-Hawai’i team reveals results of study from Ryugu samples. Micrometeorites originating from icy celestial bodies in the outer Solar System may be responsible for transporting nitrogen to the near-Earth region…

TPL for photonic packaging: a promising solution

Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are compact devices that combine multiple optical components on a single chip. They have a wide range of applications in communications, ranging, sensing, computing, spectroscopy, and…

Life Sciences and Chemistry

The venom preceded the stinger

Genomic studies shed light on the origins of bee venom. Bees, wasps and ants belong to the Hymenoptera order and inject a whole cocktail of venomous ingredients when they sting….

Tracing the Evolution of the “Little Brain”

Heidelberg scientists unveil genetic programmes controlling the development of cellular diversity in the cerebellum of humans and other mammals. The evolution of higher cognitive functions in human beings has so…

Tiny biological robots from human cells

The multicellular bots move around and help heal “wounds” created in cultured neurons. Researchers at Tufts University and Harvard University’s Wyss Institute have created tiny biological robots that they call…

Materials Sciences

Material that can perform different tasks depending on temperature

Researchers report that they have developed a new composite material designed to change behaviors depending on temperature in order to perform specific tasks. These materials are poised to be part…

New study shows how heat can be used in computing

Physicists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and Central South University in China have demonstrated that, combining specific materials, heat in technical devices can be used in computing. Their discovery…

Hybrid transistors set stage for integration of biology and microelectronics

Microprocessor-scale transistors detect and respond to biological states and the environment. Your phone may have more than 15 billion tiny transistors packed into its microprocessor chips. The transistors are made…

Information Technology

Straining memory leads to new computing possibilities

Researchers develop hybrid phase-change memristors that offer fast, low-power, and high-density computing memory.# By strategically straining materials that are as thin as a single layer of atoms, University of Rochester scientists have…

The chip that makes calculations with light

‘Nature Photonics’ features a study by the Politecnico di Milano in collaboration with Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa. Optical wireless may no longer have any obstacles. A study by Politecnico…

Network of robots can successfully monitor pipes

…using acoustic wave sensors. An inspection design method and procedure by which mobile robots can inspect large pipe structures has been demonstrated with the successful inspection of multiple defects on…