New Flexible Cooling Device Could Provide Efficient Cooling for Mobile Electronics
A team of researchers has made the first demonstration of a solid state cooling device based on the electrocaloric effect. This thin flexible device that…
A team of researchers has made the first demonstration of a solid state cooling device based on the electrocaloric effect. This thin flexible device that…
New research details how an electrocatalyst made up of copper nanoparticles provides the conditions necessary to break down carbon dioxide to form ethylene, ethanol, and…
A newly published study details how defects in metal oxides may be key to their performance for a variety of high-tech applications. Sometimes things that…
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals that fast radio bursts should occur over the entire observable universe, with at least one FRB…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers discovered two asteroids orbiting each other that have comet-like features in the asteroid belt. These include a bright halo…
New research from Yale University and the Satellites Around Galactic Analogs (SAGA) Survey reveals that the Milky Way might not be as “typical” as previously…
A team of engineers has developed a new microfluidic device uses acoustics to quickly analyze blood for signatures of cancer and other diseases. Cells secrete…
ALMA reveals a strikingly beautiful view of a delicate bubble of expelled material around the exotic red star U Antliae, helping astronomers to better understand…
Newly released image of aurora borealis over Canada as seen by the crew aboard the International Space Station. The spectacular aurora borealis, or the “northern…
In a new study, Berkeley Lab scientists harnessed the power of photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide into fuels and alcohols at efficiencies far greater than…
A team of researchers has uncovered two closely related cytokines — molecules involved in cell communication and movement — that may explain why some people…
New research from NASA reveals the Antarctic glaciers that accelerated the fastest between 2008 and 2014 and finds that the most likely cause of their…
Astronomers observed V745 Sco about two weeks after its most recent outburst in 2014 with Chandra, enabling them to generate this new 3D model that…
Using the Herschel Space Telescope, astronomers have made giant strides in our understanding of the physical processes that lead to the birth of stars and…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft continues its farewell tour as it views Saturn’s yin-and-yang moon, Iapetus for the last time. The above image is from the last…
A team of engineers has developed a new approach to ultrafast light pulses that could be used for rapid light-based communications systems. Two-dimensional materials called…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft made a fateful plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, ending its 13-year tour of the ringed planet and closing a thrilling chapter…
This Hubble Space Telescope image of the week shows spiral galaxy NGC 6753, which is located roughly 150 million light-years away. Despite the advances made…