Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) convert mechanical energy harvested from the environment to electricity for powering small devices…
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New technology offers fast peptide synthesis
Researchers have designed a machine that can rapidly produce large quantities of customized peptides. This technology…
Coming soon: Oil spill-mapping swarms of flying drones
Partly inspired by the dynamics of a flock of birds, engineers devised a computational method for…
It may not have been too late to save ‘extinct’ pigeon
The Passenger Pigeon, a species of pigeon that died out in the early years of the…
Puzzle of the Maya pendant
An archaeologist found a jade pendant once belonging to an ancient Maya king in what we…
How after-hours trading sheds light on investor sentiment
Overnight market activity -- between the time the market closes and re-opens the next day --…
Do you look like your name? People can match names to faces of strangers with surprising accuracy
If your name is Fred, do you look like a Fred? You might -- and others…
A sustained and controllable insulin release system
Researchers have developed an insulin release system with sustained and controllable delivery. The system combines two…
New standards for better water quality in Europe
The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) is due to be revised by 2019. The necessary work…
New species of parasitic wasp discovered in the eggs of leaf-rolling weevils in Africa
A new species of parasitic wasp has been obtained from the eggs of weevils associated with…