A new study publish earlier this year and conducted by researchers at North Carolina State University and the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has revealed a groundbreaking technique that can improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries, according to a news release. The research opens up possibilities for enhancing the efficiency of lithium-ion batteries, which have significant implications for portable electronic devices, electric vehicles, and renewable energy storage.
On February 2023, researchers from the University of Bristol, led by Professor Tim Caro and Dr. Martin How, uncovered the reason behind the distinctive thin stripes and sharp outlines found on zebra fur. Published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, the study reveals that these specific characteristics effectively deter horsefly attacks by eliminating the attractiveness of large monochrome dark patches to the insects.
A new report by the Global Carbon Project science team revealed in 2022 that global carbon emissions in 2022 reached record levels, posing a severe threat to efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an innovative inhalable powder that enhances the body's natural defense mechanisms against viral invasion. The powder, known as Spherical Hydrogel Inhalation for Enhanced Lung Defense (SHIELD), reinforces the mucosal layer of the lungs and airways, reducing infection rates.
Dr. Farid Saleh, lead author from the University of Lausanne and Yunnan University, along with an international research team, recently discovered evidence of giant arthropods dominating the seas 470 million years ago at the Taichoute fossil site in Morocco. These remarkable findings shed light on the ancient ecosystems of the now-deserted Taichoute region, challenging previously described Fezouata Shale sites located 80km away.
Use of a novel electrolyte could allow advanced metal electrodes and higher voltages, boosting capacity and cycle life.
Graybiel lab identifies genes linked to abnormal repetitive behaviors often seen in models of addiction and schizophrenia.
Grad student Chiara Salemi and Professor Lindley Winslow use the ABRACADABRA instrument to reveal insights into dark matter.
New MIT vaccines that catch a ride to immune cell depots could help fight cancer and HIV.
Research on how water behaves in a proton channel provides possible new avenues for flu treatment.
BREAST CANCER How do you know whether breast cancer treatment will be able to cure the individual patient? New gene technology can tell us, and it may prove vital to patients.
STEM CELLS An ancient fish called a ‘living fossil’ has helped researchers understand the basics of stem cells. This will further stem cell research and be a step in the direction of creating artificial organs
Older adults are using kratom, often as an alternative to opioids for pain relief.
Even before the pandemic made Zoom ubiquitous, Washington State University researchers were using the video conferencing app to research a type of cannabis that is understudied: the kind people actually use.
Hawaiʻi Gov. David Ige allowed individual counties to make their own COVID-19 pandemic rules and orders beginning on December 1, 2021.
The negative effects of food preservatives on the mouth microbiome (the collection of all microbes, such as bacteria, fungi, viruses and their genes, that naturally live inside and on human bodies), are shown through a study by University of Hawaiʻi Maui College students.
Rainfall map accuracy is vital in climate and hydraulic modeling and supports environmental management decision making, water resource planning and weather forecasting.
Most bottom-dwelling marine invertebrate animals, such as sponges, corals, worms and oysters, produce tiny larvae that swim in the ocean prior to attaching to the seafloor and transforming into juveniles.
The world’s ocean is steadily losing its year-to-year memory due to global warming, according to a study published in Science Advances co-authored by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa atmospheric scientist.
As atmospheric concentrations of CFC-11 drop, the global ocean should become a source of the chemical by the middle of next century.