SUNY ESF Leads Groundbreaking Research in Groundwater’s Role in Ecosystem Sustainability
SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestryGroundwater has been largely unstudied in its importance and role in sustaining ecosystems.
Groundwater has been largely unstudied in its importance and role in sustaining ecosystems.
Choosing paint for your home brings a lot of options: What kind of paint, what type of finish and what color? Water-based paints have emerged as “greener” and less smelly than solvent-based options. And they are often advertised as containing little-to-no volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
Researchers report in ACS Energy Letters that repositioning the electrode in a “blue energy” harvesting device — from the center of a see-sawing liquid-filled tube to the end where the water crashes with the most force — dramatically increased the amount of wave energy that could be harvested.
To better understand COVID-19’s spread during the pandemic, public health officials expanded wastewater surveillance. These efforts track SARS-CoV-2 levels and health risks among most people, but they miss people who live without shelter, a population particularly vulnerable to severe infection.
Empowering flexible fibers with light-emitting capabilities has the potential to revolutionize the current design philosophy of smart wearable interactive devices.
Cavity-enhanced single quantum dots (QDs) are the main approach towards ultra-high-performance solid-state quantum light sources for scalable photonic quantum technologies. Nevertheless, harnessing the Purcell effect requires precise spectral and spatial alignment of the QDs’ emission with the cavity mode, which is challenging for most cavities.
New study shows that the default apps collect data even when supposedly disabled, and this is hard to switch off
Endowed with the superior computing efficiency, optical neural networks (ONNs) have shown great potential in complex visual processing.
The ABRF Core Rigor and Reproducibility Committee (CCoRRe) was selected as one of five winners of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Rigor Champions Prize for their work to raise awareness and promote adoption of rigorous and transparent practices within the core facility community.
The next-generation ShAPE machine has arrived at PNNL, where it will help prove the mettle of the ShAPE extrusion technique. ShAPE 2 is designed to allow researchers to produce larger, more complex extrusions.
The April 8 total eclipse will reveal the sun's outer atmosphere as a tangle of light that outlines the moon's silhouette like a crown. This image inspired the Latin name for the sun's atmosphere—the corona.
For the first time, scientists have built a fusion experiment using permanent magnets, a technique that could show a simple way to build future devices for less cost and allow researchers to test new concepts for future fusion power plants.
Experts examine impact of 'eccentric' opinions on social networks, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.
Meet Kenny Wallen, an assistant professor of human dimensions in the Department of Natural Resources and Society at the University of Idaho. Everyone has opinions about how Idaho’s natural resources should be used.
Dr. Isaac Torres-Díaz, a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has won a $588,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to support research into magnetic nanoparticles, which can be manipulated using magnetic fields.
A research team has crafted an innovative machine learning model that delves into the intricate dynamics between service attributes and customer satisfaction.
Polymer-based hydrogels are used to treat skin ailments and in tissue engineering because of their ability to retain water, deliver drugs into wounds, and biodegrade. However, they are complicated to manufacture and not very resilient to external forces like rubbing against clothing, sheets, or wound dressings.
As the U.S. electrifies transportation, its critical to give underserved communities a voice in the planning process. Argonne highlights projects focusing on equity in e-mobility projects.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved Critical Decision 3A (CD-3A) — the go-ahead for long-lead procurements — for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). EIC is a state-of-the-art particle collider for nuclear physics research that will be located at DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory and built in partnership with DOE's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab).
The highly competitive NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP) has named 24 new fellows to its 2024 roster. These young scientists will begin their programs in the fall of 2024 at a university or research center of their choosing in the United States.
The American College of Sports Medicine® (ACSM) announced the 2023 Paper of the Year for each of its six highly acclaimed journals. The annual awards recognize the demonstrated scientific and scholarly significance and impact of an article published during the previous year.
KITECH developed the coupled non-thermal plasma (NTP) and wet scrubber (WS) system, efficiently treating gases without ozone production and operating with reduced power consumption.
A new field of forensics is being proposed by research integrity experts to recognize their investigations into unscrupulous research behavior and misuse of scholarship: Forensic Scientometrics.
Optical neural networks (ONNs) have drawn much attention in recent years due to their high bandwidth and low heat generation. In order to further enhance the computational power of ONNs, scientists in China introduce optical correlation to ONNs and propose a new type of optical convolutional neural network which can show “quantum speedup”.
