A type of damage in soft materials and tissue called cavitation is one of the least-studied…
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New boron material of high hardness created by plasma chemical vapor deposition
Yogesh Vohra, Ph.D., uses microwave-plasma chemical vapor deposition to create thin crystal films of never-before-seen materials.…
Staff at Berkeley Lab's X-Ray facility mobilize to support COVID-19-related research
X-rays allow researchers to map out the 3-D structure of proteins relevant to diseases at the…
Fred Haise – Native Son-Turned-Enduring Hero
Fred Haise laughs like someone who has discovered the secret – that every day is a…
Questionnaire survey identifies potential separation-related problems in cats
The first questionnaire survey to identify possible separation-related problems in cats found 13.5 percent of all…
Economists find carbon footprint grows with parenthood
Two-adult households with children emit over 25% more carbon dioxide than two-adult households without children, according…
Antiviral drug baloxavir reduces transmission of flu virus among ferrets
Baloxavir treatment reduced transmission of the flu virus from infected ferrets to healthy ferrets, suggesting that…
Biomechanics of skin can perform useful tactile computations
As our body’s largest and most prominent organ, the skin also provides one of our most…
NASA Observes Rainfall from Tornado-spawning Storms in the Southern U.S.
For two days in mid-April, severe storms raced through the southern U.S. and NASA created an…
Earth-Size, Habitable-Zone Planet Found Hidden in Early NASA Kepler Data
While the star it orbits is much smaller than our Sun, it gets about…