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- Parylene photonics enable future optical biointerfaces
- Who's Tweeting about scientific research? And why?
- UV-C light is effective for killing COVID-19 on N95s, study demonstrates
- Smart cells: Chemists develop tool with potential to treat illness at the cellular level
- Inducing plasma in biomass could make biogas easier to produce
- Evaporation critical to coronavirus transmission as weather changes
- Physicists develop printable organic transistors
- Chemists make cellular forces visible at the molecular scale
- New theory predicts movement of different animals using sensing to search
- Personal interactions are important drivers of STEM identity in girls
- Ecologists confirm Alan Turing's theory for Australian fairy circles
- Sodium-ion batteries are a valid alternative to Lithium-ion batteries
- Water on exoplanet cloud tops could be found with hi-tech instrumentation
- Web resources bring new insight into COVID-19
- Cities beat suburbs at inspiring cutting-edge innovations
| Parylene photonics enable future optical biointerfaces Posted: 22 Sep 2020 02:25 PM PDT Scientists have invented an optical platform that will likely become the new standard in optical biointerfaces. They labeled this new field of optical technology 'Parylene photonics.'      |
| Who's Tweeting about scientific research? And why? Posted: 22 Sep 2020 11:43 AM PDT Although Twitter is best known for its role in political and cultural discourse, it has also become an increasingly vital tool for scientific communication. A new study shows that Twitter users can be characterized in extremely fine detail by mining a relatively untapped source of information: how those users' followers describe themselves. |
| UV-C light is effective for killing COVID-19 on N95s, study demonstrates Posted: 22 Sep 2020 10:57 AM PDT Researchers have demonstrated that certain N95 respirators tainted with COVID-19 can be effectively and safely decontaminated for reuse using ultraviolet-C light (UV-C), a method commonly utilized for treating rare skin diseases. |
| Smart cells: Chemists develop tool with potential to treat illness at the cellular level Posted: 22 Sep 2020 10:57 AM PDT New research by an international team of chemists describes a new type of artificial cell that can communicate with other cells within the body -- with potential applications in the field of smart pharmaceuticals. |
| Inducing plasma in biomass could make biogas easier to produce Posted: 22 Sep 2020 08:23 AM PDT Producing biogas from the bacterial breakdown of biomass presents options for a greener energy future, but the complex composition of biomass comes with challenges. Cellulose and woody lignocellulose are especially hard for bacteria to digest but pretreatment can make it easier. Researchers are testing plasma formation in biomass and finding a promising method: A plasma-liquid interaction forms reactive species that help break down the biomass and decrease the viscosity of the biomass material. |
| Evaporation critical to coronavirus transmission as weather changes Posted: 22 Sep 2020 08:23 AM PDT As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, it is increasingly urgent to understand how climate impacts the spread of the coronavirus, particularly as winter virus infections are more common and the northern hemisphere will soon see cooler temperatures. Researchers studied the effects of relative humidity, environmental temperature, and wind speed on the respiratory cloud and virus viability. They found a critical factor for the transmission of the infectious particles is evaporation. |
| Physicists develop printable organic transistors Posted: 22 Sep 2020 08:22 AM PDT Scientists have come a step closer to the vision of a broad application of flexible, printable electronics. The team has succeeded in developing powerful vertical organic transistors with two independent control electrodes. |
| Chemists make cellular forces visible at the molecular scale Posted: 22 Sep 2020 08:22 AM PDT Scientists have developed a new technique using tools made of luminescent DNA, lit up like fireflies, to visualize the mechanical forces of cells at the molecular level. |
| New theory predicts movement of different animals using sensing to search Posted: 22 Sep 2020 08:22 AM PDT A research team has developed a new theory that can predict the movement of an animal's sensory organs -- such as eyes, ears and nose -- while searching for something vital to its life. |
| Personal interactions are important drivers of STEM identity in girls Posted: 22 Sep 2020 07:24 AM PDT Researchers found that nuanced interactions between teachers and campers at a coding camp for middle school girls as well as among the girls themselves impacted how girls viewed themselves as coders. |
| Ecologists confirm Alan Turing's theory for Australian fairy circles Posted: 22 Sep 2020 07:24 AM PDT Fairy circles are one of nature's greatest enigmas and most visually stunning phenomena. Researchers have now collected detailed data to show that Alan Turing's model explains the striking vegetation patterns of the Australian fairy circles. In addition, the researchers showed that the grasses that make up these patterns act as ''eco-engineers'' to modify their hostile and arid environment, keeping the ecosystem functioning. |
| Sodium-ion batteries are a valid alternative to Lithium-ion batteries Posted: 22 Sep 2020 07:24 AM PDT A team of scientists combined their knowledge and expertise to assess the current status of the Na-ion technology from materials to cell development, offering a realistic comparison of the key performance indicators for NBs and LIBs. |
| Water on exoplanet cloud tops could be found with hi-tech instrumentation Posted: 22 Sep 2020 07:24 AM PDT Astronomers have shown that water vapor can potentially be detected in the atmospheres of exoplanets by peering literally over the tops of their impenetrable clouds. |
| Web resources bring new insight into COVID-19 Posted: 22 Sep 2020 05:39 AM PDT Two new web resources put at researchers' fingertips information about cellular genes whose expression is affected by coronavirus infection and place these data points in the context of the complex network of host molecular signaling pathways. |
| Cities beat suburbs at inspiring cutting-edge innovations Posted: 22 Sep 2020 05:38 AM PDT The disruptive inventions that make people go 'Wow!' tend to come from research in the heart of cities and not in the suburbs, a new study suggests. Researchers found that, within metro areas, the majority of patents come from innovations created in suburbs. But the unconventional, disruptive innovations -- the ones that combine research from different technological fields -- are more likely to be produced in cities. |
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