Fast Next-Generation Displays Possible With New Photonic Liquid Crystals
A new technique to change the structure of liquid crystals could lead to the development of fast-responding liquid crystals suitable for next-generation displays — 3D,…
A new technique to change the structure of liquid crystals could lead to the development of fast-responding liquid crystals suitable for next-generation displays — 3D,…
New blueprint for affordable, sustainable ‘flow batteries’ developed at Berkeley Lab for renewable energy could accelerate an electrical grid powered by the sun and wind….
Trillions of plastic fragments are afloat at sea, which cause large “garbage patches” to form in rotating ocean currents called subtropical gyres. As a result,…
NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) telescope on the International Space Station detected a sudden spike of X-rays at about 10:04 p.m. EDT on…
In this time-lapse video, taken on October 9, 2019, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, bunny-suited engineers move the Mars 2020 rover from…
Scientists from Germany and the United States have unveiled the results of a newly-completed, state of the art simulation of the evolution of galaxies. TNG50…
A new satellite-based map of a section of the Amazon Basin reveals that at least some of the massive fires burning there this past summer…
A new NASA study shows that over the last 20 years, the atmosphere above the Amazon rainforest has been drying out, increasing the demand for…
Molecular hydrogen (H2) makes up 99% of the cold dense gas in galaxies. So mapping where stars are born basically means measuring H2, which lacks…
Adolescents and young adults with anorexia nervosa whose weight is in the healthy, overweight, or obese ranges face similar cardiovascular and other health complications as…
A new global assessment shows that human impacts have greatly reduced plant-fungus symbioses, which play a key role in sequestering carbon in soils. Restoring these…
New technique unexpectedly finds that black carbon in rivers and oceans differs significantly. In understanding the global carbon cycle, “black carbon” — decay-resistant carbon molecules…
In this episode of American Chemical Society Reactions, they head to Portland, Oregon, to learn how blacksmithing is just as much chemistry as it is…
In a new anthropology and studio art course, Massachusetts Institute of Technology students investigate the human dimensions of interacting with technologies. An audible gasp goes…
Paul Blainey’s technology platforms have benefited genomics, diagnostics, and drug screening. Microfluidics — the science of manipulating tiny amounts of fluid through channels — has…
In the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa, conditions can be difficult for crops. Plants need to have short growing seasons, survive on poor soils,…
With the presidential election a year away, pollsters will barrage the country with poll questions to get the pulse of the voters about the candidates….
There is growing evidence that electronic cigarettes have adverse effects on the cardiovascular system, reports a paper published November 7, 2019, in Cardiovascular Research, a…