Early Influences Can Open Up the Future

Entrepreneurs not only provide us with critical innovation and keep us at the forefront of global markets, they also create ways to gain financial independence. So why has the percentage of start-ups in the U.S. dropped significantly in the last 35 years? This is particularly worrisome in...

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How Positive Innovation is Shaping Business Today

Businesses must adapt simultaneously to two growing trends. On the one hand, innovation is being placed in the spotlight more than ever, a phenomenon which is being accentuated by the development of new technologies, among other factors. Companies are required to alter their industrial and...

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21 Addictive Web Series That Prove Anyone Can Make A Great TV Show

There’s never been more great TV being created, but there’s also never been more binge-watching. So what do you do when you’re waiting for a new episode of “Atlanta” and you’ve already burned through the archives of “Game of Thrones,” “Broad City,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Orange Is...

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Potential new target identified -- ScienceDaily

A newly described protein could be an effective target for combatting drug-resistant malaria parasites. The protein, the transcription factor PfAP2-I, regulates a number of genes involved with the parasite’s invasion of red blood cells, a critical part of the parasite’s complex...

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Ingredient found in soap can alter 'wettability' of your skin -- ScienceDaily

It’s possible to alter the wettability of your skin using an ingredient commonly found in cosmetic cleaners, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

The outermost layer of human skin acts as a protective barrier between underlying living...

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Pushing metals to their limits -- ScienceDaily

Modern aircraft and power generation turbines depend on precision-machined parts that can withstand harsh mechanical forces in high-temperature environments. In many cases, higher operating temperatures lead to more efficient performance. This motivates the search for new...

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Solving a sweet problem for renewable biofuels and chemicals -- ScienceDaily

Whether or not society shakes its addiction to oil and gasoline will depend on a number of profound environmental, geopolitical and societal factors.

But with current oil prices hovering around $50 dollars a barrel, it won’t likely be anytime soon.
Despite several major national...

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Biodegradable cleaning products and eco-friendly plastics from mushroom waste -- ScienceDaily

More than 50,000 tonnes of mushroom waste are generated in Europe each week, posing an environmental challenge for the main industries that market this product worldwide. The University of Alicante Research Group in Polymer and Nanomaterial Analysis (NANOBIOPOL) participate in the European...

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Cow gait images allow early detection of serious diseases -- ScienceDaily

Dairy farmers are busy with routines such as cleaning cowsheds, milking, and feeding, so it’s very difficult to determine the condition of cows. If this continues, they will remain too busy to ensure the quantity and quality of milk and dairy products. A group of researchers led by...

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Scientists build technology that could lead to rapid discovery of new medicines and biomarkers hidden in genomes -- ScienceDaily

Discovering the function of a gene requires cloning a DNA sequence and expressing it. Until now, this was performed on a one-gene-at-a-time basis, causing a bottleneck. Scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Medical School...

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What Trump's Link to Red Bull Tells Us About His Potential as a Winning Brand

Consumers are interesting creatures. Having spent my career as a branding professional figuring out how to get into the heads of consumers I can say this with great authority. Once you do get into their heads, you’ll find, in addition to myriad things physiological and emotional,...

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Graphene and terahertz waves could lead the way to future communication -- ScienceDaily

By utilizing terahertz waves in electronics, future data traffic can get a big boost forward. So far, the terahertz (THz) frequency has not been optimally applied to data transmission, but by using graphene, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have come one step closer to a...

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The Power of One | HuffPost

“The door of opportunity is always marked PUSH.” — BOB GASS

Every day the headlines are alarming. As we usher in 2015, domestic news about street demonstrations, data breaches, minimum wage protests, and corporate misdeeds dominate the media. Americans are feeling...

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Disruptive breakthrough for photonic quantum information science -- ScienceDaily

With leading corporations now investing in highly expensive and complex infrastructures to unleash the power of quantum technologies, INRS researchers have achieved a breakthrough in a light-weight photonic system created using on-chip devices and off-the-shelf telecommunications components....

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Ten Social Business Lessons from Warren Buffett

The recently completed Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting (#BRK2016) in Omaha offers lessons for integrating social media into business strategy.

1. Be patient. Warren Buffett joined Twitter just before the 2013 annual meeting during a live television broadcast. He has tweeted only eight...

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The Role of Entrepreneurship in Job Creation and Economic Growth

In the United States, small businesses are often called the backbone of the economy. Policies that encourage the growth of small businesses and the role of entrepreneurship in the market are considered to be healthy for the economy at large. What is the link between entrepreneurship and job...

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New study suggests GGTI-2418 can block one specific protein from binding to and degrading another protein known for killing cancer cells. -- ScienceDaily

A collaboration between Saïd M. Sebti, Ph.D., chair of Moffitt Cancer Center’s Drug Discovery Department, and Michele Pagano, M.D., chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at New York University’s Langone Medical Center, led to the publication of an...

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Noninvasive approach to drug delivery for next generation brain therapies uses ultrasound and bubbles -- ScienceDaily

Your brain is armored. It lives in a box made of bones with a security system of vessels. These vessels protect the brain and central nervous system from harmful chemicals circulating in the blood. Yet this protection system — known as the blood-brain barrier — also prevents...

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Textiles made from synthetic fibers release microfibers -- ScienceDaily

The presence of microplastics in our wastewater can be attributed primarily to two factors. Firstly, many cosmetic products, such as toothpaste, creams, shower gels, and peelings, contain tiny pieces of plastic in order to achieve a mechanical cleaning effect. Secondly, microplastics are...

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Researchers take a nonintuitive approach to metal catalysis for selective conversion of biomass into high-value chemical products under mild conditions -- ScienceDaily

The uncertain future of oil feedstocks and environmental pressure are forcing the chemical industry to adapt and find new renewable sources to sustain its activities. Biomass from sources including wood, agricultural waste, and even human garbage, represents a widely available renewable...

