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- Curve at tip of shoes eases movement but may lead to weaker muscles, problems
- Hubble captures crisp new portrait of Jupiter's storms
- Venus' ancient layered, folded rocks point to volcanic origin
- New calculation refines comparison of matter with antimatter
- Sturdy fabric-based piezoelectric energy harvester takes us one step closer to wearable electronics
- 'Floating' graphene on a bed of calcium atoms
- Mathematical modelling to prevent fistulas
- Climate change impacts astronomical observations
- Self-imaging of a molecule by its own electrons
- Researchers 3D print tiny multicolor microstructures
- Effective pathway to convert CO2 into ethylene
- World's smallest ultrasound detector created
- Medical robotic hand? Rubbery semiconductor makes it possible
- New data processing module makes deep neural networks smarter
- New photoactivation mechanism for polymer production
- From star to solar system: How protoplanetary rings form in primordial gas clouds
| Curve at tip of shoes eases movement but may lead to weaker muscles, problems Posted: 17 Sep 2020 03:12 PM PDT The scientists found that the more curved a toe spring is, the less power the foot inside the shoe has to exert when pushing off from the ground while walking. That means foot muscles are doing less work, and this, the researchers hypothesize, may have consequences such as less endurance and make people more susceptible to medical conditions like plantar fasciitis.      |
| Hubble captures crisp new portrait of Jupiter's storms Posted: 17 Sep 2020 03:04 PM PDT Hubble's sharp view is giving researchers an updated weather report on the monster planet's turbulent atmosphere, including a remarkable new storm brewing, and a cousin of the famous Great Red Spot region gearing up to change color -- again. |
| Venus' ancient layered, folded rocks point to volcanic origin Posted: 17 Sep 2020 10:55 AM PDT Researchers has found that some of the oldest terrain on Venus, known as tesserae, have layering that seems consistent with volcanic activity. The finding could provide insights into the enigmatic planet's geological history. |
| New calculation refines comparison of matter with antimatter Posted: 17 Sep 2020 09:28 AM PDT An international collaboration of theoretical physicists has published a new calculation relevant to the search for an explanation of the predominance of matter over antimatter in our universe. The new calculation gives a more accurate prediction for the likelihood with which kaons decay into a pair of electrically charged pions vs. a pair of neutral pions. |
| Sturdy fabric-based piezoelectric energy harvester takes us one step closer to wearable electronics Posted: 17 Sep 2020 07:54 AM PDT Researchers presented a highly flexible but sturdy wearable piezoelectric harvester using the simple and easy fabrication process of hot pressing and tape casting. This energy harvester, which has record high interfacial adhesion strength, will take us one step closer to being able to manufacture embedded wearable electronics. |
| 'Floating' graphene on a bed of calcium atoms Posted: 17 Sep 2020 07:53 AM PDT Adding calcium to graphene creates an extremely-promising superconductor, but where does the calcium go? In a new study, a Monash-led team has for the first time confirmed what actually happens to those calcium atoms. Surprising everyone, the calcium goes underneath both the upper graphene sheet and a lower 'buffer' sheet, 'floating' the graphene on a bed of calcium atoms. |
| Mathematical modelling to prevent fistulas Posted: 17 Sep 2020 07:53 AM PDT It is better to invest in measures that make it easier for women to visit a doctor during pregnancy than measures to repair birth injuries. This is the conclusion from mathematicians, using Uganda as an example. |
| Climate change impacts astronomical observations Posted: 17 Sep 2020 07:53 AM PDT Already, climate change is having an impact on the conditions of space observation at the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama Desert. In future, new telescopes will have to be adapted to the expected changes, a new study. |
| Self-imaging of a molecule by its own electrons Posted: 17 Sep 2020 07:46 AM PDT Researchers have shown that high-resolution movies of molecular dynamics can be recorded using electrons ejected from the molecule by an intense laser field. |
| Researchers 3D print tiny multicolor microstructures Posted: 17 Sep 2020 05:41 AM PDT Researchers have developed an automated 3D printing method that can produce multicolor 3D microstructures using different materials. The new method could be used to make a variety of optical components including optical sensors and light-driven actuators as well as multimaterial structures for applications such as soft robotics and medical applications. |
| Effective pathway to convert CO2 into ethylene Posted: 17 Sep 2020 05:40 AM PDT The scientists developed nanoscale copper wires with specially shaped surfaces to catalyze a chemical reaction that reduces greenhouse gas emissions while generating ethylene -- a valuable chemical simultaneously. |
| World's smallest ultrasound detector created Posted: 16 Sep 2020 12:48 PM PDT Researchers have developed the world's smallest ultrasound detector. It is based on miniaturized photonic circuits on top of a silicon chip. With a size 100 times smaller than an average human hair, the new detector can visualize features that are much smaller than previously possible, leading to what is known as super-resolution imaging. |
| Medical robotic hand? Rubbery semiconductor makes it possible Posted: 16 Sep 2020 12:48 PM PDT A medical robotic hand could allow doctors to more accurately diagnose and treat people from halfway around the world, but currently available technologies aren't good enough to match the in-person experience. Now researchers have reported that they have designed and produced a smart electronic skin and a medical robotic hand capable of assessing vital diagnostic data by using a newly invented rubbery semiconductor. |
| New data processing module makes deep neural networks smarter Posted: 16 Sep 2020 10:11 AM PDT Artificial intelligence researchers have improved the performance of deep neural networks by combining feature normalization and feature attention modules into a single module that they call attentive normalization. The hybrid module improves the accuracy of the system significantly, while using negligible extra computational power. |
| New photoactivation mechanism for polymer production Posted: 16 Sep 2020 10:10 AM PDT A team of researchers has demonstrated a way to use low-energy, visible light to produce polymer gel objects from pure monomer solutions. The work not only poses a potential solution to current challenges in producing these materials, it also sheds further light on the ways in which low energy photons can combine to produce high energy excited states. |
| From star to solar system: How protoplanetary rings form in primordial gas clouds Posted: 15 Sep 2020 09:13 AM PDT The star HL Tauri is glowing at the center of a system of concentric rings made from gas and dust and producing planets, one for each gap in the ring. Its discovery has shaken solar system origin theories to their core. |
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