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Released: 30-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Researchers Craft New Way to Make High-Temperature Superconductors – With a Twist
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

An international team that includes Rutgers University–New Brunswick scientists has developed a new method to make and manipulate a widely studied class of high-temperature superconductors.

Newswise: When Engineering Meets Women’s Health
Released: 30-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
When Engineering Meets Women’s Health
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

There has been a lack of basic research centered on women’s health. But times are changing, says Kristin Myers. And it’s about time.

Newswise: Small yet mighty: showcasing precision nanocluster formation with molecular traps
Released: 30-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Small yet mighty: showcasing precision nanocluster formation with molecular traps
Chiba University

Researchers demonstrate the growth of cobalt nanoclusters on two-dimensional copper surfaces using an array of ring-shaped crown ether molecules.

Released: 30-Jan-2024 9:05 AM EST
Drexel researchers propose AI-guided system for robotic inspection of buildings, roads and bridges
Drexel University

Our built environment is aging and failing faster than we can maintain it. Recent building collapses and structural failures of roads and bridges are indicators of a problem that’s likely to get worse, according to experts, because it’s just not possible to inspect every crack, creak and crumble to parse dangerous signs of failure from normal wear and tear. In hopes of playing catch-up, researchers in Drexel University’s College of Engineering are trying to give robotic assistants the tools to help inspectors with the job.

Newswise: Comfort isn’t only a feeling, it’s a study
Released: 30-Jan-2024 9:05 AM EST
Comfort isn’t only a feeling, it’s a study
Tsinghua University Press

A lot of factors go into an individual’s comfort, and it’s more than just how one feels about the temperature.

Newswise: Geoengineering may slow Greenland ice sheet loss
Released: 30-Jan-2024 1:00 AM EST
Geoengineering may slow Greenland ice sheet loss
Hokkaido University

Modeling shows that stratospheric aerosol injection has the potential to reduce ice sheet loss due to climate change.

Released: 29-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Raeanna Sharp-Geiger appointed Argonne’s Chief Operations Officer
Argonne National Laboratory

Raeanna Sharp-Geiger will leverage her experience as chief operations officer for Argonne National Laboratory.

Newswise: Argonne scientists help scale up nanomaterials for sustainable manufacturing
Released: 29-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Argonne scientists help scale up nanomaterials for sustainable manufacturing
Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists using Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source have developed a multipurpose nanomaterial to aid in sustainable manufacturing.

Newswise: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Awarded $160 Million 10-Year U.S. National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines Grant
25-Jan-2024 9:05 AM EST
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Awarded $160 Million 10-Year U.S. National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines Grant
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) is the recipient of an inaugural U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Engines Program award. The NSF Engines: Piedmont Triad Regenerative Medicine Engine is a regional project that provides an innovation ecosystem to stimulate workforce development, job creation, and economic growth through the development of technologies that benefit the emerging industry.

   
Released: 26-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
American nuclear power plants are among the most secure in the world — what if they could be less expensive, too?
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne collaborates with Purdue University on new research aimed at lowering the cost of developing small nuclear reactors.

Newswise: Teaching nature to break man-made chemical bonds
Released: 25-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Teaching nature to break man-made chemical bonds
California Institute of Technology

For the first time, scientists have engineered an enzyme that can break stubborn man-made bonds between silicon and carbon that exist in widely used chemicals known as siloxanes, or silicones.

Newswise: PNNL Software Technology Wins FLC Award
Released: 25-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
PNNL Software Technology Wins FLC Award
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Visual Sample Plan, a free software tool developed at PNNL that boosts statistics-based planning, has been recognized with a 2024 Federal Laboratory Consortium Award.

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Released: 25-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Sandia and UNM collaborate to build more efficient rocket
Sandia National Laboratories

Sal Rodriguez, a nuclear engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, is forging a rocket revolution with the help of the University of New Mexico and student Graham Monroe.

