Soft Matter
Conducting supercooled droplet experiments to design and engineer superhydrophobic ice-repellent surfaces
Supercooled droplets can typically freeze on surfaces in nature, and have broad-scale influence on industries where they can adversely impact technical efficiency and reliability. Superhydrophobic surfaces are therefore a ...
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Analytical Chemistry
Tsunami in a water glass: Observing the actions of the hydrated electron
Hydrated electrons play a major role in many physical, chemical and biological processes. They are not bound to an atom or molecule and are free in the solution. Since they are only ever created as an intermediate product, ...
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How a record-breaking copper catalyst converts carbon dioxide into liquid fuels
Since the 1970s, scientists have known that copper has a special ability to transform carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and fuels. But for many years, scientists have struggled to understand how this common metal works ...
Nanophysics
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Using the cuttlefish eye as a template for robot eyes that can see better in murky conditions
A team of roboticists from Seoul National University, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology and Pusan National University, all in the Republic of Korea, has developed a new kind of robotic eye that can see better under ...
Scientists discover mirror neurons in mice and find they're tuned to aggression
In nature, when two animals fight, they are seldom without an audience. Pull back the camera on a pair of clashing lions and you'll see their peers looking on.
Neuroscience
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Small molecule drug reverses ADAR1-induced cancer stem cell cloning capacity
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Sanford Stem Cell Institute and Moores Cancer Center report that a late-stage, pre-clinical small molecule inhibitor, called rebecsinib, reverses malignant ...
Medications
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New ultrafast water disinfection method is more environmentally friendly
Having safe drinking water is vital for public health, but traditional methods of disinfection cause their own environmental problems. Chlorine is cheap and easy to use in centralized water systems, but at the expense of ...
Engineering
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How to pull carbon dioxide out of seawater
As carbon dioxide continues to build up in the Earth's atmosphere, research teams around the world have spent years seeking ways to remove the gas efficiently from the air. Meanwhile, the world's number one "sink" for carbon ...
Energy & Green Tech
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Moms' and babies' medical data predicts prematurity complications, study shows
By sifting through electronic health records of moms and babies using a machine-learning algorithm, scientists can predict how at-risk newborns will fare in their first two months of life. The new method allows physicians ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
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What drives children to choose compassion?
University of Queensland researchers have found children will help people in distress unless there is a personal cost.
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Research identifies potential long COVID racial disparities
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At-home fertility tests: Here's what they can actually tell you
How running can help you cope with stress at work
AI could improve mental health care by helping doctors analyze patients' answers
Using stool samples as an indicator of early form of Parkinson's
Scientists make breakthrough for 'next generation' cancer treatment
Mapping the neural activity in mammalian brains
CBD shows promise for reducing cigarette smoking
Psychological stress impedes performance, even for Olympic athletes
Big data initiative discovers new causal pathways in Alzheimer's
Tech Xplore
How to pull carbon dioxide out of seawater
US launches artificial intelligence military use initiative
Countries urge action for rules on AI use in war
Super Bowl car ads sell Americans the idea that new tech will protect them
A large language model that answers philosophical questions
Keeping drivers safe with a road that can melt snow, ice on its own
Majority of Texans back shift to solar energy
Users say Microsoft's Bing chatbot gets defensive and testy
Eco-friendly mud houses make comeback in Hungary
Turkey quake revives debate over nuclear plant being built
Reused car batteries rev up electric grid
Add-on device makes home furnaces cleaner, safer and longer-lasting
Where do stolen bikes go?
Neanderthal genes may have helped early humans adapt to differences in Eurasian daylight hours
A team of epidemiologists and geneticists from Vanderbilt University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California has found evidence that suggests modern humans mating with Neanderthals may have gained ...
Study shows that COVID-19 virus can be detected in tears sampled by ocular swab
Research led by scientists at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil has found that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can be detected in tears collected by swabbing. A swab is an absorbent cotton pad on a flexible ...
Medical research
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US housing market overvalued by $200 billion due to unpriced climate risks, says study
A new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change examines the potential cost of unrealized flood risk in the American real estate market, finding that flood zone property prices are overvalued by $121–$237 billion.
Economics & Business
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A star is born: Images of nearby galaxies provide clues about star formation
It is a popular notion that aside from large celestial objects like planets, stars and asteroids, outer space is empty. In fact, galaxies are filled with something called the interstellar medium (ISM)—that is, the gas and ...
Astronomy
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Nanoparticles perform ultralong distance communication, have 'no counterpart or analogue in nature'
Northwestern University chemists have designed a new photonic lattice with properties never before seen in nature. In solid materials, atoms must be equally spaced apart and close enough together to interact effectively. ...
Nanophysics
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Researchers observe a bubble phase of composite fermions
Strong interactions between particles in physical systems can result in various highly correlated ground states. These states and the strong correlations underpinning them have been extensively explored in recent years.
Whales give up singing to fight for love
Male whales along Australia's eastern seaboard are giving up singing to attract a mate, switching instead to fighting their male competition.
