Flexible, Wearable X-Ray Detector Doesn’t Require Toxic Heavy Metals
X-ray imaging is a fast and painless way for doctors to see inside a person. But radiation detectors, which go under the body part being…
X-ray imaging is a fast and painless way for doctors to see inside a person. But radiation detectors, which go under the body part being…
Floating into summer with more buoyant, liquid-proof life jackets, swimsuits. Summertime is here, and that often means long, lazy days at the beach, water skiing…
Safe and effective vaccines offer hope for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the possible emergence of vaccine-resistant SARS-CoV-2 variants, as well as novel…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, cloth face masks became a way to help protect yourself and others from the virus. And for some people, they became…
Wine grapes are particularly finicky when it comes to their environment. For instance, heatwaves and droughts lead to earlier berry ripening and lackluster wine. And…
Chemistry is helping us figure out how life got started on Earth and is giving us molecules to look for on other planets. In this…
Ozone is a pollutant at ground level, but very high in the atmosphere’s “ozone layer,” it absorbs damaging ultraviolet radiation. Past studies have examined ozone…
Catalytic converters cut down on toxic car emissions, and, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, they’re one of the greatest environmental inventions of all…
Small pieces of plastic are everywhere, stretching from urban environments to pristine wilderness. Left to their own devices, it can take hundreds of years for…
The Permian Basin, located in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, is the largest oil- and gas-producing region in the U.S. The oilfield operations emit…
Blocked blood vessels in the brains of stroke patients prevent oxygen-rich blood from getting to cells, causing severe damage. Plants and some microbes produce oxygen…
Opioids are the most powerful painkillers we have, but they’re incredibly addictive. Tens of thousands of people in the U.S. die of an opioid overdose…
Meat and fish fraud are global problems, costing consumers billions of dollars every year. On top of that, mislabeling products can cause problems for people…
Coded messages in invisible ink sound like something only found in espionage books, but in real life, they can have important security purposes. Yet, they…
Nature produces a startling array of patterned materials, from the sensitive ridges on a person’s fingertip to a cheetah’s camouflaging spots. Although nature’s patterns arise…
To be more energy efficient, many people have replaced their incandescent lights with light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs. However, those currently on the market emit a…
Spiders are master builders, expertly weaving strands of silk into intricate 3D webs that serve as the spider’s home and hunting ground. If humans could…
Home brewing enthusiasts and major manufacturers alike experience the same result of the beer-making process: mounds of leftover grain. Once all the flavor has been…