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Multishot lens-free imaging could aid disease diagnosis

September 24, 2020
News
A new type of imaging that does not require a lens and uses reconfigurable particle-based masks to take multiple shots of an object is being developed by researchers at Penn...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Engineering, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Physics, Solid State Physics
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Error forecasting for safer fusion energy

September 24, 2020
News
Bringing the power of the sun to Earth requires sound theory, good engineering, and a little finesse. The process entails trapping charged, ultra-hot gas known as plasma so its particles...
Physics & Engineering
Energy, Particle Physics, Physics
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Single-step 3D printing multimaterial microstructures

September 17, 2020
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Researchers have developed an automated 3D printing method that can produce multicolour 3D microstructures using different materials. The new method could be used to make a variety of optical components...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology, Life Sciences, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health
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Unravelling what makes memories so detailed and enduring

September 14, 2020
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In years to come, our personal memories of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to be etched in our minds with precision and clarity, distinct from other memories of 2020. The...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biology, Developmental Biology, Life Sciences, Neuroscience
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Plant-based supercapacitor delivers 900 x energy efficiency

September 11, 2020
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In a new study, researchers at Texas A&M University have described their novel plant-based energy storage device that could charge even electric cars within a few minutes in the near...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Microbiology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Organic Chemistry
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Environmentally friendly silicon recycling

September 10, 2020
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Skoltech scientists and their colleagues from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) have developed a new method of silicon recycling. Their research was published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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New fossil ape discovered in India

September 9, 2020
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A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape, the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon. The discovery by Christopher C. Gilbert, Hunter College, fills...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Paleobiology
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Fungus leather: new front-runner for sustainable clothing material

September 9, 2020
News
In a new review paper by the University of Vienna, Imperial College London, and RMIT University in Australia, researchers argue that leather made from fungi has "considerable potential" to be...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Biology, Botany, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Materials, Materials Science, Parasitology
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Biomimicry informs better sensors: just add noise

September 4, 2020
News
Adding noise to enhance a weak signal is a sensing phenomenon common in the animal world but unusual in manmade sensors. Now Penn State researchers have added a small amount...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Botany, Physiology
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Reimagining the face mask: a design upgrade

September 4, 2020
News
Imagine a reusable face mask that protects wearers and those around them from SARS-CoV-2, is comfortable enough to wear all day, and stays in place without frequent adjustment. Based on...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biology, Covid-19, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, Life Sciences, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Virology
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Elastic to kinetic energy conversion through biomimicry

September 4, 2020
News
Venus flytraps do it, trap-jaw ants do it, and now materials scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst can do it, too - they discovered a way of efficiently converting...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Botany, Engineering, Environment, Physics, Zoology
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Diabetes-in-a-dish model uncovers new insights

September 4, 2020
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Using cells taken from patients with type 2 diabetes and new techniques to convert them into specialised precursors of muscle cells, researchers have developed a novel 'disease-in-a-dish' model to study...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Proteomics & Genomics
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