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Released: 25-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
New space for building ultra-powerful magnets launches at national laboratory
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Under the direction of principal engineer Yuhu Zhai, PPPL is building its new High-Field Magnet Test Facility, which will provide powerful magnets for scientific experiments to researchers at both PPPL and Princeton University, as well as private companies along the mid-Atlantic coast.

Released: 25-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Permeable pavements could reduce coho-killing tire pollutants
Washington State University

The pore-like structure of permeable pavements may help protect coho salmon by preventing tire wear particles and related contaminants from entering stormwater runoff, according to a Washington State University study.

Newswise: Synthetic Biology Manufacturing of Advanced Materials Research Center launches at Washington University in St. Louis
Released: 25-Jan-2024 8:00 AM EST
Synthetic Biology Manufacturing of Advanced Materials Research Center launches at Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis

A team of researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has established the Synthetic Biology Manufacturing of Advanced Materials Research Center to work across disciplines to find nature-inspired alternatives to plastics.

Newswise: Argonne to host eight graduate student awardees in Department of Energy-sponsored research program
Released: 24-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Argonne to host eight graduate student awardees in Department of Energy-sponsored research program
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne provides graduate students with high-level mentorship and first-hand experience on their theses and STEM journeys

Released: 24-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Chloe Washabaugh creates designer molecules for the quantum future
Argonne National Laboratory

As an engineer of high-performance molecular qubits, Q-NEXT collaborator and UChicago grad student Chloe Washabaugh takes on the erudite, the everyday and everything in between.

Newswise: New model predicts how shoe properties affect a runner’s performance
Released: 24-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
New model predicts how shoe properties affect a runner’s performance
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

A good shoe can make a huge difference for runners, from career marathoners to couch-to-5K first-timers. But every runner is unique, and a shoe that works for one might trip up another.

Released: 23-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Incheon National University researchers propose a web 3.0 streaming architecture and marketplace
Incheon National University

The proposed marketplace, named “Retriever,” reduces delay, improves user experience, and is transparent and fair for real-time Web 3.0 services.

Newswise: Major climate benefits with electric aircraft
Released: 23-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Major climate benefits with electric aircraft
Chalmers University of Technology

The team examined a commercially available battery-electric aircraft with two seats, the “Pipistrel Alpha Electro”, in the life cycle assessment.

Released: 23-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Innovative tech shows promise to boost rubber production in US
Ohio State University

Scientists are working to ramp up the U.S. rubber market by advancing methods to extract latex from two sustainable North American plant sources: a dandelion species and a desert shrub.

Newswise: Corning uses neutrons to reveal how ‘atomic rings’ help  predict glass performance
Released: 23-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Corning uses neutrons to reveal how ‘atomic rings’ help predict glass performance
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Conducting neutron scattering experiments at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL and Corning scientists discovered that as the number of smaller, less-stable atomic rings in a glass increases, the instability, or liquid fragility, of the glass also increases.

Released: 22-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
New candidate for universal memory is fast, low-power, stable and long-lasting
Stanford University

We are tasking our computers with processing ever-increasing amounts of data to speed up drug discovery, improve weather and climate predictions, train artificial intelligence, and much more.

Newswise: Groundbreaking discovery enables cost-effective and eco-friendly green hydrogen production
Released: 22-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Groundbreaking discovery enables cost-effective and eco-friendly green hydrogen production
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

A breakthrough technology has been developed that enables the production of green hydrogen in a more cost-effective and environmentally friendly manner, bringing us closer to a carbon-neutral society by replacing expensive precious metal catalysts.

Newswise: Look out Spider-Man: Naturalistic silk spun from artificial spider gland
Released: 22-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Look out Spider-Man: Naturalistic silk spun from artificial spider gland
RIKEN

Researchers led by Keiji Numata at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science in Japan, along with colleagues from the RIKEN Pioneering Research Cluster, have succeeded in creating a device that spins artificial spider silk that closely matches what spiders naturally produce.