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X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy under real ambient pressure conditions -- ScienceDaily

Researchers at Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Innovation Research Center for Fuel Cells, University of Electro-Communications, Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University, and JASRI (Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute), have improved an ambient-pressure...

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A 100-year-old physics problem has been solved -- ScienceDaily

At EPFL, researchers challenge a fundamental law and discover that more electromagnetic energy can be stored in wave-guiding systems than previously thought. The discovery has implications in telecommunications. Working around the fundamental law, they conceived resonant and wave-guiding...

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System of quadcopters that fly and drive suggest another approach to developing flying cars -- ScienceDaily

Being able to both walk and take flight is typical in nature — many birds, insects, and other animals can do both. If we could program robots with similar versatility, it would open up many possibilities: Imagine machines that could fly into construction areas or disaster zones that...

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China, India, Arabian peninsula -- ScienceDaily

Global solar energy production is taking a major hit due to air pollution and dust.

According to a new study, airborne particles and their accumulation on solar cells are cutting energy output by more than 25 percent in certain parts of the world. The regions hardest hit are also those...

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Researchers find only one hydrocarbon-producing area where production is linked to increased seismic activities at the regional scale -- ScienceDaily

New research suggests hydraulic fracturing and saltwater disposal has limited impact on seismic events.

For the past two years, UAlberta geophysicist Mirko Van der Baan and his team have been poring over 30 to 50 years of earthquake rates from six of the top hydrocarbon-producing states in...

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Biodiversity loss from deep-sea mining will be unavoidable -- ScienceDaily

Biodiversity losses from deep-sea mining are unavoidable and possibly irrevocable, an international team of 15 marine scientists, resource economists and legal scholars argue in a letter published today in the journal Nature Geoscience.

The experts say the International Seabed Authority...

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Sunflower genome sequence to provide roadmap for more resilient crops -- ScienceDaily

University of Georgia researchers are part of an international team that has published the first sunflower genome sequence. This new resource will assist future research programs using genetic tools to improve crop resilience and oil production.

They published their findings today in the...

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Genetic engineering tool generates antioxidant-rich purple rice -- ScienceDaily

Researchers in China have developed a genetic engineering approach capable of delivering many genes at once and used it to make rice endosperm — seed tissue that provides nutrients to the developing plant embryo — produce high levels of antioxidant-boosting pigments called...

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How Social Media Marketing Generated $7 Million in Affiliate Sales for This Entrepreneur

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Father’s Day is usually a day for celebration. But on this particular Father’s Day in 2014, Jason Stone’s home was burglarized. It was only a year...

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Clinton's Lead Is More Fragile Than You Think

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan. In 1969, the Cubs had a 9.5 game lead over the New York Mets in the middle of August, but ended the season 8 games behind the Mets after losing 17 of 25 games to close the season.
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Computer scientists electrify historic “dandy horse” -- ScienceDaily

Small children still use a form of the so-called dandy horse, balance bike or draisine, which the inventor Karl von Drais first tested on a longer route on June 12, 1817. Now, about 200 years later, computer scientists at Saarland University are making the forerunner of the bicycle attractive...

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Don't Ruin Your New Hire! 10 Tips to Onboard a New Hire the Right Way

You’ve probably heard the saying, “There’s nothing more expensive than a bad hire.”
Being the business coach to thousands of companies over the past 20 years has proven to me that there’s a lot of truth to this old adage. But what’s surprising is how many...

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New computing system takes its cues from human brain -- ScienceDaily

Some problems are so challenging to solve that even the most advanced computers need weeks, not seconds, to process them.

Now a team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Notre Dame has created a new computing system that aims to tackle one of computing’s...

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No Ordinary Stay: Lodge Owners With A Heart For Community

The Laguna Lodge Eco-Resort and Nature Reserve sits surreally amongst a picturesque Guatemalan landscape at Lake Atitlan, which dominates at the top of media’s “most beautiful” lists. Laguna Lodge owners, Mayah Brandon and Jefferson Dent, harnessed some of the area’s...

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Barbershop Cuts Prices For Kids Who Read Aloud During Appointment

A barbershop in Michigan is getting a lot of buzz.


The Fuller Cut barbershop in Ypsilanti, Michigan gives $2 discounts to kids who read books aloud to their barbers while they’re getting their hair done.


Ryan Griffin cutting a boy’s hair while he reads aloud.


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Antibiotic design strategy boosts odds against resistance development -- ScienceDaily

A new rational drug design technique that uses a powerful computer algorithm to identify molecules that target different receptor sites on key cellular proteins could provide a new weapon in the battle against antibiotic resistance, potentially tipping the odds against the bugs.

The...

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New design substitutes an array of light receivers for a lens, making cameras thin, light, cheap, and flexible -- ScienceDaily

Traditional cameras — even those on the thinnest of cell phones — cannot be truly flat due to their optics: lenses that require a certain shape and size in order to function. At Caltech, engineers have developed a new camera design that replaces the lenses with an ultra-thin...

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Low-temperature 'water gas shift' reaction produces high levels of pure hydrogen for potential applications, including fuel cells -- ScienceDaily

Scientists have developed a new low-temperature catalyst for producing high-purity hydrogen gas while simultaneously using up carbon monoxide (CO). The discovery — described in a paper set to publish online in the journal Science on June 22, 2017 — could improve the performance of...

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Atomic imperfections move quantum communication network closer to reality -- ScienceDaily

An international team led by the University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering has discovered how to manipulate a weird quantum interface between light and matter in silicon carbide along wavelengths used in telecommunications.

The work advances the possibility of...

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Can animal diet mitigate greenhouse emissions? -- ScienceDaily

A research of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) has shown that the inclusion of agroindustrial by-products in pig feed can reduce the nitrous oxide emissions (N2O) of the slurry used as manures up to 65%.

The aim of this study carried out...

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This Entrepreneur's Secret for Going From Bartender to 7-Figures a Year

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Let’s say you run a business, or you’re an entrepreneur, or simply a freelancer. You offer a service, a great one, and you want to make a lot more money than you...

