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Environment Sep 15, 2021

Captured water, carbon dioxide from car exhaust could help grow food

What if both the water and carbon dioxide (CO2) produced from a vehicle's exhaust system could be captured and used for growing food? Repurposing these two wasted products would be a game changer for reducing the carbon footprint ...

Bio & Medicine Sep 7, 2021

These fridge-free COVID-19 vaccines are grown in plants and bacteria

Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed COVID-19 vaccine candidates that can take the heat. Their key ingredients? Viruses from plants or bacteria.

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Aug 24, 2021

Energy harvesting technology based on ferromagnetic resonance

Researchers from the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University have succeeded in storing electricity with the voltage generated from the conversion phenomenon of ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) using an ultra-thin ...

Plasma Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Aug 20, 2021

Cross-pollinating physicists use novel technique to improve the design of facilities that aim to harvest fusion energy

Âé¶¹ÒùÔºicists are like bees—they can cross-pollinate, taking ideas from one area and using them to develop breakthroughs in other areas. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Laboratory ...

Nanophysics Aug 19, 2021

A photo-rechargeable lead-free perovskite lithium-ion battery that generates and stores energy

A team of researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed an inexpensive, lightweight, and non-toxic (lead-free) photo-battery that has dual functions in harvesting solar energy and ...

Plants & Animals Aug 16, 2021

Angry bees produce better venom

Researchers at Curtin revealed how behavioral and ecological factors influence the quality of bee venom, a product widely known for its effective treatment of degenerative and infectious diseases such as Parkinson's and osteoarthritis.

Ecology Aug 16, 2021

Lobster boat tracking coming to protect whales, fishery

America's lobster fishing businesses could be subjected to electronic tracking requirements to try to protect vulnerable right whales and get a better idea of the population of the valuable crustaceans.

Materials Science Aug 6, 2021

Germanium-lead perovskite LEDs: A new way to reduce toxicity

Metal-halide perovskites are a new class of semiconductor materials for LED display and solar-energy harvesting. However, the best-performing devices are often made from lead (Pb)-based perovskites, whose toxicity may cause ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Aug 5, 2021

Decades of research bring quantum dots to brink of widespread use

A new article in Science magazine gives an overview of almost three decades of research into colloidal quantum dots, assesses the technological progress for these nanometer-sized specs of semiconductor matter, and weighs ...

Nanophysics Jul 13, 2021

This device harvests power from your sweaty fingertips while you sleep

Feeling extra sweaty from a summer heat wave? Don't worry—not all your perspiration has to go to waste. In a paper publishing July 13 in the journal Joule, researchers have developed a new device that harvests energy from ...

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