Released: 22-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Scientists trap krypton atoms to form one-dimensional gas
University of Nottingham

For the first time, scientists have successfully trapped atoms of krypton (Kr), a noble gas, inside a carbon nanotube to form a one-dimensional gas.

Newswise: Plumber’s nightmare structure in block polymers
Released: 22-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Plumber’s nightmare structure in block polymers
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Plumber’s nightmare structure presents itself as an assemblage where all exits seem to converge inward—a plumber’s nightmare but an anticipated uniqueness for researchers, suggesting distinctive traits divergent from traditional materials.

Released: 22-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
New sustainable method for creating organic semiconductors
Linkoping University

Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a new, more environmentally friendly way to create conductive inks for use in organic electronics such as solar cells, artificial neurons, and soft sensors. The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, pave the way for future sustainable technology.

Newswise: Hybrid machine learning method boosts resolution of electrical impedance tomography for structural imaging
Released: 22-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Hybrid machine learning method boosts resolution of electrical impedance tomography for structural imaging
Tokyo University of Science

Researchers combine traditional mathematical approaches and cutting-edge machine learning methods for improved analysis of building structures.

Newswise: Squid-inspired robot swims with nature's most efficient marine animals
Released: 22-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Squid-inspired robot swims with nature's most efficient marine animals
University of Southampton

Scientists at the University of Southampton and University of Edinburgh have developed a flexible underwater robot that can propel itself through water in the same style as nature's most efficient swimmer - the Aurelia aurita jellyfish.

Newswise: Endless biotechnological innovation requires a creative approach
17-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Endless biotechnological innovation requires a creative approach
University of Bristol

Scientists working on biological design should focus on the idiosyncrasies of biological systems over optimisation, according to new research.

Released: 19-Jan-2024 7:05 AM EST
DNA becomes our ‘hands’ to construct advanced nanoparticle materials
Northwestern University

Evanston, IL In a paper to be published in Science Jan. 18, scientists Chad Mirkin and Sharon Glotzer and their teams at Northwestern University and University of Michigan, respectively, present findings in nanotechnology that could impact the way advanced materials are made.

Released: 18-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
National Science Foundation taps NYU Tandon with $5 Million grant to advance accessibility
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

A team at NYU Tandon School of Engineering will kick off the second phase of an ambitious research project that aims to transform navigation and accessibility for many of the 285 million people with blindness and low vision (pBLV) worldwide.

Newswise: Argonne, Sandia scientists create qubits using precision tools of nanotechnology
Released: 18-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Argonne, Sandia scientists create qubits using precision tools of nanotechnology
Argonne National Laboratory

With support from the Q-NEXT quantum center, scientists leverage nanoscale-research facilities to conduct pioneering precision studies of qubits in silicon carbide, leading to a better understanding of quantum devices and higher performance.

Newswise: 10 researchers receive Argonne Postdoctoral Performance Awards
Released: 18-Jan-2024 10:15 AM EST
10 researchers receive Argonne Postdoctoral Performance Awards
Argonne National Laboratory

10 postdoctoral researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory were recently recognized at the laboratory’s 2023 Postdoctoral Performance Awards, which were presented in a ceremony on Nov. 9.

Newswise: New Method for Integrating Electro-Optic Heterointerfaces in MIS Structures for Plasmonic Waveguide Modulation
Released: 18-Jan-2024 8:30 AM EST
New Method for Integrating Electro-Optic Heterointerfaces in MIS Structures for Plasmonic Waveguide Modulation
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by Dr. Amr S. Helmy, have developed a new method for integrating electro-optic SiO2/ITO heterointerfaces into MIS structures.