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Plant inspiration could lead to flexible electronics -- ScienceDaily

A plant stem inspired researchers to develop a new, versatile aerogel for possible use in bendable devices.
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They look like security gates, but change shape in a cascade -- ScienceDaily

Biomedical engineers have built simple machines out of DNA, consisting of arrays whose units switch reversibly between two different shapes.

The arrays’ inventors say they could be harnessed to make nanotech sensors or amplifiers. Potentially, they could be combined to form logic...

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Reproducing a retinal disease on a chip -- ScienceDaily

Approximately 80% of all sensory input is received via the eyes, so suffering from chronic retinal diseases that lead to blindness causes a significant decrease in the quality of life (QOL). And because retinal diseases are most common among the elderly, developing pathological analyses and...

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Nanoparticle based contrast agent developed for dual modal imaging of cancer -- ScienceDaily

Researchers from PSG College of Technology, India have developed nano-contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as well as optical imaging of cancer cells. This report will appear in the forthcoming issue of the journal NANO.

Cancer identification at the early stage remains a...

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Flexible wearable electronics use body heat for energy -- ScienceDaily

In a proof-of-concept study, North Carolina State University engineers have designed a flexible thermoelectric energy harvester that has the potential to rival the effectiveness of existing power wearable electronic devices using body heat as the only source of energy.

Wearable devices used...

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Catalyst mimics the z-scheme of photosynthesis -- ScienceDaily

A team of chemists from the University of Kentucky and the Institute of Physics Research of Mar del Plata in Argentina has just reported a way to trigger a fundamental step in the mechanism of photosynthesis, providing a process with great potential for developing new technology to reduce...

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Rewiring financial networks reduces systemic risk -- ScienceDaily

A tax on systemically risky transactions could reshape financial networks into a new structure that is less vulnerable to cascading financial system shocks such as the 2008 financial crisis, according to new IIASA research published in the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.

By taxing...

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Look inside your own pantry or fridge to find the top culprit of food waste -- ScienceDaily

There is a good chance there are fresh vegetables in your refrigerator that will end up in the garbage instead of on your dinner plate.

Not that anyone goes to the grocery store with the intention of later throwing the food in the trash, but we all do it more often than we probably realize....

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Quantum thermometer or optical refrigerator?

In an arranged marriage of optics and mechanics, physicists have created microscopic structural beams that have a variety of powerful uses when light strikes them. Able to operate in ordinary, room-temperature environments, yet exploiting some of the deepest principles of quantum physics,...

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Social networking services may foster users' negative perceptions about their own popularity and happiness -- ScienceDaily

A study led by computer scientists at Indiana University has found that people with the most connections on social media are also happier. This may cause most social media users to not only regard themselves as less popular than their friends but also less happy.

The recently published study...

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Researchers used gilteritinib to target a common mutation -- ScienceDaily

A new drug shows promise in its ability to target one of the most common and sinister mutations of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center. The Fms-like tyrosine kinase...

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Diagnosing obesity by mathematically estimating abdominal fat -- ScienceDaily

Abdominal obesity, or fat that accumulates around one’s stomach and abdomen, has long been considered to pose a high health risk in individuals. Hence, measurement of “central obesity” — as it’s often called — helps predict propensity to disorders caused by...

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Chemists create 3-D printed graphene foam -- ScienceDaily

Nanotechnologists from Rice University and China’s Tianjin University have used 3-D laser printing to fabricate centimeter-sized objects of atomically thin graphene.

The research could yield industrially useful quantities of bulk graphene and is described online in a new study in the...

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Sustainable ethanol from carbon dioxide? A possible path -- ScienceDaily

Most cars and trucks in the United States run on a blend of 90 percent gasoline and 10 percent ethanol, a renewable fuel made primarily from fermented corn. But to produce the 14 billion gallons of ethanol consumed annually by American drivers requires millions of acres of farmland.

A recent...

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Scientists have developed an innovative, atomic resonance-based method to measure electric fields that allows for self-calibration and improved spatial resolution -- ScienceDaily

In the last decades, mobile phones and other wireless devices have become central features of life around the globe. These devices radiate varied amounts of electromagnetic energy and thus project electric fields into the surrounding space. It is crucial to the design and deployment of these...

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Solar heating could cover over 80 percent of domestic heating requirements in Nordic countries -- ScienceDaily

According to researchers at Aalto University, by using suitable systems, more than 80% of heating energy for Finnish households could be produced using solar energy. As the price of heating energy obtained from solar heating systems needed to be competitive with the currently used heating...

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Modular, off-grid desalination technology could supply families, towns -- ScienceDaily

A federally funded research effort to revolutionize water treatment has yielded an off-grid technology that uses energy from sunlight alone to turn salt water into fresh drinking water. The desalination system, which uses a combination of membrane distillation technology and light-harvesting...

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Corn better used as food than biofuel, study finds -- ScienceDaily

Corn is grown not only for food, it is also an important renewable energy source. Renewable biofuels can come with hidden economic and environmental issues, and the question of whether corn is better utilized as food or as a biofuel has persisted since ethanol came into use. For the first...

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The first nanometrically-sized superelastic alloy -- ScienceDaily

UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country’s researchers have explored superelasticity properties on a nanometric scale based on shearing an alloy’s pillars down to nanometric size. In the article published by the scientific journal Nature Nanotechnology, the researchers have found...

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Superconducting nanowire memory cell, miniaturized technology -- ScienceDaily

Developing a superconducting computer that would perform computations at high speed without heat dissipation has been the goal of several research and development initiatives since the 1950s. Such a computer would require a fraction of the energy current supercomputers consume, and would be...

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Psychiatric medication protects developing mouse brain from birth defects -- ScienceDaily

A clinically available anxiety drug safely and effectively protects against brain defects caused by the mouse version of a common human virus, finds new research published in The Journal of Neuroscience.

More than half of U.S. adults are infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV), but most people...

