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May 8, 2024
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May 8, 2024 — Researchers may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet atmosphere outside our solar ...
May 6, 2024 — Engineers created a catapillar-shaped robot that splits into segments and reassembles, hauls cargo, and crawls through twisting ...
May 6, 2024 — Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored as much water as Earth. Today, almost all of it has disappeared. A new study may help to explain ...
May 1, 2024 — A research team using the ChemCam instrument onboard NASA's Curiosity rover discovered higher-than-usual amounts of manganese in lakebed rocks within Gale Crater on Mars, which indicates that the sediments were formed in a river, delta, or near the ...
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May 8, 2024 — What determines the cycle life of batteries? And, more importantly, how can we extend it? An international research team has discovered that local disorder in the oxide cathode material increases the ...
May 8, 2024 — A tiny, flexible electronic device that wraps around the spinal cord could represent a new approach to the treatment of spinal injuries, which can ...
May 8, 2024 — Conversational agents (CAs) such as Alexa and Siri are designed to answer questions, offer suggestions -- and even display empathy. However, new research finds they do poorly compared to humans when ...
May 8, 2024 — After starting science operations in February, Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) studied the monster black hole at the center of galaxy NGC ...
May 7, 2024 — In the ever-expanding search for energy resources, a new study has emerged from Mozambique's Maniamba Basin. Mozambique's Maniamba Basin could be a big source of natural ...
May 7, 2024 — Engineers have developed two new graph-based computational tools for tracking genomic variation within ...
May 8, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a way to stop the quantum dance of atoms 'seen' by electrons in carbon-based organic molecules. This development will help improve the performance of light emitting ...
May 8, 2024 — When old food packaging, discarded children's toys and other mismanaged plastic waste break down into microplastics, they become even harder to clean ...
May 7, 2024 — Researchers reveal a new pathway for designing optical materials using the degree of atomic disorder. The researchers anticipate developing crystals that enable advanced infrared imaging in low light ...
May 7, 2024 — Researchers used commercially available tabletop lasers to create tiny, atomically sharp nanostructures in samples of a layered 2D material called hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN). The new ...
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May 8, 2024 — Despite the high prevalence of substance abuse and its often devastating outcomes, especially among disadvantaged populations, few Americans receive treatment for substance use disorders. However, ...
May 7, 2024 — Tracking individual enzymes during the breakdown of cellulose for biofuel production has revealed how several roadblocks slow this process when using plant material that might otherwise go to waste. ...
May 7, 2024 — Researchers developed a silk fabric, which is barely thicker than a human hair, that can suppress unwanted noise and reduce noise transmission in a large ...
May 7, 2024 — Emergency departments nationwide are overcrowded and overtaxed, but a new study suggests artificial intelligence (AI) could one day help prioritize which patients need treatment most ...
May 7, 2024 — Solar energy is a crucial asset in the fight against climate change, and researchers have now devised a smart approach to optimize its effectiveness. Their innovative method includes incorporating ...
May 7, 2024 — Move over, graphene. There's a new, improved two-dimensional material in the lab. Borophene, the atomically thin version of boron first synthesized in 2015, is more conductive, thinner, lighter, ...
May 7, 2024 — Understanding how mucus changes, and what it changes in response to, can help diagnose illnesses and develop treatments. Researchers develop a system to grow mucus-producing intestinal cells and ...
May 7, 2024 — Researchers used a breast cancer cell line panel and primary tumor explants from breast and cervical cancer patients to examine two different cellular contractility modes: one that generates ...
May 7, 2024 — Researchers have invented a breakthrough technique for manufacturing highly purified silicon that brings powerful quantum computers a big step ...
May 7, 2024 — Discharge from ships with so-called scrubbers cause great damage to the Baltic Sea. A new study shows that these emissions caused pollution corresponding to socio-economic costs of more than EUR 680 ...
May 7, 2024 — The natural vein structure found within leaves -- which has inspired the structural design of porous materials that can maximize mass transfer -- could unlock improvements in energy storage, ...
May 7, 2024 — A new type of surgically implanted pump that can support a child's failing heart has passed the first stage of human testing in a recent ...
May 7, 2024 — Researchers have harnessed the technology behind foundation models, which power tools like ChatGPT, to discover new cancer imaging biomarkers that could transform how patterns are identified from ...
