Mark Wolff wanted to know. To him, the thought of suffering through Alzheimer's disease the way…
Month: August 2017
Flood-damaged documents, books may be salvageable with electron beam technology
Documents, books and similar items soaked and muddied in the potentially sewage-laden flood waters produced by…
The outsized role of soil microbes
Many complexities of the carbon sequestration process remain poorly understood, despite years of research and the…
Common use of antibiotics in cells grown for research could distort tests
When growing cells in the lab, researchers routinely add antibiotics to prevent contamination. But a new…
Supercomputing the weather with ‘Thor’
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center here acquired a supercomputer that is the latest step…
Tripling the efficiency of solar-based hydrogen fuel generation with metallic nanostructures that slow down light
Hydrogen gas, an important synthetic feedstock, is poised to play a key role in renewable energy…
Snakebite map for pets launched
As the weather warms up, veterinarians are preparing for snakebite season with an interactive map to…
Miniaturized mass spectrometer for Mars exploration has massive potential
BYU researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing Mars'…
Bendable crystals tie current thinking in knots
Queensland researchers have shown that single crystals, typically thought of as brittle and inelastic, are flexible…