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Novel scanner aids early-stage assessment of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques -- ScienceDaily

A new study shows that a hybrid molecular imaging system unites three imaging modalities to map the composition of dangerous arterial plaques before they rupture and induce a major cardiac event. The research was presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and...

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To connect biology with electronics, be rigid, yet flexible -- ScienceDaily

That conclusion might crop up during divorce proceedings, or describe a diplomatic row. But scientists designing polymers that can bridge the biological and electronic divide must also deal with incompatible messaging styles. Electronics rely on racing streams of electrons, but the same is...

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Discovery could benefit renewable energy, transportation, personal electronics -- ScienceDaily

Modern batteries power everything from cars to cell phones, but they are far from perfect — they catch fire, they perform poorly in cold weather and they have relatively short lifecycles, among other issues. Now researchers from the University of Houston have described a new class of...

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Autopilot steers during evasive manoeuvres and docking -- ScienceDaily

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing safe steering for the remote-monitored and controlled autonomous ships of the future. The new technology has been developed for navigation systems and ship autopilots, which steer ships automatically.

The ships of the future will largely...

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Fighting global warming and climate change requires a broad energy portfolio -- ScienceDaily

Can the continental United States make a rapid, reliable and low-cost transition to an energy system that relies almost exclusively on wind, solar and hydroelectric power? While there is growing excitement for this vision, a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...

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Spineless creature studied in DC swamp -- ScienceDaily

Its name is Stygobromus hayi, the Hay’s Spring amphipod. It is spineless. It lacks vision. It is an opportunistic feeder, consuming whatever resources are available — perhaps including the remains of its own kind.

That is where its similarities to some of Washington, D.C.’s...

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Farmland can benefit California's salmon populations -- ScienceDaily

A new study offers a beacon of hope for a cease-fire in the Golden State’s persistent water wars.

“Floodplain Farm Fields Provide Novel Rearing Habitat for Chinook Salmon,” published in the journal PLoS ONE, is based on the work by scientists from nonprofit group California...

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Unusual soybean coloration sheds a light on gene silencing -- ScienceDaily

Today’s soybeans are typically golden yellow, with a tiny blackish mark where they attach to the pod. In a field of millions of beans, nearly all of them will have this look. Occasionally, however, a bean will turn up half-black, with a saddle pattern similar to a black-eyed...

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Next-gen, carbon-based transistors would far outperform today's silicon ones -- ScienceDaily

A University of Central Florida professor is part of a research team that developed a graphene-based transistor that could someday lead to computers that are a thousand times faster and use a hundredth of the power.

Ryan M. Gelfand, an assistant professor in CREOL, The College of Optics...

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Face recognition system 'K-Eye' -- ScienceDaily

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the key emerging technologies. Global IT companies are competitively launching the newest technologies and competition is heating up more than ever. However, most AI technologies focus on software and their operating speeds are low, making them a poor...

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First selective nucleoside-analog inhibitor of bacterial RNA polymerase -- ScienceDaily

Scientists from Rutgers University-New Brunswick, the biotechnology company NAICONS Srl., and elsewhere have discovered a new antibiotic effective against drug-resistant bacteria: pseudouridimycin. The new antibiotic is produced by a microbe found in a soil sample collected in Italy and was...

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Targeted molecular imaging and near-infrared activated therapy treats prostate tumors that are left behind or too challenging for surgery -- ScienceDaily

Researchers presenting a preclinical study at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) demonstrated the efficacy and optimal dose for targeted photodynamic therapy (tPDT) to treat prostate cancer before and during surgery. Prostate-specific...

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Compound shows potential for high-temperature superconductivity -- ScienceDaily

A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has identified a nickel oxide compound as an unconventional but promising candidate material for high-temperature superconductivity.

The team successfully synthesized single crystals of a...

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Electrolytes made from liquefied gas enable batteries to run at ultra-low temperatures -- ScienceDaily

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a breakthrough in electrolyte chemistry that enables lithium batteries to run at temperatures as low as -60 degrees Celsius with excellent performance — in comparison, today’s lithium-ion batteries stop working at...

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Precise Earth-based measurements of optical signals from satellite show that equipment already in space can be adapted for extremely secure data encryption -- ScienceDaily

In a new study, researchers demonstrate ground-based measurements of quantum states sent by a laser aboard a satellite 38,000 kilometers above Earth. This is the first time that quantum states have been measured so carefully from so far away.

“We were quite surprised by how well the...

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Dryland cropping systems research addresses future drought and hunger issues -- ScienceDaily

Murali Darapuneni recalls stories about how difficult it was for his ancestors during times of drought conditions and famine in India in the early 1900s.

“They had limited resources and research at that time,” he said. “My grandparents told me about those stories and how...

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Compound catalyses splitting of water molecules -- ScienceDaily

Researchers have developed a solar paint that can absorb water vapour and split it to generate hydrogen — the cleanest source of energy.

The paint contains a newly developed compound that acts like silica gel, which is used in sachets to absorb moisture and keep food, medicines and...

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How to build software for a computer 50 times faster than anything in the world -- ScienceDaily

Imagine you were able to solve a problem 50 times faster than you can now. With this ability, you have the potential to come up with answers to even the most complex problems faster than ever before.

Researchers behind the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Exascale Computing Project...

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Demonstration of new approach reveals a possible target for prophylactic treatment -- ScienceDaily

Scientists have developed a new technique for investigating the effects of gene deletion at later stages in the life cycle of a parasite that causes malaria in rodents, according to a new study in PLOS Pathogens. The novel approach, developed by Upeksha Rathnapala and colleagues at the...

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Neuro-receptor PET could provide an early warning for alcoholic relapse -- ScienceDaily

Alcohol abuse disorder is a devastating and complicated disease affecting millions of people worldwide. A study presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) reveals how brain receptors involved in the compulsion to drink, adapt to...

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New chemical method could revolutionize graphene -- ScienceDaily

University of Illinois at Chicago scientists have discovered a new chemical method that enables graphene to be incorporated into a wide range of applications while maintaining its ultra-fast electronics.

