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| New AI tool calculates materials' stress and strain based on photos Posted: 27 Apr 2021 01:32 PM PDT Researchers developed a machine-learning technique that uses an image to estimate the stresses and strains acting on a material. The advance could accelerate engineers' design process by eliminating the need to solve complex equations. |
| How to build a better 'nanopore' biosensor Posted: 27 Apr 2021 11:36 AM PDT Researchers have spent more than three decades developing and studying miniature biosensors that can identify single molecules. To boost the accuracy and speed of these measurements, scientists must find ways to better understand how molecules interact with these sensors. Researchers have now developed a new approach. |
| Silicon could be a photonics game-changer Posted: 27 Apr 2021 10:55 AM PDT New research has shown that silicon could be one of the most powerful materials for photonic informational manipulation - opening up new possibilities for the production of lasers and displays. |
| Exposure to high heat neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 in less than one second, study finds Posted: 27 Apr 2021 09:24 AM PDT Researchers have designed an experimental system that shows exposure of SARS-CoV-2 to a very high temperature, even if applied for less than a second, can be sufficient to neutralize the virus so that it can no longer infect another human host. |
| Scientists design 'nanotraps' to catch, clear coronavirus Posted: 27 Apr 2021 09:24 AM PDT Researchers have designed a completely novel potential treatment for COVID-19: nanoparticles that capture SARS-CoV-2 viruses within the body and then use the body's own immune system to destroy it. |
| Following nature's cue, researchers build successful, sustainable industrial networks Posted: 27 Apr 2021 08:38 AM PDT By translating the pattern of interconnections between nature's food chains to industrial networks, researchers have delineated guidelines for setting up successful industrial communities. The researchers said this guidance can facilitate economic growth, lower emissions and reduce waste while simultaneously ensure that partnering industries can recover from unexpected disturbances. |
| New 2D superconductor forms at higher temperatures Posted: 27 Apr 2021 08:37 AM PDT Researchers have discovered a new way to generate 2D superconductivity at an interface of an insulating oxide material, at high transition temperatures. |
| Physicists net neutron star gold from measurement of lead Posted: 27 Apr 2021 08:06 AM PDT Nuclear physicists have made a new, highly accurate measurement of the thickness of the neutron 'skin' that encompasses the lead nucleus in experiments. The result, which revealed a neutron skin thickness of .28 millionths of a nanometer, has important implications for the structure and size of neutron stars. |
| Nature provides inspiration for breakthrough in self-regulating materials Posted: 27 Apr 2021 08:06 AM PDT Scientists have long sought to invent materials that can respond to the external world in predictable, self-regulating ways. Now, new research brings us one step closer to that goal. For their inspiration, the scientists looked to nature. |
| Posted: 27 Apr 2021 06:48 AM PDT An international team has discovered a previously unknown two-dimensional material by using modern high-pressure technology. The new material, beryllonitrene, consists of regularly arranged nitrogen and beryllium atoms. It has an unusual electronic lattice structure that shows great potential for applications in quantum technology. |
| The new EU climate target could phase out coal power in Europe as early as 2030 Posted: 27 Apr 2021 06:48 AM PDT Tightening the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS) in line with the EU Green Deal would dramatically speed up the decarbonization of Europe's power sector - and likely cause a demise of the coal industry. |
| Rain, rain, go away: New waterproofing solution Posted: 27 Apr 2021 06:47 AM PDT A new coating solution can transform regular materials into waterproof surfaces. The product will be cheaper to produce, free of harmful fluorinated compounds, and effective on a variety of materials. |
| Neural implant monitors multiple brain areas at once, provides new neuroscience insights Posted: 27 Apr 2021 06:47 AM PDT How do different parts of the brain communicate with each other during learning and memory formation? A new study takes a first step at answering this fundamental neuroscience question, thanks to a neural implant that monitors multiple brain regions at the same time. |
| Future drones likely to resemble 300-million-year-old flying machine Posted: 27 Apr 2021 06:47 AM PDT Researchers have drawn inspiration from a 300-million-year-old superior flying machine - the dragonfly - to show why future flapping wing drones will probably resemble the insect in shape, wings and gearing. |
| Value from sewage? New technology makes pig farming more environmentally friendly Posted: 27 Apr 2021 06:47 AM PDT A novel nitrate removal system can clean up the wastewater produced by swine farms. |
| Plasma acceleration: It's all in the mix Posted: 27 Apr 2021 06:47 AM PDT Scientists are celebrating not just one but two milestones in the development of innovative plasma accelerators. A group of scientists used their accelerator to test a technique that allows the energy distribution of the electron beams produced to be kept particularly narrow. They also used artificial intelligence to allow the accelerator to optimize its own operation. |
| Energy-saving gas turbines from the 3D printer Posted: 27 Apr 2021 05:58 AM PDT 3D printing has opened up a completely new range of possibilities. One example is the production of novel turbine buckets. However, the 3D printing process often induces internal stress in the components which can in the worst case lead to cracks. Now a research team has succeeded in using neutrons for non-destructive detection of this internal stress - a key achievement for the improvement of the production processes. |
| Skin and bones repaired by bioprinting during surgery Posted: 27 Apr 2021 05:57 AM PDT Fixing traumatic injuries to the skin and bones of the face and skull is difficult because of the many layers of different types of tissues involved, but now, researchers have repaired such defects in a rat model using bioprinting during surgery, and their work may lead to faster and better methods of healing skin and bones. |
| Vertical turbines could be the future for wind farms Posted: 27 Apr 2021 05:57 AM PDT The now-familiar sight of traditional propeller wind turbines could be replaced in the future with wind farms containing more compact and efficient vertical turbines. New research has found that the vertical turbine design is far more efficient than traditional turbines in large scale wind farms, and when set in pairs the vertical turbines increase each other's performance by up to 15%. |
| Fully recyclable printed electronics developed Posted: 26 Apr 2021 11:09 AM PDT Engineers have developed fully recyclable printed electronics. By demonstrating a crucial and relatively complex computer component -- the transistor -- created with three carbon-based inks, the researchers hope to inspire a new generation of recyclable electronics to help fight the growing global epidemic of electronic waste. |
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