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Coronavirus lockdowns are pushing mass transit systems to the brink – and low-income riders will pay the price
Low-income Americans have borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic. They may also get left behind…
Expert discusses social distancing and cyberbullying
For many children and teenagers, social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic means the only interaction they…
Solar power plants get help from satellites to predict cloud cover
The output of solar energy systems is highly dependent on cloud cover. While weather forecasting can…
Technologies converge on interacting surfaces in protein complexes
Researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have fine-tuned a method to pinpoint surfaces within…
Scientists develop synthetic toxic sugar to manage mosquito populations
A synthetic lure developed by researchers at Keele University has offered hopes for controlling mosquito populations…
Scientists discover six new coronaviruses in bats
Researchers with the Smithsonian’s Global Health Program have discovered six new coronaviruses in bats in Myanmar—the…
Substances trapped in nanobubbles exhibit unusual properties
Skoltech scientists modeled the behavior of nanobubbles appearing in van der Waals heterostructures and the behavior…
New electronic cooling technology to enable miniaturization of quantum computers
VTT researchers have successfully demonstrated a new electronic refrigeration technology that could enable major leaps in…
Priorities and technologies for indicative ballast water monitoring in Great Lakes
Ballast water of commercial ships is the leading source for aquatic invasive species into the Great…