Graphene, a lightweight, thin, flexible material, can be used to enhance the strength...

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Stored energy from electric vehicles (EVs) can be used to power large buildings -- creating new possibilities for the future of smart, renewable energy -- thanks to ground-breaking battery research from WMG at the University of Warwick -- ScienceDaily

Stored energy from electric vehicles (EVs) can be used to power large buildings — creating new possibilities for the future of smart, renewable energy — thanks to ground-breaking battery research from WMG at the University of Warwick.

Dr Kotub Uddin, with colleagues from...

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'Earth? It's space calling, on the quantum line' -- ScienceDaily

In a landmark study, Chinese scientists report the successful transmission of entangled photons between suborbital space and Earth. Furthermore, whereas the previous record for successful entanglement distribution was about 100 kilometers (km), here, transmission over a distance of more than...

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Carbon nanotubes bring tire wear monitoring into the car -- ScienceDaily

Electrical engineers at Duke University have invented an inexpensive printed sensor that can monitor the tread of car tires in real time, warning drivers when the rubber meeting the road has grown dangerously thin.

If adopted, the device will increase safety, improve vehicle performance and...

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Solar material for producing clean hydrogen fuel -- ScienceDaily

Osaka University researchers create new material based on gold and black phosphorus to produce clean hydrogen fuel using the full spectrum of sunlight

Global climate change and the energy crisis mean that alternatives to fossil fuels are urgently needed. Among the cleanest low-carbon fuels...

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Technology which makes electricity from urine also kills pathogens, researchers find -- ScienceDaily

A scientific breakthrough has taken an emerging biotechnology a step closer to being used to treat wastewater in the Developing World.

Researchers at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) (Ieropoulos & Greenman) have discovered that technology they have developed which has...

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Researchers identify peas good for consumers, bottom line -- ScienceDaily

Farmers in Montana, and other parts of the Northern Great Plains, are shifting from cereal mono-cropping to a cereal-dry pea cropping system. This transition is not without its share of unknowns, however.

Yield and performance of pea crops depend on both their genetics and the environment....

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5 Ways Marketing Automation Helps Startups Succeed

Let’s face it: It can be overwhelming to keep up with new digital-marketing strategies, social media, drip campaigns and all the other emerging opportunities in the world of marketing technology. There’s so much to choose from, it now has its own blended term — martech.
While the...

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Wireless charging of moving electric vehicles overcomes major hurdle -- ScienceDaily

If electric cars could recharge while driving down a highway, it would virtually eliminate concerns about their range and lower their cost, perhaps making electricity the standard fuel for vehicles.

Now Stanford University scientists have overcome a major hurdle to such a future by...

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Neural networks could be implemented more quickly using new photonic technology -- ScienceDaily

“Deep Learning” computer systems, based on artificial neural networks that mimic the way the brain learns from an accumulation of examples, have become a hot topic in computer science. In addition to enabling technologies such as face- and voice-recognition software, these systems...

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Hope for better lung cancer treatment on horizon -- ScienceDaily

A Melbourne study is set to improve treatment options for patients with the second most common type of lung cancer, lung squamous cell carcinoma, a disease for which new anti-cancer drugs are urgently needed.

The researchers demonstrated a better way to recruit the right participants for...

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Novel compounds activate pigmentation pathway without damaging UV radiation -- ScienceDaily

Investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) have developed a way of increasing pigmentation in human skin without the damaging effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Their study, reported in the June 13 issue of Cell Reports, is a follow-up to...

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Single dual time-point PET scan identifies dual Alzheimer's biomarkers -- ScienceDaily

More people die of Alzheimer’s disease than prostate and breast cancer combined. Identifying the disease before major symptoms arise is critical to preserving brain function and helping patients maintain quality of life. A new study presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society of...

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Magnets, all the way down!

If you can’t move electrons around to study how factors like symmetry impact the larger-scale magnetic effects, what can you do instead? It turns out that assemblies of metallic nanoparticles, which can be carefully arranged at multiple length scales, behave like bulk magnets and display...

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Surface proton hopping is the key to synthesizing NH3 at low temperature -- ScienceDaily

Our society is in need of ammonia more than ever.

Chemical fertilizers, plastic, fibers, pharmaceuticals, refrigerants in heat pumps, and even explosives all use ammonia as raw material. Moreover, ammonia has been suggested as a hydrogen carrier recently because of its high hydrogen...

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Plastic made from sugar and carbon dioxide -- ScienceDaily

Some biodegradable plastics could in the future be made using sugar and carbon dioxide, replacing unsustainable plastics made from crude oil, following research by scientists from the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at the University of Bath.


Polycarbonate is used to...

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Is Palmer amaranth developing traits that make it harder to control? -- ScienceDaily

Palmer amaranth is widely considered to be one of the most damaging and difficult to control agricultural weeds in North America. A lot of time and attention has been devoted to herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth and the significant yield losses it can produce. Research featured in the...

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E. coli bacteria's defense secret revealed -- ScienceDaily

By tagging a cell’s proteins with fluorescent beacons, Cornell researchers have found out how E. coli bacteria defend themselves against antibiotics and other poisons. Probably not good news for the bacteria.

When undesirable molecules show up, the bacterial cell opens a tunnel though...

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4 Reasons to Leverage DIY Website Builders

For boutique agencies and freelancers, the conundrum often goes like this: You have a dozen clients to manage that are counting on your expertise to help them grow their companies. They need websites, which require expertise to build, maintain and brand. Meanwhile, the digital property for...

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Robotic device developed to help stroke survivors recover -- ScienceDaily

A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has introduced a new robotic tool for assessments of muscle overactivity and movement dysfunction in stroke survivors. Their robotic-assisted rehabilitation therapy, combined with standard rehabilitation, is expected to improve the mobility of patients...