Newswise: FAU Engineering Receives $2.6 Million NSF Grant for CyberCorps Student Scholarship Program
Released: 18-Jan-2024 8:30 AM EST
FAU Engineering Receives $2.6 Million NSF Grant for CyberCorps Student Scholarship Program
Florida Atlantic University

FAU received a $2.6 million grant from the NSF to establish a scholarship program in the burgeoning and critical field of cybersecurity. The NSF’s CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service program seeks to increase the number of qualified cybersecurity professionals working for federal, state, local, territorial and tribal governments.

Newswise: National award goes to Sandia Labs engineer
Released: 17-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
National award goes to Sandia Labs engineer
Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia engineer Tony Garcia recognized with a prestigious 2023 Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers STAR of Today award for technical achievement.

Newswise: The surface knows what lies beneath: physicists show how to detect higher-order topological insulators
Released: 17-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
The surface knows what lies beneath: physicists show how to detect higher-order topological insulators
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Just like a book can’t be judged by its cover, a material can’t always be judged by its surface. But, for an elusive conjectured class of materials, physicists have now shown that the surface previously thought to be “featureless” holds an unmistakable signature that could lead to the first definitive observation.

Newswise: Researchers release solar power data software to increase clean energy generation
Released: 17-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Researchers release solar power data software to increase clean energy generation
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

The software tool sorts through messy data to reveal what’s really going on with solar panels on cloudy and sunny days.

Newswise: Advancement in thermoelectricity could light up the Internet of Things
Released: 16-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Advancement in thermoelectricity could light up the Internet of Things
Osaka University

Researchers from Osaka University and their collaborating partners improve the efficiency of thermoelectric conversion from a semiconductor, which could help optimize the efficiency and sustainability of the global digital transformation.

Released: 16-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Rice engineers propose hybrid urban water sourcing model
Rice University

Houston’s water and wastewater system could be more resilient with the development of hybrid urban water supply systems that combine conventional, centralized water sources with reclaimed wastewater, according to a study by Rice University engineers published in Nature Water.

Released: 16-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Will long-term operation of constructed wetlands become a source of pollution itself?
Higher Education Press

Eutrophication of lakes is a global environmental issue, and polluted inflowing rivers are important external factors leading to lake eutrophication.

Newswise: RUDN Professor Made Concrete Stronger and More Durable with Resin
Released: 16-Jan-2024 4:05 AM EST
RUDN Professor Made Concrete Stronger and More Durable with Resin
Scientific Project Lomonosov

RUDN University professor strengthened ordinary concrete with epoxy resin. The author was the first to show that in this way it is possible to make concrete 80-100% stronger, taking into account the corrosive influence of an aggressive environment.

Newswise: Sahmyook University researchers open doors to next-generation memristive devices
Released: 15-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Sahmyook University researchers open doors to next-generation memristive devices
Sahmyook University

The researchers have addressed challenges in data retention and endurance of these devices by developing a silver-dispersive chalcogenide thin film.

Newswise: The power of pause: Controlled deposition for effective and long-lasting organic devices
Released: 15-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
The power of pause: Controlled deposition for effective and long-lasting organic devices
Chiba University

Researchers move a step closer to making conventional optoelectronic devices more lightweight and flexible.

Newswise: Solid-state qubits: Forget about being clean, embrace mess
Released: 15-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Solid-state qubits: Forget about being clean, embrace mess
Paul Scherrer Institute

New findings debunk previous wisdom that solid-state qubits need to be super dilute in an ultra-clean material to achieve long lifetimes. Instead, cram lots of rare-earth ions into a crystal and some will form pairs that act as highly coherent qubits, shows paper in Nature Physics.

Newswise: Core-shell ‘chemical looping’ boosts efficiency of greener approach to ethylene production
Released: 12-Jan-2024 9:05 PM EST
Core-shell ‘chemical looping’ boosts efficiency of greener approach to ethylene production
Lehigh University

Ethylene is sometimes called the most important chemical in the petrochemical industry because it serves as the feedstock for a huge range of everyday products.



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