May 7, 2024 — Finding reliable, eco-friendly power sources is crucial as our world grapples with increasing energy needs and the urgent call to combat climate change. Solar energy offers one solution, with ...
May 6, 2024 — Cybersecurity programs vary dramatically across the country, a review has found. The authors argue that program leaders should work with professional societies to make sure graduates are well trained ...
May 6, 2024 — By using experimental electrochemical analyses, mass spectrometry, and computational quantum chemistry modeling, the researchers created an 'atomic-scale storyline' to explain how ozone is ...
May 6, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new AI tool to that generate new drug candidates for cancer, which could help streamline the typically laborious drug discovery ...
May 6, 2024 — Researchers have achieved the first controllable interaction between two hole spin qubits in a conventional silicon transistor. The breakthrough opens up the possibility of integrating millions of ...
May 6, 2024 — Why 3,000 bars are needed to take a comprehensive look at a protein: Researchers present a new high-pressure spectroscopy method to unravel the properties of proteins' native ...
May 6, 2024 — New research finds that, while an increasing number of minors are using virtual reality (VR) apps, not many parents recognize the extent of the security and privacy risks that are specific to VR ...
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
- Why Is Breaking Down Plant Material for Biofuels So Slow?
- This Sound-Suppressing Silk Can Create Quiet Spaces
- Emergency Department Packed to the Gills? Someday, AI May Help
- Efficacy of Solar Panels Boosted
- 'Better Than Graphene' Material Development May Improve Implantable Technology
- Seeking Medical Insights in the Physics of Mucus
- Study Sheds Light on Cancer Cell 'tug-of-War'
- New Super-Pure Silicon Chip Opens Path to Powerful Quantum Computers
- Millions in Costs Due to Discharge of Scrubber Water Into the Baltic Sea
- Bio-Inspired Materials' Potential for Efficient Mass Transfer Boosted by a New Twist on a Century-Old Theory
- Small Pump for Kids Awaiting Heart Transplant Shows Promise
- Researchers Use Foundation Models to Discover New Cancer Imaging Biomarkers
- Low-Energy Process for High-Performance Solar Cells
Monday, May 6, 2024
- Cybersecurity Education Varies Widely in US
- The Clues for Cleaner Water
- Simulated Chemistry: New AI Platform Designs Tomorrow's Cancer Drugs
- Experiment Opens Door for Millions of Qubits on One Chip
- High-Pressure Spectroscopy: Why 3,000 Bars Are Needed to Take a Comprehensive Look at a Protein
- VR May Pose Privacy Risks for Kids: A New Study Finds Parents Aren't as Worried as They Should Be
- Astronomers Observe Elusive Stellar Light Surrounding Ancient Quasars
- Hubble Views a Galaxy With a Voracious Black Hole
- A Better Way to Ride a Motorcycle
- Biomechanical Dataset for Badminton Performance Analysis
- New Discoveries About Jupiter's Magnetosphere
Friday, May 3, 2024
- New Study Reveals How Teens Thrive Online: Factors That Shape Digital Success Revealed
- When Injecting Pure Spin Into Chiral Materials, Direction Matters
- Tweaking Isotopes Sheds Light on Promising Approach to Engineer Semiconductors
- Stretchable E-Skin Could Give Robots Human-Level Touch Sensitivity
- Towards Transparent and Antimicrobial Surfaces for Touch Displays
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- New Nevada Experiments Will Improve Monitoring of Nuclear Explosions
- New Eco-Friendly Lubricant Additives Protect Turbine Equipment, Waterways
- Physicists Arrange Atoms in Extremely Close Proximity
- Path to Easier Recycling of Solar Modules
- Robots Invited to Help Make Wind Turbine Blades
- Scientists Test for Quantum Nature of Gravity
- Sugar-Based Catalyst Upcycles Carbon Dioxide
- Random Robots Are More Reliable
- Significant New Discovery in Teleportation Research -- Noise Can Improve the Quality of Quantum Teleportation
- New Approach in the Synthesis of Complex Natural Substances
- New Sensor Detects Errors in MRI Scans
- Toxic Chemicals Can Be Detected With New AI Method
- Researchers Create New Chemical Compound to Solve 120-Year-Old Problem