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Elegantly simple high-performance 'convenience bubble' -- ScienceDaily

At Los Alamos National Laboratory, home to more than 100 supercomputers since the dawn of the computing era, elegance and simplicity of programming are highly valued but not always achieved. In the case of a new product, dubbed “Charliecloud,” a crisp 800-line code helps...

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Study improves remote detection of hazardous radioactive substances -- ScienceDaily

A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has introduced a method for the remote detection of hazardous radioactive substances. With the help of this newly-developed detection device, the detection of various types of radioactive materials can be done from a remote distance.

In their study,...

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New drug reduces transplant and mortality rates significantly in patients with hepatitis C -- ScienceDaily

Patients with hepatitis C who suffer from advanced stages of liver disease have renewed hope, thanks to findings by researchers who have discovered that a new drug significantly reduces their risk of death and need for transplantation.

The research team, led by clinical researchers at...

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Graphene electrodes offer new functionalities in molecular electronic nanodevices -- ScienceDaily

An international team of researchers led by the University of Bern and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has revealed a new way to tune the functionality of next-generation molecular electronic devices using graphene. The results could be exploited to develop smaller, higher-performance...

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New waterproofing, antifouling materials developed -- ScienceDaily

‘Green’ project led by Swansea scientists could replace more expensive and hazardous materials used for waterproofing and antifouling/fogging.

New materials have been developed by scientists in the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University which is nontoxic,...

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Researchers use a soliton frequency combs from optical microresonators to transmit data at speeds of more than 50 terabits per second -- ScienceDaily

Optical solitons are special wave packages that propagate without changing their shape. They are ubiquitous in nature, and occur in Plasma Physics, water waves to biological systems. While solitons also exist in optical fiber, discovered at Bell labs in the 1980’ies, there technological...

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Demo plant produces renewable fuel from carbon dioxide captured from the air -- ScienceDaily

The unique Soletair demo plant developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) uses carbon dioxide to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. The pilot plant is coupled to LUT’s solar power plant in Lappeenranta.

The aim of the...

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Biodegradable microbeads made from cellulose -- ScienceDaily

Scientists and engineers from the University of Bath have developed biodegradable cellulose microbeads from a sustainable source that could potentially replace harmful plastic ones that contribute to ocean pollution.

Microbeads are little spheres of plastic less than 0.5 mm in size that are...

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Could edible insects help global food security? -- ScienceDaily

Australian consumers in Adelaide are taking part in a University of Adelaide research study to help realize the potential for edible insects as a food industry.

Consumer attitudes are being put to the test at Adelaide Central Market with an offering of roasted crickets and ants, mealworm...

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New method could reduce environmental impact of extracting metals from raw materials and post-consumer electronics -- ScienceDaily

A team of chemists in Canada has developed a way to process metals without using toxic solvents and reagents.

The system, which also consumes far less energy than conventional techniques, could greatly shrink the environmental impact of producing metals from raw materials or from...

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How the brain recognizes what the eye sees -- ScienceDaily

If you think self-driving cars can’t get here soon enough, you’re not alone. But programming computers to recognize objects is very technically challenging, especially since scientists don’t fully understand how our own brains do it.

Now, Salk Institute researchers have...

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Advancement could dramatically improve nuclear cleanup -- ScienceDaily

Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a new material that scrubs iodine from water for the first time. The breakthrough could hold the key to cleaning radioactive waste in nuclear reactors and after nuclear accidents like the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

The new-generation microporous...

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Feared by drug users but hard to avoid, fentanyl takes a mounting toll -- ScienceDaily

Fentanyl, a highly potent prescription opioid, has Rhode Island drug users on high alert. But despite widespread aversion, fentanyl now causes the majority of the state’s drug overdose deaths.

These bleak findings by teams of Brown University researchers appear in two studies published...

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Graphene enhancing our vision of the infinitely small -- ScienceDaily

Developing new scientific devices pushing the limits of what we can observe and measure does not occur overnight. There are typically baby steps involved, small and continuous improvements to counter the numerous technical hurdles arising on the way. The new state-of-the-art electron...

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New landmark in modeling turbulence, paving the road to better power plant modeling and design -- ScienceDaily

When you think of turbulence, you might think of a bumpy plane ride. Turbulence, however, is far more ubiquitous to our lives than just air travel. Ocean waves, smoke from fire, even noise coming from jet engines or wind turbines are all related to turbulence.

A team of researchers at RWTH...

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Why microplastic debris may be the next big threat to our seas -- ScienceDaily

Plastic, metal, rubber and paper are some of the materials that pollute the world’s oceans, often in the form of soda cans, cigarette butts, plastic bags and bottles, and fishing gear.

Environmental and marine science specialists call it “marine debris,” which, simply put,...

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Nanoparticles and magnets offer new, efficient method of removing oil from water -- ScienceDaily

When oil mixes with or enters into water, conventional methods of cleaning the water and removing the oil can be challenging, expensive and environmentally risky. But researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin believe they may have developed a...

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Byproduct of ethanol industry makes suitable cattle feed supplement -- ScienceDaily

Making a living raising cattle isn’t as simple as just buying a herd and turning it out to pasture. Cattle require specific diets to maintain proper nutrition and weight gain. And how to do this in the most effective and efficient way possible has interested both ranchers and...

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Highly safe biocontainment strategy hopes to encourage greater use of GMOs -- ScienceDaily

Use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) — microorganisms not found in the natural world but developed in labs for their beneficial characteristics — is a contentious issue.

For while GMOs could greatly improve society in numerous ways — e.g. attacking diseased cells,...

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'Quantum leap' toward building a novel experiment to probe the 'dark contents' of the vacuum -- ScienceDaily

Physicists from the University of Liverpool have made a huge step forwards towards building a novel experiment to probe the “dark contents” of the vacuum. What we see, normal matter and light, only accounts for a about 5% of the universe. Understanding the remaining 95% (the dark...

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Computational artist uses computer programming to produce moving images -- ScienceDaily

Computational artist Norimichi Hirakawa used computer programming to produce moving images.

