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Electrochemical Device Captures Carbon Dioxide at the Flick of a Switch

Disruptive technology could lower carbon-capture costs across all emission types

A New Approach To Preventing Human-Induced Earthquakes

Applied in the field, a new model reduced quakes from oil and gas processes; could help manage seismic events from carbon sequestration.

New Enzyme Could Aid Anticancer Drug Development

Rice U. study provides complete roadmap to complex molecule assembly

A New Way To Detect The SARS-Cov-2 Alpha Variant In Wastewater

SMART researchers have developed an innovative method to detect and quantify the B.1.1.7 (Alpha) variant of concern via wastewater epidemiology.

Baker Institute Report: Russia-Ukraine Provides Policy Lessons on Oil, Natural Gas as Geopolitical Weapons

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought renewed focus on the use of energy resources as geopolitical “weapons.”

Study Finds Human Impact on Wildlife Even in Protected Areas

Largest survey of its kind could inform biodiversity policy

The Free-Energy Principle Explains the Brain

The RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan, along with colleagues, has shown that the free-energy principle can explain how neural networks are optimized for efficiency.

UH Population Health Now a Jackson Heart Study Vanguard Center

Exclusive Data on Cardiovascular Health in African Americans Hosted at University

Researchers Find Hidden Micro-Stressors in Routine Driving

UH and Texas A&M Transportation Institute Use Affective Computing to Gain Unique Insights Into the Driver Condition

A Novel Combination Therapy Counters Antibiotic-Resistant Mycobacterium Abscessus Infections

SMART researchers combine rifaximin and clarithromycin to effectively restore the latter drug's efficacy.

MIT Researchers Devise A Way To Evaluate Cybersecurity Methods

The system analyzes the likelihood that an attacker could thwart a certain security scheme to steal secret information.

Making Data Visualizations More Accessible

Researchers find blind and sighted readers have sharply different takes on what content is most useful to include in a chart caption.

Study author Friedman: 'The fish clades contributing the most fish diversity in today’s oceans are leveraging the water column'

A new Yale study reveals the puzzling dichotomy of fish diversity, with tropical waters being the most species-rich but fish groups in colder climates at higher latitudes generating new species more rapidly.

Shrinking Qubits for Quantum Computing with Atom-Thin Materials

Using 2D materials, researchers have built superconducting qubits that are a fraction of the size of previous qubits, paving the way for smaller quantum computers.

Researchers Teach An AI To Write Better Chart Captions

A new dataset can help scientists develop automatic systems that generate richer, more descriptive captions for online charts.

A Sinking Situation In Houston, Texas Gulf Coast

A recent report says geology and groundwater pumping have created a "perfect storm" for sinking cities.

A Novel Approach To Determine How Carcinogenic Bacteria Find Their Targets

Treatments targeting the motility system of the bacteria could eliminate the risk of antibiotic resistance.

Vaccine Delivers A Boost To T Cell Therapy

The new strategy may enable engineered T cells to eradicate solid tumors such as glioblastoma.