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Researchers Create Color-changing Fabric
A team of University of Central Florida (UCF) researchers has created fabric capable of changing color.
Customizable Diagnostic Device Can Detect Many Viruses and Diseases for Rural Medical Care
The new system is called Ampli Blocks and was developed by MIT’s Little Devices Lab. The research team hopes to further develop the system to detect human papillomavirus, malaria, Lyme disease, cancer and more.
Study Finds That Even at Low Concentrations, Silver Can Thwart Wastewater Treatment
Silver nanoparticles, commonly added to a number of consumer products for their reported antibacterial properties, may be hampering wastewater treatment efforts, according to research from Oregon State University.
Researchers Develop Implantable Sensor that Dissolves After Use
Overcoming both performance and biocompatibility issues, the research team has found a solution that would make a second surgery to remove an implantable sensor wholly unnecessary.
New Development in LCDs Allows Screens to Be Viewed in Perfect Color from Any Angle
A team of researchers from Russia, France and Germany, at MIPT’s Laboratory of Functional Organic and Hybrid Materials, have tackled viewing problems associated with LCD screens.
Trust and Equality are Important to People Interacting with Robots and AI According to New Study
Equal access and social responsibility should be priorities for policymakers in the ongoing development of AI and robotics.
What Makes Ice So Slippery?
Researchers from the University of Amsterdam and MPI-P have a theory behind what makes ice so slippery.
Constructing Emergency Shelters with Used Plastic Bottles
Typically, after disaster strikes, supplies such as food, medicine and bottled water are sent to the affected location. With untold numbers of plastic bottled water sent to such sites, how the plastic bottles are disposed of after use become, understandably, a minor consideration.
Researchers Closer to a Cocaine Breathalyzer
Researchers from the University at Buffalo have developed a low-cost chip that brings them one step closer to developing a breathalyzer that works much like an alcohol breathalyzer but instead of alcohol, the device would be capable of detecting cocaine.
A Superconductor Theory from the 1980s Reveals New Information on a New Superconductor
Rice University physicists have used an old theory that finally figured out why an iron-based high-temperature superconductor acts contradictory, to solve a different kind of superconductor mystery.
New Microscope System Allows Researchers to Observe Animal’s Brain Activity in Natural Environments
The ability to track the interactions of brain cells in animals in their natural habitat has been long sought after by neuroscientists and doctors. Researchers from The Rockefeller University have developed a system that is a huge step closer to this dream.
U.K. to Consider Wet Wipe Ban
Amid mounting concern for plastic pollution levels, the U.K. is considering an eventual ban on wet wipes containing plastic — the kind used for personal hygiene and those used to clean surfaces.
Paper Suggests That with Advances in 3D Printing Come Unexpected Threats
Advancing industries such as the aerospace industry with jet engine parts or the medical industry with prosthetic limbs, additive manufacturing — better known as 3D printing — is making more and more things possible.
New Device is a Successful, Eco-Friendly Method to Create Hydrogen Fuel
A new device provides stable artificial photosynthesis and doubles the efficiency of harnessing sunlight to break apart fresh and salt water.
Ancient Solar Stills Get an Upgrade with Carbon Paper for Clean Water Production
Black, carbon-dipped, triangular paper is used to absorb and vaporize water at incredible rates in solar stills.
Hawaii Approves Bill Banning Over-the-Counter Sunscreens That Threaten Coral Reefs
If signed, the ban will go into effect on January 1, 2021.
Researchers Develop Plastic-Eating Enzyme to Reduce Plastic Waste
The new research has developed an improved enzyme that has the ability to break down plastic bottles made out of polyethylene (PET).
Team from Japan Invents "Wood Alcohol"
A team of researchers from Japan’s Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute has developed a method for producing alcohol from wood.
New Method Uses 3D Printing Models to Find Potential Leaks in TAVR Patients
3D printing technology and computer modeling have been successfully utilized to study and predict paravalvular leaks (PVL) in patients who are receiving a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
Companies in the UK Sign Pledge to Cut Plastic Pollution
In a bid to reduce plastic pollution, over 40 companies in the U.K. have signed a pact promising to do so over the course of the next seven years.