Hirakawa believes that technological tools and computation, rather than his imagination, are the most effective way for him to achieve the sublime. During his residence, he relied on computation to...

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New approach set to make peptide stapling widely available -- ScienceDaily

UK scientists have created a new method to structure peptides, which they say will be cheaper and make the process of using stapled peptides in drug discovery much more widely available.

The method developed by the nine-strong University of Leeds team, and exploiting synthetic chemistry...

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New fabric coating could thwart chemical weapons, save lives -- ScienceDaily

Chemical weapons are nightmarish. In a millisecond, they can kill hundreds, if not thousands. But, in a study published in the ACS journal Chemistry of Materials, scientists report that they have developed a way to adhere a lightweight coating onto fabrics that is capable of neutralizing a...

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Scientists discover a 2-D magnet -- ScienceDaily

Magnetic materials form the basis of technologies that play increasingly pivotal roles in our lives today, including sensing and hard-disk data storage. But as our innovative dreams conjure wishes for ever-smaller and faster devices, researchers are seeking new magnetic materials that are...

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World-first technology reduces harmful diesel emissions -- ScienceDaily

An industry-first technology developed by Loughborough University has the potential to significantly cut nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions in diesel engines.

In 2015 the Government estimated that exposure to NOx and particulate matter emissions from diesel engines lead to around 52,000...

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Research expands efforts to provide clean water for the world's growing population -- ScienceDaily

Engineers at the University of California, Riverside have developed a new way to recover almost 100 percent of the water from highly concentrated salt solutions. The system will alleviate water shortages in arid regions and reduce concerns surrounding high salinity brine disposal, such as...

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Bee buzzes could help determine how to save their decreasing population -- ScienceDaily

According to recent studies, declines in wild and managed bee populations threaten the pollination of flowers in more than 85 percent of flowering plants and 75 percent of agricultural crops worldwide. Widespread and effective monitoring of bee populations could lead to better management;...

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New millimeter-wave technology could make future vehicles much safer -- ScienceDaily

Hiroshima University and Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited (MIFS) today announced the development of a low-power millimeter-wave amplifier that feeds on 0.5 V power supply and covers the frequency range from 80 GHz to 106 GHz. It was fabricated using MIFS’s Deeply Depleted Channel (DDC)...

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Flipping the script on magnetocapacitance -- ScienceDaily

Capacitors, electronic components that store and quickly release a charge, play an important role in many types of electrical circuits. They’ll play an equally important role in next-generation spintronic devices, which take advantage of not only electron charge but also spin —...

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New treatment lasts more than two weeks in primates, promising to eclipse current treatment options in humans -- ScienceDaily

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have created a technology that might provide weeks of glucose control for diabetes with a single injection, which would be a dramatic improvement over current therapies. In primates, the treatment has been shown to last for weeks, rather than days.

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Crystalline structures database provides recipes for non-expert 'chefs' cooking up new materials -- ScienceDaily

In response to popular demand, materials scientists at Duke University have resurrected an online cookbook of crystalline structures that started when the World Wide Web was Netscape Navigator and HTML 1.0.

In 1995, Michael Mehl, then a scientist at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, began...

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Chemical 'dance' of cobalt catalysis could pave way to solar fuels -- ScienceDaily

By splitting a water molecule into two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen, scientists can use the boundless energy of the sun to make a clean fuel. In a new study from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Harvard University, scientists have for the...

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Seeing the invisible with a graphene-CMOS integrated device -- ScienceDaily

Silicon based CMOS (Complementary metal-oxide semiconductors) technology has truly shaped our world. It enables most of the electronics that we rely on today including computers, smartphones and digital cameras. However, to continue the path of progress in the electronics industry new...

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Splitting carbon dioxide using low-cost catalyst materials -- ScienceDaily

A promising avenue for the future of clean energy is to store it in the form of carbon-based fuels produced from renewable sources, effectively enabling the clean use of liquid fuels such as gasoline. A first step is the electrolysis of carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon monoxide, which...

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Metal-ion catalysts and hydrogen peroxide could green up plastics production -- ScienceDaily

Researchers at the University of Illinois are contributing to the development of more environmentally friendly catalysts for the production of plastic and resin precursors that are often derived from fossil fuels. The key to their technique comes from recognizing the unique physical and...

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Human activity has polluted European air for 2,000 years -- ScienceDaily

A new study combining European ice core data and historical records of the infamous Black Death pandemic of 1349-1353 shows metal mining and smelting have polluted the environment for thousands of years, challenging the widespread belief that environmental pollution began with the Industrial...

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Scientists find way to surgically strike out weeds that impede crop growth -- ScienceDaily

By using a combination of fumigants, University of Florida scientists believe they can surgically strike out some weeds that otherwise get in the way of vegetable growth.

Researchers with the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences have shown that farmers can place fumigants in...

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Bio-based p-xylene oxidation into terephthalic acid by engineered E. coli -- ScienceDaily

KAIST researchers have established an efficient biocatalytic system to produce terephthalic acid (TPA) from p-xylene (pX). It will allow this industrially important bulk chemical to be made available in a more environmentally-friendly manner.

The research team developed metabolically...

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From hours to minutes -- ScienceDaily

Researchers of the University of Twente in The Netherlands developed a glass microchip for ultrafast separation and purification of DNA fragments. The chip, moreover, is easy to produce and cheap. The UT scientists published their results in Microsystems and Nano Engineering, a Nature...

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'Hashing' can eliminate more than 95 percent of computations -- ScienceDaily

Rice University computer scientists have adapted a widely used technique for rapid data lookup to slash the amount of computation — and thus energy and time — required for deep learning, a computationally intense form of machine learning.

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Bacteria used as factories to produce cancer drugs -- ScienceDaily

Researchers at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability in Denmark have developed a method of producing P450 enzymes — used by plants to defend against predators and microbes — in bacterial cell factories. The process could facilitate the production of large...