Plants & Animals
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Engineered wood grows stronger while trapping carbon dioxide
Rice University scientists have figured out a way to engineer wood to trap carbon dioxide through a potentially scalable, energy-efficient process that also makes the material stronger for use in construction.
Engineering
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Researchers develop efficient process for chemical terpene synthesis
A team of scientists led by Professor Tanja Gulder at Leipzig University's Institute of Organic Chemistry, together with colleagues from the University of Regensburg, has developed a simplified and efficient method for the ...
Materials Science
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AI could improve mental health care by helping doctors analyze patients' answers
Patients are often asked to rate their feelings using a rating scale, when talking to psychologists or doctors about their mental health. This is currently how depression and anxiety are diagnosed. However, a new study from ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Fiber discovery could shape better gut health
Changing the structure of a dietary fiber commonly found in a range of food products has been found to promote healthy gut bacteria and reduce gas formation, a finding that could help people with intolerances to fiber and ...
What caused the tragic earthquake in Turkey and Syria, and is California next?
In the early morning hours of Feb. 6, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck near the border between Turkey and Syria. Dozens of aftershocks followed in the next few days, including a 7.5 magnitude earthquake triggered by the ...
Canine distemper now threatens big cats in Nepal
Researchers with the College of Veterinary Medicine have confirmed the first cases of canine distemper virus (CDV), which can cause fatal neurological disease, in tigers and leopards in Nepal.
One-time tax items aren't earnings misconduct
When investors try to forecast a company's future earnings by analyzing its current financial statements, a perplexing problem is how to interpret nonrecurring income taxes.
How human rights law can improve women's health
Research being launched at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, today offers a rare glimpse at how the key international convention on women's rights has been translated into national laws on issues such as sexual health ...
NASA's Webb telescope reveals intricate networks of gas, dust in nearby galaxies
Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are getting their first look at star formation, gas, and dust in nearby galaxies with unprecedented resolution at infrared wavelengths. The data has enabled an initial collection ...
Q&A;: How new honeybee vaccine offers hope for protecting more than just honeybees
In a headline-making move, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently approved the first honeybee vaccine against American foulbrood disease, a bacterial illness that has partially contributed to dramatic drops in U.S. honeybee ...
Rise of ChatGPT shows why Australia needs a clearer approach to technology in schools
ChatGPT and its powerful capacity to generate original text has taken the education sector by surprise. Not only are universities hurrying to adapt to it, schools are also grappling with this new technology.
Abuse in Canadian sports highlights gender and racial inequities
Sport in Canada is at a crossroads. The ongoing scandal with Hockey Canada highlights the need to take broader societal action to create a safer sport culture. The crisis in sport is rooted in issues of power and control ...
Shake and divide: The cocktail formula for global consensus
For yet another year, the world's conference on climate change—COP27—concluded with few agreements and a clear division between North and South.
New method provides more accurate analysis of old ice
Ice cores are a unique climate archive. Thanks to a new method developed by researchers at the University of Bern and Empa, greenhouse gas concentrations in 1.5 million year old ice can be measured even more accurately. The ...
Spent vapes and e-cigs contribute to a new waste pandemic
Vaping, or using electronic cigarettes, not only pollutes the surrounding air, it also creates a new contaminated e-waste stream.
AI can track bees on camera: Here's how that will help farmers
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a new way to track the insect pollinators essential to farming.
An extension of the memristive system: From tunable conductance to reconfigurable photoresponse
In traditional vision systems, the optical information is captured by a frame-based digital camera, and then the digital signal is processed afterwards using machine-learning algorithms. In this scenario, a large amount of ...
Incarceration: Burdensome legacy for African American fathers and their sons
More than 1.1 million African American men are imprisoned in the United States, and about 500,000 are fathers. Many of their fathers also served time in jail or prison, and many of their children will as well.
Dodo 'de-extinction' announcement causes conservation debate
The dodo has joined an exclusive club, becoming one of the species suggested for de-extinction.
Feathered 'fingerprints' reveal potential motivation for migratory patterns of endangered seabirds
With the largest wingspan of any living bird, the wandering albatross is a giant of the sea. But like several other tube-nosed bird species, it is under threat of extinction.
Are cod 'severely depleted' in the Gulf of Maine? Fishermen, scientists view ocean depths differently
When fishermen and women look at the gray Atlantic waters off New England, they see a marine environment literally swimming with cod, the popular white fish prized around the world for its mild flavor.
It's just another marketing scheme. 'De-influencers' tell you what to buy by telling you what not to buy
Tucked in between videos of friends, family or silly dances and pranks are promoted advertisements, often not labeled, to get users to buy the latest products. A simple scroll through TikTok can garner thousands of videos ...
Optimized amide bond reaction using heterocyclic compounds and carboxylic acid
A high-yield, one-pot, scalable reaction facilitates the production of biologically relevant amide compounds using less reactive nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds and carboxylic acid without the use of heat or special ...