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Researchers demonstrate fundamentally new approach to ultrasound imaging
North Carolina State University researchers have demonstrated a new technique for creating ultrasound images. The new approach is substantially simpler than existing techniques and could significantly drive down technology costs.
Researchers design efficient low-cost system for producing power at night
Researchers have designed an off-grid, low-cost modular energy source that can efficiently produce power at night. The system uses commercially available technology and could eventually help meet the need for...
Iranian forces boarded civilian tanker in international waters, U.S. says
Iranian forces boarded a civilian tanker in international waters in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday, according to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command.
New catalyst efficiently turns carbon dioxide into useful fuels and chemicals
By efficiently converting CO2 into complex hydrocarbon products, a new catalyst could potentially aid in large-scale efforts to recycle excess carbon dioxide.
Efficient low-cost system for producing power at night
Researchers have designed an off-grid, low-cost modular energy source that can efficiently produce power at night. The system uses commercially available technology and could eventually help meet the need for...
A fix for foulants
When clogs and corrosion threaten residential water and heating systems, homeowners can simply call a plumber to snake a drain or replace a pipe. Operators of nuclear power plants aren’t nearly so lucky....
Arkansas Air National Guard to install UV lights to prevent COVID spread
The Arkansas Air National Guard's 189th Airlift Wing plans to install 50 Krypton Light Disinfection UV lights around Little Rock Air Force Base, and eventually find ways to use the...
New tools catch and release molecules at the flip of a light switch
A Princeton team has developed a class of light-switchable, highly adaptable molecular tools with new capabilities to control cellular activities. The antibody-like proteins, called OptoBinders, allow researchers to rapidly control...
Researchers discover new tool to construct novel metal-based magnetic materials
A Canadian-Finnish collaboration has led to the discovery of a novel magnetic compound in which two magnetic dysprosium metal ions are bridged by two aromatic organic radicals forming a pancake...
Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts join Sean Penn's 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' table read
Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman, Julia Roberts, Matthew McConaughey, Shia LaBeouf and Henry Golding are joining Sean Penn's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" table read.
Pancake bonding as a new tool to construct novel metal based magnetic materials
New research has led to the discovery of a novel magnetic compound in which two magnetic dysprosium metal ions are bridged by two aromatic organic radicals forming a pancake bond....
Watch: Robert De Niro plays dodgeball in 'The War With Grandpa' trailer
101 Studios released "The War with Grandpa," trailer, starring Robert De Niro and Oakes Fegley.
U.S. accuses Iranian forces of boarding civilian tanker in international waters
Iranian forces boarded a civilian tanker in international waters in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday, according to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command.
Sustainable nylon production made possible by bacteria discovery
Scientists have developed a sustainable method of making one of the most valuable industrial chemicals in the world - known as adipic acid -- which is a key component of...
Using natures blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals
Numerous redox transformations that are essential to life are catalyzed by metalloenzymes that feature Earth-abundant metals. In contrast, platinum-group metals have been the cornerstone of many industrial catalytic reactions for...
Iron-based superelastic alloys with near-constant critical stress temperature dependence
Shape memory alloys recover their original shape after deformation, making them useful for a variety of specialized applications. Superelastic behavior begins at the critical stress, which tends to increase with...
Observation of small Fermi pockets protected by clean CuO2 sheets of a high-Tc superconductor
In cuprate superconductors with high critical transition temperature (Tc), light hole-doping to the parent compound, which is an antiferromagnetic Mott insulator, has been predicted to lead to the formation of...
Divergent synthesis of complex diterpenes through a hybrid oxidative approach
Polycyclic diterpenes exhibit many important biological activities, but de novo synthetic access to these molecules is highly challenging because of their structural complexity. Semisynthetic access has also been limited by...
Fundamentally new approach to ultrasound imaging
Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for creating ultrasound images. The new approach is substantially simpler than existing techniques and could significantly drive down technology costs.
New precision search for dark matter from ATLAS Experiment
The nature of dark matter remains one of the great unsolved puzzles of fundamental physics. Unexplained by the Standard Model, dark matter has led scientists to probe new physics models...
Researchers make green chemistry advance with new catalyst for reduction of carbon dioxide
Researchers have made a key advance in the green chemistry pursuit of converting the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into reusable forms of carbon via electrochemical reduction.
Revealing the structure of the mysterious blue whirling flame
A team of researchers working at the University of Maryland has uncovered the structure of the mysterious blue whirling flame. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the...
Researchers make green chemistry advance with new catalyst for reduction of carbon dioxide
Researchers at Oregon State University have made a key advance in the green chemistry pursuit of converting the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into reusable forms of carbon via electrochemical reduction.
Crystallization of colloids secured to oil-water interface responding to laser illumination
A team of researchers at the University of Cambridge has developed a method for the crystallization of colloids secured to an oil-water interface in response to laser illumination. In their...
Demonstrating entanglement through a fiber cable with high fidelity
A team of researchers from Heriot-Watt University, the Indian Institute of Technology and the University of Glasgow has demonstrated a way to transport entangled particles through a commercial fiber cable...
Engineers manipulate color on the nanoscale, making it disappear
Most of the time, a material's color stems from its chemical properties. Different atoms and molecules absorb different wavelengths of light; the remaining wavelengths are the "intrinsic colors" that we...
AEW Dynamite: Orange Cassidy gets rematch against Chris Jericho
Orange Cassidy and Chris Jericho's heated rivalry continued as they battled each other in the main event of Dynamite.
New super-resolution method reveals fine details without constantly needing to zoom in
Since the early 1930s, electron microscopy has provided unprecedented access to the alien world of the extraordinarily small, revealing intricate details that are otherwise impossible to discern with conventional light...