Scientists at an “earthquake laboratory at CalTech increased the knowledge of the physics of friction that drive thrust-fault earthquakes, often the world’s largest quakes.
Researchers have come up with a way to make plasma without high-voltage electricity which could lead to new applications in pollution control, medicine and other areas, the U.S. National Science Foundation said.
Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that hospitals could save more lives with a tool that offers earlier identification of patients most at risk of septic shock.
University of Cologne researcher Schoenemann focuses on ancient eyes
Researchers studying the body's ability to produce antibodies for defense against novel viruses have found that the 3D structure of chromatin controls which gene segments are available for recombination.
University of Michigan issued the following announcement on September 21.New heat-harnessing “solar” cells that reflect 99% of the energy they can’t convert to electricity could help bring down the price of storing renewable energy as heat, as well as harvesting waste heat from exhaust pipes and chimneys.The energy storage application, known informally as a “sun in a box,” stores extra wind and solar power generation in a heat bank.“This approach to grid-scale energy storage is receiving widespread interest because it is estimated to be ten-fold cheaper than using batteries,” said Andrej Lenert, an assistant professor of chemical engineering.The “sun” itself in this approach is already low cost: a tank of molten silicon, for instance.
Scientists appear to have cracked the conundrum of how the highly toxic positively charged ammonium ion (NH4+) manages to be transported across a hydrophobic membrane into and out of cells.
The first day of fall coincides with the autumn equinox, when day and night are nearly equal.
Two scientific researchers at the Rice University’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) are studying how a particle that interacts with light may lead to revolutionary applications, such as the splitting of ammonia to produce hydrogen fuel and breaking apart and de-toxifying “forever” chemicals such as PFAS, can be used in firefighting spray and Teflon pan coatings.
A University of California, Las Angeles (UCLA)-led team of scientists has been able to show that sleep takes on a significantly different function in the human brain around the age of 2.5 years, and Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep in that first stage is essential to brain development.
Officials of the National Academy of Engineering Medicine said it’s too early to tell if veterans suffering from respiratory problems acquired the problems during service in Iraq and Afghanistan from open burn pits, diesel exhaust and other carcinogens during the Gulf War and later conflicts.
Temperatures at Earth’s highest latitudes were nearly as warm after Antarctica’s polar ice sheets developed as they were prior to glaciation, according to a new study led by Yale University.
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