- Unveiling a Polarized World -- In a Single Shot
- This Highly Reflective Black Paint Makes Objects More Visible to Autonomous Cars
- Webb Telescope Probably Didn't Find Life on an Exoplanet -- Yet
- Cost-Effective, High-Capacity, and Cyclable Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes
- Artificial Intelligence Enhances Monitoring of Threatened Marbled Murrelet
- New Mirror That Can Be Flexibly Shaped Improves X-Ray Microscopes
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
- The Big Quantum Chill: Scientists Modify Common Lab Refrigerator to Cool Faster With Less Energy
- Science Has an AI Problem: This Group Says They Can Fix It
- Physicists Build New Device That Is Foundation for Quantum Computing
- Researchers Unlock Potential of 2D Magnetic Devices for Future Computing
- New Computer Algorithm Supercharges Climate Models and Could Lead to Better Predictions of Future Climate Change
- A 'cosmic Glitch' In Gravity
- Marriage of Synthetic Biology and 3D Printing Produces Programmable Living Materials
- Virtual Reality Environment for Teens May Offer an Accessible, Affordable Way to Reduce Stress
- Time Zones and Tiredness Strongly Influence NBA Results, Study of 25,000 Matches Shows
- Improved AI Process Could Better Predict Water Supplies
- Scientists Show That There Is Indeed an 'entropy' Of Quantum Entanglement
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Activity in a Room Stirs Up Nanoparticles Left Over from Consumer Sprays
- Missing Link in Species Conservation: Pharmacists, Chemists Could Turn Tide on Plant, Animal Extinction
- Researchers Develop an AI Model to Reduce Uncertainty in Evapotranspiration Prediction
- Webb Captures Top of Iconic Horsehead Nebula in Unprecedented Detail
- Scientists Solve Chemical Mystery at the Interface of Biology and Technology
- Methane Emissions from Landfill Could Be Turned Into Sustainable Jet Fuel in Plasma Chemistry Leap
- Big Data Reveals True Climate Impact of Worldwide Air Travel
- Under Examination: Buckling -- When Structures Suddenly Collapse
- Machine Listening: Making Speech Recognition Systems More Inclusive
- Biodegradable 'living Plastic' Houses Bacterial Spores That Help It Break Down
- NASA's Webb Maps Weather on Planet 280 Light-Years Away
- Innovation Promises to Prevent Power Pole-Top Fires
- A Virus Could Help Save Billions of Gallons of Wastewater Produced by Fracking
- Discovery of Mechanism Plants Use to Change Seed Oil Could Impact Industrial, Food Oils
- New Technology Makes 3D Microscopes Easier to Use, Less Expensive to Manufacture
- Trotting Robots Reveal Emergence of Animal Gait Transitions
- E-Bike Incentives Prove to Be Worth the Investment
- Lead-Vacancy Centers in Diamond as Building Blocks for Large-Scale Quantum Networks
Monday, April 29, 2024
- Astronomers' Simulations Support Dark Matter Theory
- Research on RNA Editing Illuminates Possible Lifesaving Treatments for Genetic Diseases
- Scientists Harness the Wind as a Tool to Move Objects
- Laser Imaging Could Offer Early Detection for at-Risk Artwork
- Gemini South Reveals Origin of Unexpected Differences in Giant Binary Stars
- Researchers Develop a New Way to Instruct Dance in Virtual Reality
- 'Seeing the Invisible': New Tech Enables Deep Tissue Imaging During Surgery
- Details of Hurricane Ian's Aftermath Captured With New Remote Sensing Method
- Atomic Nucleus Excited With Laser: A Breakthrough After Decades
- When Does a Conductor Not Conduct?
- Scientists Develop Strong Yet Reusable Adhesive from Smart Materials
- Physicists Show That Light Can Generate Electricity Even in Translucent Materials
- Speeding Up Spectroscopic Analysis
- Probing the Effects of Interplanetary Space on Asteroid Ryugu
Friday, April 26, 2024
- Computer Scientists Unveil Novel Attacks on Cybersecurity
- The End of the Quantum Tunnel
- New Algorithm Cuts Through 'noisy' Data to Better Predict Tipping Points
- From Disorder to Order: Flocking Birds and 'spinning' Particles
- Energy Trades Could Help Resolve Nile Conflict
- Tomography-Based Digital Twins of Nd-Fe-B Magnets
- Barcodes Expand Range of High-Resolution Sensor
- Imaging Technique Shows New Details of Peptide Structures