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The best vacuums for people with pets
Total pup mess control. (Bruna Cervera via Unsplash/)You love your fur babies. Cleaning up after them, not so much. That’s why many big-name vacuum companies now manufacture special cleaners designed with pets owners...
Watch: Truck load of toilet paper burns in Texas highway crash
Authorities in Texas said a truck driver was not injured when his vehicle caught fire on the interstate, but the flames destroyed some precious cargo: a load of toilet paper.
The candy-cola soda geyser experiment, at different altitudes
Dropping Mentos® candies into a bottle of soda causes a foamy jet to erupt. Although science fair exhibitors can tell you that this geyser results from rapid degassing of the...
Models explain changes in cooking meat
Mathematicians show that by modelling meat as a fluid-saturated matrix of elastic proteins, which are deformed as the fluid moves, cooking behaviors can be simulated more precisely.
Scientists see energy gap modulations in a cuprate superconductor
Scientists studying high-Tc superconductors have definitive evidence for the existence of a state of matter known as a pair density wave -- first predicted by theorists some 50 years ago....
Stable perovskite LEDs one step closer
Researchers have developed a perovskite light-emitting diode (LED) with both high efficiency and long operational stability.
Researchers test the way we understand forces in the universe
A discovery by a team of researchers led by UMass Lowell nuclear physicists could change how atoms are understood by scientists and help explain extreme phenomena in outer space.
Watch: Michael McDonald holds Tiny Desk concert from home
Michael McDonald performed from home for the latest installment of NPR's Tiny Desk concert series.
BESSY II: Ultra-fast switching of helicity of circularly polarized light pulses
At the BESSY II storage ring, a joint team of accelerator physicists, undulator experts and experimenters has shown how the helicity of circularly polarized synchrotron radiation can be switched faster—up...
Models explain changes in cooking meat
Meat is no ordinary solid. Made up of complex networks of moisture-saturated proteins, it displays some intriguing physical properties when it is cooked. Several studies in the past have attempted...
Stable perovskite LEDs one step closer
Researchers at Linköping University, working with colleagues in Great Britain, China and the Czech Republic, have developed a perovskite light-emitting diode (LED) with both high efficiency and long operational stability....
Ceramic lattices that are stronger than diamond
New design based on interconnected plates pushes theoretical strength limits
Submissions open for Copernicus Masters 2020
Awarding innovative solutions, developments and ideas that use Earth observation data to tackle challenges faced by business and society, the Copernicus Masters 2020 competition is now open for submissions.
Scientists see energy gap modulations in a cuprate superconductor
For years physicists have been trying to decipher the electronic details of high-temperature superconductors. These materials could revolutionize energy transmission and electronics because of their ability to carry electric current...
Quantitative reconstruction of formation paleo-pressure and case studies
Formation pressure governs the generation, expulsion, migration, accumulation and preservation of petroleum. Fluid-rock interactions during diagenesis and mineralization are also affected by the formation pressure. Thus, investigating the formation paleo-pressure...
New materials: Brilliant white without pigments
Polymer foils that are extremely thin and characterized by a high light scattering rate are produced by a new process developed by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The inexpensive material...
A mysterious superconductor’s wave could reveal the physics behind the materials
Physicists have finally captured a superconductor’s wave. The first direct evidence of a phase of matter known as a pair-density wave helps reveal the physics that underlies mysterious high-temperature superconductors, which conduct electricity...
Scientists find a way to extract color from black
Scientists have developed a way of extracting a richer palette of colors from the available spectrum by harnessing disordered patterns inspired by nature that would typically be seen as black.
3-D laser damage positioned by deep-learning method
Traditional online damage detection schemes can directly detect and characterize damage by imaging optical components. However, due to optical resolution, noise, shadows and reflections, the small-size damage points cannot be...
AI finds 2-D materials in the blink of an eye
Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, a part of The University of Tokyo, demonstrated a novel artificial intelligence system that can find and label 2-D materials in microscope images...
Graphene-based actuator swarm enables programmable deformation
Actuators that can convert various environmental stimuli to mechanical work have revealed great potential for developing smart devices such as soft robots, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), and automatic lab-on-a-chip systems. Generally,...
An all-organic proton battery energized for sustainable energy storage
Sustainable energy storage is in great demand. Researchers at Uppsala University have therefore developed an all-organic proton battery that can be charged in a matter of seconds. The battery can...
Optical data processing benefits from new kind of mobillity
Mode control is essential for optical communications and data processing technologies. Whether it's connections and switches in data transmission lines or some sort of non-reciprocal device for optical circuits, the...
Russia sends plane with medical supplies, equipment to U.S.
A Russian military plane carrying donated medical supplies left Moscow Wednesday en route to destinations in the United States to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, the Russian government said.
Christopher Meloni to reprise 'SVU' role in spinoff
Christopher Meloni is set to reprise his iconic "Law & Order: SVU" role of Elliot Stabler in a new series created by Dick Wolf.
Lockheed awarded $4.9B for work on F-35s
Lockheed Martin picked up three contracts totaling $4.9 billion for work on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft Tuesday, according to the Pentagon.
Surfing the waves: Electrons break law to go with the flow
Researchers measure how fluid changes the movement of electrons.
New quantum technology could help diagnose and treat heart condition
The conductivity of living organs, such as the heart, could be imaged non-invasively using quantum technology, which has the potential to revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation.