What does cooking in your kitchen have in common with printed electronics? More than one would think! Sintering is a widely used technique for bonding particles into coherent structures, imparting increased strength and integrity. Due to its low cost, and reliability,...
All-in-one device for effective arsenic capture in water
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign develop an energy-efficient device for purifying arsenic-contaminated water.
Financing net zero
Global warming: a collision of science, economy, and politics. Could finance be the key?
Can AI solve the mysteries of photonic nanostructures?
A new approach seeks to use the “intelligence” aspects of AI to understand the physics of photonic nanostructures.
CRISPR cleans up DNA origami
Researchers use CRISPR-Cas12a as a DNA shredder to clean up and mobilize parts of DNA-origami structures.
Nano-silicon samurai: Surface engineered sponges to clean up oil
Nano-silicon is an attractive tool in the field of environmental remediation, specifically when it comes to cleaning up oil spills from underwater drilling and hydraulic fracking.
Key battery metrics identified by Johannes Betz
Johannes Betz of the University of Münster identifies the key metrics required to properly evaluate and compare rechargeable battery systems.
A radical view of organelle evolution
What were the driving factors behind organelle evolution?
Ultrasound therapy improves the memory of Alzheimer’s patients
In a small group of patients, language and memory showed improvement for up to 3 months after ultrasound brain stimulation therapy.
Artificial astronomers
By examining a wide selection of research works from the last two years, it was very clear that astronomers are using machine learning and AI as powerful discovery tools across a range of fields.