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Hybrid floating solar plus hydropower system

October 7, 2020
News
Hybrid systems of floating solar panels and hydropower plants may hold the technical potential to produce a significant portion of the electricity generated annually across the globe, according to an...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental, Energy
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Conversation quickly spreads droplets inside buildings

October 6, 2020
News
With implications for the transmission of diseases like COVID-19, researchers have found that ordinary conversation creates a conical 'jet-like' airflow that quickly carries a spray of tiny droplets from a...
Life Sciences
Covid-19
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Sensational COVID-19 communication erodes confidence in science

October 5, 2020
News
Scientists, policymakers and the media should acknowledge inherent uncertainties in epidemiological models projecting the spread of COVID-19 and avoid 'catastrophising' worst-case scenarios, according to new US research from Cornell University.
Life Sciences
Covid-19, Policy
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Science and scientists held in high esteem across the globe

October 1, 2020
News
As the world looks to scientists and the research and development process to bring new treatments and preventive strategies for the novel coronavirus, a new Pew Research Center international survey...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Machine Learning provides insight into cannabis strains

September 30, 2020
News
Cannabis data lacking, but machine learning could help THC and CBD; Anyone who has used, sold, studied or even read much about marijuana likely recognises these acronyms as active ingredients...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health & Safety, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Cannabis use for menopause symptom management

September 29, 2020
News
As legislation relaxes regarding cannabis, it is being used to manage numerous chronic health conditions and mood symptoms. A new study indicates that a growing number of women are either...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Developmental Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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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
News
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
News
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
News
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
News
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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