Tag Archives: Engineering

[ad_1] PROVIDENCE, RI [Brown University] – A new study on airflow patterns inside a car’s passenger compartment offers some suggestions for potentially reducing the risk of transmitting COVID-19 by sharing journeys with others. The study, led by a team of researchers from Brown University, used computer models to simulate the …

[ad_1] New clues lead to a better understanding of the evolution of the solar system and the origin of the Earth as a habitable planet. In a new article published in the journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment, researchers at the University of Rochester were able to use magnetism to …

[ad_1] Sensors that track everything from infection in the lungs to using WiFi on a crowded college campus are poised to enhance our understanding and approach to improving human health on many levels, a trend that has been accelerated by challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers and experts said at …

[ad_1] Methane, the main component of natural gas, is the cleanest fuel of all fossil fuels, but when it is released into the atmosphere it is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. According to some estimates, the seafloor methane contained in ice formations along the continental fringes …

[ad_1] When it comes to water and Mars, there is good news and not so good news. The good news: there is water on Mars! The not so good news? There is water on Mars. The red planet is very cold; the non-frozen water is almost certainly full of salt …

[ad_1] Once the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover reaches Mars, a dramatic 6-minute sequence will see a “descent module” – carrying the rover – deploy two parachutes to quickly slow it down before it lands on the surface. Martian. Atmospheric drag will slow the module from around …

[ad_1] Scientists from EPFL and the Friedrich Miescher Institute used cryo-electron microscopy to explain how a DNA-sensitive biomolecule that is key to our innate immune response is inactivated when it comes into contact with the cell’s DNA. One biomolecule that has garnered considerable attention in recent years is cGAS, a …

[ad_1] Crop scientists over the years have learned a lot about how plants grow above the ground, but much less is known about roots and their interactions with the soil. Now, a Cornell project funded by two separate three-year grants will develop worm-like soil swimming robots to detect and record …

[ad_1] Artist’s illustration of water molecules. A research team led by Berkeley Lab has designed a new crystalline material that targets and traps copper ions from wastewater with unprecedented precision and speed. (Credit: Sashkin / Shutterstock) WWe rely on water to quench our thirst and to irrigate abundant agricultural land. …

[ad_1] Wirz / UCLA Research Group The cold atmospheric plasma device that treats metal samples. The bluish glow is caused by the presence of excited air molecules. UCLA engineers and scientists have shown that cold atmospheric plasma treatments at room temperature can kill the coronavirus present on a variety of …