Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have developed a battery anode based on a new nanostructured alloy that could revolutionize the way energy storage devices are designed and manufactured. The zinc- and manganese-based alloy further opens the door to replacing solvents commonly used in battery electrolytes with something much safer and inexpensive, […]
Topological materials are characterised by unique electronic and physical properties that are determined by the underlying topology of their electronic systems. Scientists from the Max Planck Institutes for Microstructure Physics (Halle) and for Chemical Physics of Solids (Dresden) have now discovered that (TaSe4)2I is the first material in which a charge density wave induces a […]
By Adam Vaughan A man in his 80s receives a covid-19 vaccination on 11 January at the International Centre for Life in Newcastle upon Tyne. The location is one of several mass vaccination centres in England to open to the public this weekIan Forsyth/Getty Images The UK’s race to vaccinate 13.9 million people in high-priority […]
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By David Hambling Mock-ups of the robotic forestersMilrem Robotics The Tin Woodman first appeared in Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 120 years ago. Now real robot foresters are making their debut, planting trees rather than cutting them down. The robotic foresters are the work of robot makers Milrem in partnership with the University […]
By Karina Shah Megalodon sharks grew enormous in the uterusROMAN UCHYTEL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Ancient megalodon sharks may have been at least 2 metres long at birth – and they might have grown so large by eating unhatched eggs in the uterus. Kenshu Shimada at DePaul University in Chicago and his colleagues examined an Otodus megalodon […]
Efficiently mass-producing hydrogen from water is closer to becoming a reality thanks to Oregon State University College of Engineering researchers and collaborators at Cornell University and the Argonne National Laboratory. The scientists used advanced experimental tools to forge a clearer understanding of an electrochemical catalytic process that’s cleaner and more sustainable than deriving hydrogen from […]
Engineers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have created a new shape-changing or “morphing” 3D printing nozzle that was featured as a Frontispiece in the January 5th issue of the journal Advanced Materials Technologies. The team’s morphing nozzle offers researchers new means for 3D printing “fiber-filled composites” — materials made up of short fibers that […]
Whenever an organism develops and forms organs, a tumour creates metastases or the immune system becomes active in inflammation, cells migrate within the body. As they do, they interact with surrounding tissues which influence their function. The migrating cells react to biochemical signals, as well as to biophysical properties of their environment, for example whether […]
Documentary iHuman is thoroughly committed to an apocalyptic view of society in which we are in thrall to artificially intelligent machines. That is its strength – and its weakness, says Simon Ings Humans 6 January 2021 By Simon Ings iHuman explores our relationship with technologyCosmic Cat iHuman Tonje Hessen Schei Screening for eight weeks at […]