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Machine learning predicts nanoparticle structure and dynamics

June 12, 2020
News
Researchers at the Nanoscience Center and at the Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have demonstrated that new distance-based machine learning methods, developed in the...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Physics, Theoretical Physics
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Reactive 3D printing for autonomous shapeshifting materials

June 12, 2020
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Soft robots and biomedical implants that reconfigure themselves upon demand are closer to reality with a new way to print shapeshifting materials. Rafael Verduzco and graduate student Morgan Barnes of...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Engineering, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Magma movements suggest long-term seismic risk for Northern Europe

June 11, 2020
News
Scientists have discovered new evidence for active volcanism next door to some of the most densely populated areas of Europe. The study 'crowd-sourced' GPS monitoring data from antennae across western...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geology, Geophysics, Tectonics, Volcanology
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Survival of coronavirus in different cities, on different surfaces

June 11, 2020
News
One of the many questions researchers have about COVID-19 is how long the coronavirus causing the disease remains alive after someone infected with it coughs or sneezes. Once the droplets...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Medical/Health, Virology
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Widespread facemask use could shrink the ‘R’ number and prevent a second COVID-19 wave

June 10, 2020
News
Population-wide use of facemasks keeps the coronavirus 'reproduction number' under 1.0, and prevents further waves of the virus when combined with lockdowns, a modelling study from the universities of Cambridge...
Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Policy, Virology
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Global alliance for collaborative digital health

June 10, 2020
News
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D, today launched a new series of programs to help organisations collaborate on...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biotech, Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Dose controlled drug delivery via 3D printed electromagnetic capsule

June 9, 2020
News
Doctors could soon be administering an entire course of treatment for life-threatening conditions with a 3D printed capsule controlled by magnetic fields thanks to advances made by University of Sussex...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Researchers uncover a world of life on the back of a turtle

June 4, 2020
News
Much to the delight of all Hindu’s and fans of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, researchers have demonstrated that there is indeed a world of life on the backs of loggerhead...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Oceanography, Zoology
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Materials Informatics: The Time For Adoption is Now

June 3, 2020
News
Materials Informatics is the key to enabling a paradigm shift in our approach to materials science R&D. Significant investment, notable adoption from key end-users, and technology leaps make it evident...
Materials
Materials, Materials Science
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Viable sodium-ion battery for sustainable energy storage

June 3, 2020
News
Washington State University (WSU) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers have created a sodium-ion battery that holds as much energy and works as well as some commercial lithium-ion battery...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science
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Oil-hungry smart sponge could restore our oceans

June 2, 2020
News
A Northwestern University-led team has developed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water. With an ability to absorb more than 30 times its weight in...
Earth & Environmental, Materials
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oceanography
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ESPRESSO confirms Earth-sized planet around the nearest star

June 2, 2020
News
The existence of a planet the size of Earth around the closest star in the solar system, Proxima Centauri, has been confirmed by an international team of scientists including researchers...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Physics
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