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- 2022.10.25 Research Results Technology
- 3D flora and fauna at your fingertips
- Repository of over 1,400 highly detailed 3D models of animals and plants captured with ‘Bio-photogrammetry’ publicly available
- 2022.10.14 Research Results Physics & Chemistry Technology Environment & Sustainability
- Scientists count electric charges in a single catalyst nanoparticle down to the electron
- Tenfold improvement in the sensitivity of electron holography reveals the net charge in a single platinum nanoparticle with a precision of just one electron, providing fundamental information for developing future catalysts
- 2022.09.09 Research Results Physics & Chemistry Materials Technology Environment & Sustainability
- A little strain goes a long way in reducing fuel cell performance
- Small changes in crystal structure at the interface between materials in ceramic fuel cells linked to drastic changes in conductivity that must be overcome to improve performance
- 2022.08.26 Research Results Physics & Chemistry Materials Technology
- Small molecules, giant (surface) potential
- Researchers create organic molecules that spontaneously align on a surface to generate controlled electric fields that could improve OLED performance and lead to new devices
- 2022.08.24 Research Results Humanities & Social Sciences Technology Environment & Sustainability
- Digging through patents to make mining greener
- Researchers identify R&D strategies for greener tech in the mining sector
- 2022.07.29 Research Results Humanities & Social Sciences Environment & Sustainability
- Listening to the people results in a more sustainable future energy system
- Energy plan for 2050 based on consumer preferences and future demographics of the US population includes 50% more electricity derived from renewable sources than current projections
- 2022.06.30 Research Results Math & Data Technology
- Breaking AIs to make them better
- Researchers investigate ways to make AIs more robust by studying patterns in their answers when faced with the unknown
- 2022.06.22 Research Results Physics & Chemistry Technology
- Sniffing out your identity with breath biometrics
- Researchers develop an olfactory sensor for biometric authentication using your breath
- 2022.06.01 Research Results Humanities & Social Sciences Life & Health
- Finding the biological roots for pathological social withdrawal, Hikikomori
- Researchers identify a number of key biomarkers in Hikikomori patients and show their promise for predicting the severity of the condition
- 2022.05.20 Research Results Life & Health
- Uncovering new details of the brain's first line of defense
- Researchers report in unprecedented detail how some of the brain's immune cells develop, and how to distinguish them from other cells
- 2022.05.16 Research Results Life & Health Physics & Chemistry
- Time determines the type of cells that emerge in the mouse brain
- Scientists show that a single protein, BMP2, and epigenetics determine the type of brain cells produced from neural stem cells
- 2022.04.28 Research Results Life & Health Physics & Chemistry
- Exercise reverses cognitive deficiencies caused by anesthesia
- Cognitive deficiencies caused by pediatric anesthesia in mice are due to changes in chromatin accessibility and can be reversed by exercise
- 2022.03.31 Research Results Physics & Chemistry Environment & Sustainability
- For long plant life, the secret is in DNA repair
- Researchers find high copy number of DNA repair genes in long-lived trees
- 2022.03.18 Research Results Environment & Sustainability
- Visible ocean plastics just the tip of the iceberg
- Simulations find the majority of ocean plastics may be on the seafloor or otherwise difficult to monitor, with vastly more plastic waste likely trapped on land
- 2022.01.31 Research Results Technology Environment & Sustainability
- Getting more power from renewable-based microgrids
- Novel and low-cost control scheme that increases power extracted from local renewable sources could help accelerate utilization of renewable energy in buildings