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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.

Released: 11-Jan-2024 3:35 PM EST
Merging computer science and robotic technology to modernize processing of radioisotopes
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne is leading a U.S. Department of Energy-funded project to safely speed up medical isotope production through a remotely-operated “hot box.”

Released: 11-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Bulky additives could make cheaper solar cells last longer
University of Michigan

An insight into preventing perovskite semiconductors from degrading quickly, discovered at the University of Michigan, could help enable solar cells estimated to be two to four times cheaper than today's thin-film solar panels.

Released: 11-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
A tiny tattoo for a tabby
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

In a study recently published in Scientific Reports, researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo demonstrated an alternative “bio-tagging” method, in which a unique array of microneedles – with alphanumeric characters visible to the unaided eye - is directly inserted into the skin for permanent identification of animals.

Newswise: Transparent brain implant can read deep neural activity from the surface
8-Jan-2024 8:05 PM EST
Transparent brain implant can read deep neural activity from the surface
University of California San Diego

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a neural implant that provides information about activity deep inside the brain while sitting on its surface.

Newswise: Measurement Technique Sheds New Light on Semiconductors for Solar Fuels
Released: 10-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Measurement Technique Sheds New Light on Semiconductors for Solar Fuels
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Semiconductors in photoelectrochemical cells can convert water into hydrogen for fuel. To develop this technology, researchers have developed a technique to measure these devices’ photovoltage, or energy output, quantitively. The technique avoids the difficulty of attaching wires to the front of the semiconductors in contact with water.

Newswise: AI helps whittle down candidates for hydrogen carriers in liquid form from billions to about 40
Released: 10-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
AI helps whittle down candidates for hydrogen carriers in liquid form from billions to about 40
Argonne National Laboratory

In an AI-based exploration of 160 billion organic molecules, Argonne National Laboratory scientists identified about 40 liquid hydrogen carriers that could one day fuel cars, trucks, buses, trains and ships and generate energy for consumers.

Newswise: Uncovering self-recoverable NIR mechanoluminescence from Cr3+ doped perovskite type aluminate
Released: 10-Jan-2024 8:50 AM EST
Uncovering self-recoverable NIR mechanoluminescence from Cr3+ doped perovskite type aluminate
Chinese Academy of Sciences

In this work, researchers from South China University of Technology (SCUT) successfully synthesized a Cr3+ doped perovskite-type LaAlO3 mechanoluminescence (ML) phosphor.

Newswise: NEWS RELEASE 9-JAN-2024
Green ammonia could decarbonize 60% of global shipping when offered at just 10 regional fuel ports
Released: 9-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
NEWS RELEASE 9-JAN-2024 Green ammonia could decarbonize 60% of global shipping when offered at just 10 regional fuel ports
IOS Press

A study published today in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability has found that green ammonia could be used to fulfil the fuel demands of over 60% of global shipping by targeting just the top 10 regional fuel ports.

Newswise:Video Embedded pnnl-kicks-off-multi-year-energy-storage-scientific-discovery-collaboration-with-microsoft
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8-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
PNNL Kicks Off Multi-Year Energy Storage, Scientific Discovery Collaboration with Microsoft
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

The convergence of artificial intelligence, cloud, and high-performance computing to accelerate scientific discovery is the focus of a multi-year collaboration between Microsoft and PNNL.

Newswise: How black silicon, a prized material used in solar cells, gets its dark, rough edge
Released: 9-Jan-2024 10:30 AM EST
How black silicon, a prized material used in solar cells, gets its dark, rough edge
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have developed a new theoretical model explaining one way to make black silicon, an important material used in solar cells.

Newswise: Innovating Wastewater Treatment: A Leap from Experience to Intelligence
Released: 9-Jan-2024 7:05 AM EST
Innovating Wastewater Treatment: A Leap from Experience to Intelligence
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are essential engineering systems that protect human health and ecological sustainability by eliminating pollutants.

Newswise:Video Embedded samsung-leads-again-in-u-s-patents-while-qualcomm-leaps-into-second-place-overall-grants-dip-3-4
VIDEO
8-Jan-2024 12:00 PM EST
Samsung leads again in U.S. patents while Qualcomm leaps into second place; overall grants dip 3.4%
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

New 2023 patent data rankings highlight escalating areas of R&D activity, according to an annual patent study by Digital Science company IFI CLAIMS.

Newswise: Building on CO2
Released: 8-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Building on CO2
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

The construction industry as a CO2 sink? Researchers at Empa's Concrete & Asphalt lab are working on this. By incorporating biochar into concrete, they are exploring the potential of CO2-neutral or even CO2-negative concrete.

Released: 5-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Soft robotic, wearable device improves walking for individual with Parkinson’s disease
Harvard John A. Paulson School Of Engineering And Applied Sciences

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Boston University Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences have used a soft, wearable robot to help a person living with Parkinson’s walk without freezing.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
UC Irvine engineers invent octopus-inspired technology that can deceive and signal
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Jan 4, 2024 — With a split-second muscle contraction, the greater blue-ringed octopus can change the size and color of the namesake patterns on its skin for purposes of deception, camouflage and signaling.



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