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Artificial intelligence predicts patient lifespans -- ScienceDaily

A computer’s ability to predict a patient’s lifespan simply by looking at images of their organs is a step closer to becoming a reality, thanks to new research led by the University of Adelaide.

The research, now published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, has...

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New ceramic nanofiber 'sponges' could be used for flexible insulation, water purification -- ScienceDaily

Researchers have found a way to make ultralight sponge-like materials from nanoscale ceramic fibers. The highly porous, compressible and heat-resistant sponges could have numerous uses, from water purification devices to flexible insulating materials.

“The basic science question we...

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Molecular system for artificial photosynthesis -- ScienceDaily

Photosynthesis in green plants converts solar energy to stored chemical energy by transforming atmospheric carbon dioxide and water into sugar molecules that fuel plant growth. Scientists have been trying to artificially replicate this energy conversion process, with the objective of...

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Physicist builds on Einstein and Galileo's work -- ScienceDaily

Sixteenth century scientist Galileo Galilei threw two spheres of different mass from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa to establish a scientific principle.

Now nearly four centuries later, a team of Italian physicists has applied the same principle to quantum objects using a novel...

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Ultra-stable perovskite solar cell remains stable for more than a year -- ScienceDaily

Perovskite solar cells promise cheaper and efficient solar energy, with enormous potential for commercialization. But even though they have been shown to achieve over 22% power-conversion efficiency, their operational stability still fails market requirements. Despite a number of proposed...

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How exactly does water get to homes? Research shows wide knowledge gaps about how water infrastructure works -- ScienceDaily

New Indiana University research shows many Americans don’t know how clean water gets to their homes and especially what happens after wastewater is flushed away, knowledge that is vital in confronting challenges including droughts and failing infrastructure that can lead to...

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Mineral deposits in Wyoming have revealed a new form of biologically produced uranium -- ScienceDaily

Uranium, the radioactive element that fuels nuclear power plants and occurs naturally in the Earth’s crust, is typically mined from large sandstone deposits deep underground. The uranium in these deposits, which are called roll fronts, has long been thought to form over millions of...

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Drug-delivery method holds promise for controlling crop parasites -- ScienceDaily

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are applying drug-delivery technology to agriculture to control parasitic roundworms more effectively and safely.

The tiny roundworms, or nematodes, cause $157 billion in crop failures worldwide each year, other researchers estimate, largely...

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Looking at complex light wave forms -- ScienceDaily

For the first time an international research team under the direction of Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Sansone at the Institute of Physics at the University of Freiburg has been able to completely characterize the complex evolution of weak electric fields. The team just published its research findings...

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Intriguing oscillatory back-and-forth motion of a quantum particle -- ScienceDaily

A ripe apple falling from a tree has inspired Sir Isaac Newton to formulate a theory that describes the motion of objects subject to a force. Newton’s equations of motion tell us that a moving body keeps on moving on a straight line unless any disturbing force may change its path. The...

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Game changing strategy for pain relief developed -- ScienceDaily

Researchers from Monash University have developed a new drug delivery strategy able to block pain within the nerve cells, in what could be a major development of an immediate and long lasting treatment for pain.

More than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain and this figure is...

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Handheld scanner reveals vascularization in psoriasis patients -- ScienceDaily

A newly developed tissue scanner allows looking under the skin of psoriasis patients. This provides clinically relevant information, such as the structure of skin layers and blood vessels, without the need for contrast agents or radiation exposure. A team of researchers from Helmholtz Zentrum...

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Which creates less carbon pollution? -- ScienceDaily

Delivering packages with drones can reduce carbon dioxide emissions in certain circumstances as compared to truck deliveries, a new study from University of Washington transportation engineers finds.

In a paper to be published in an upcoming issue of Transportation Research Part D,...

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Low cost, scalable water splitting fuels the future hydrogen economy -- ScienceDaily

The “clean energy economy” always seems to be a few steps away but never quite here. Most energy for transportation, heating and cooling and manufacturing is still delivered using fossil fuel inputs. But with a few scientific breakthroughs, hydrogen, the most abundant element in...

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A network of crystals for long-distance quantum communication -- ScienceDaily

Quantum physic can guarantee that a message has not be intercepted before reaching its destination. Thanks to the laws of quantum physic, a particle of light – a photon – can be in two distinct states simultaneously, comparable to a coin thrown in the air, which is virtually both head and...

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'Instantly rechargeable' battery could change the future of electric and hybrid automobiles -- ScienceDaily

A technology developed by Purdue researchers could provide an “instantly rechargeable” method that is safe, affordable and environmentally friendly for recharging electric and hybrid vehicle batteries through a quick and easy process similar to refueling a car at a gas...

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The Potential of Solar to Replace Coal -- ScienceDaily

In a new study published in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, a team from Michigan Technological University calculated the cost of combusting coal in terms of human lives along with the potential benefits of switching to solar.

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Seacoast roads under new threat from rising sea level -- ScienceDaily

Research out of the University of New Hampshire has found that some roads, as far as two miles from the shore, are facing a new hazard that currently cannot be seen by drivers — rising groundwater caused by increasing ocean water levels.

Researchers have identified sections of specific...

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Mining for answers on abandoned mines -- ScienceDaily

Soil scientist Jim Ippolito believes in local solutions to local problems. The problem he’s working on is contaminated soils near abandoned mines.

In the western United States 160,000 abandoned mines contaminate soils in the region. Ippolito, associate professor of soil science at...

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First step taken toward epigenetically modified cotton -- ScienceDaily

With prices down and weather patterns unpredictable, these are tough times for America’s cotton farmers, but new research led by Z. Jeffrey Chen at The University of Texas at Austin might offer a break for the industry. He and a team have taken the first step toward a new way of...

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Significantly sharper images and a practical approach for curving off-the-shelf image sensors -- ScienceDaily

If you’ve ever tried to take a picture in a dark restaurant, you know that it is difficult to get a clear, quality image. In the future, cameras might not struggle under these conditions thanks to a newly developed method for spherically curving the flat image sensors found in...

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