Engineers report important new insights into nanoporous gold -- a material with growing applications in several…
Month: May 2018
Mercury rising: Are the fish we eat toxic?
Researchers say industrial sea fishing may be exposing people in coastal and island nations to excessively…
Instrument to rapidly test if drugs contain trace crystallinity
Researchers have created a device that can quickly and inexpensively determine whether new pharmaceutical formulations have…
Engineers upgrade ancient, sun-powered tech to purify water with near-perfect efficiency
The idea of using energy from the sun to evaporate and purify water is ancient. The…
Should ethics or human intuition drive the moral judgments of driverless cars?
Driverless cars will encounter situations requiring moral assessment -- and new research suggests that people may…
Brain stimulation reduces suicidal thinking in people with hard-to-treat depression
A specific kind of brain stimulation is effective in reducing suicidal thinking in a significant portion…
Harvesting clean hydrogen fuel through artificial photosynthesis
A new, stable artificial photosynthesis device doubles the efficiency of harnessing sunlight to break apart both…
Chemical engineers discover how to control knots that form in DNA molecules
Researchers have discovered the factors that influence how knots travel along a strand of DNA, using…
Daily aspirin linked to double melanoma risk in men
Men who take once-daily aspirin have nearly double the risk of melanoma compared to men who…
Mindfulness at work: Study first to uncover positive benefits for teams
Challenges and differences in opinion are inevitable when working in a team. But new research suggests…