.Jens Dilling has been named associate laboratory director for the Neutron Sciences Directorate at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, effective April 1.
The superfluorescence effect has garnered attention for its significance in quantum correlation in dipole gases and its applications in intense radiation fields. In this study, Chinese scientists have identified a novel quasi-particle called cooperative exciton-polariton (CEP) in a hybrid structure consisting of a perovskite QDs film on a mirror.
The endeavor to create a quantum light source endowed with inherent topological robustness is gaining heightened significance in the realm of quantum photonics. In pursuit of this objective, we demonstrate the deterministic coupling of a single InAs quantum dot to a topological second-order corner state.
Scientists developed a new imaging device that enables high-resolution brain imaging in freely moving mice. The featherweight probe, tipping the scale at a mere 4.5 grams, is capable of continuously monitoring cerebral oxygenation and hemodynamic responses with single-vessel resolution.
A team of researchers used DNA to reconstruct the appearance of Chinese Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou, who lived 1,500 years ago.
Researchers from PNNL have been assessing installation and use of electric heat pumps in an Alaskan community that relies on fuel oil for heat. The resulting information could advance electrification in cold rural areas across the nation.
Physicists use methods called finite-volume simulations with periodic boundary conditions to model the nuclei protons and neutrons can form. This new work solves a long-standing and fundamental problem for electrically charged systems in these “periodic boxes.” It derives the mathematical equation that describes how the properties of these electrically charged systems depend on the size of the simulation volume.
The seven funded projects range from an investigation of the potential benefits of virtual reality-based “nature” experiences for hospital patients, to tools that allow scientists to make full use of huge databases of biomedical information.
Tom Maccarone in Physics and Astronomy is among authors whose groundbreaking work will soon be published in Nature magazine.
Using cutting-edge computational methods and supercomputing infrastructure at UC San Diego, researchers have built the largest and most detailed bird family tree to date—an intricate chart delineating 93 million years of evolutionary relationships between 363 bird species, representing 92% of all bird families.
A pair of research papers reveals that genomic anomalies misled scientists about the true evolutionary history of birds.
Valley fever is a fungal respiratory infection that’s stealthily spreading through the soil and dust throughout the American West. An interdisciplinary research team is trying to map where the disease-causing fungus can survive and where it’ll spread as the climate changes.
Astronomers have discovered the secrets of a starburst galaxy producing new stars at a rate much faster than our Milk Way. This research revealed many different molecules, more than ever seen before in a galaxy like this.
Low temperature, regenerative process saves energy and efficiently produces common chemical
Meet Damon Woods, director of the Integrated Design Lab and a research professor at University of Idaho. Woods has helped state officials drill down which energy regulations — among hundreds on the books — protect Idahoans from wasting energy and money in their homes, businesses and elsewhere. He’ll break down the tedious work he and other researchers did to discover how these rules help.
Nuclear science and environmental science experts at Argonne look beyond climate changes to model the design of tomorrow’s nuclear systems in the state of Washington.
Panelists will announce a new funding target for tigers; focus on the goals of the Bhutan summit; and discuss why the conservation of tigers is key to addressing a wide range of conservation and environmental issues.
Miniaturizing spectrometers for compact and cost-effective mobile platforms is a significant challenge in current spectroscopy research.
Researchers have developed a high-performance energy management unit (EMU) that significantly boosts the efficiency of electrostatic generators for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
A recent study introduces the OptiDrop platform, revolutionizing droplet microfluidics by integrating innovative optical fibers into microfluidic chips. This breakthrough enhances sensitivity for detecting scatter and fluorescence signals, offering rapid and cost-effective insights into genetics, proteins, and metabolites.
Recent research employs spatiotemporal data fusion techniques, specifically Spatial and Temporal Adaptive Reflectance Fusion Model (STARFM) and Simultaneously generate Full-length normalized difference vegetation Index Time series (SSFIT) algorithms, to address cloud cover challenges in satellite imagery, significantly improving the accuracy of land surface phenology (LSP) monitoring.
In the field of environmental and climate science, researchers have developed the Comprehensive Mechanistic Light Response (CMLR) gross primary production (GPP) dataset.