Tag Archives: environment

New effective and safe antifungal isolated from the microbiome of sea splashes

[ad_1] Pharmacy professor Tim Bugni led a UW-Madison effort to identify new antimicrobials from poorly studied ecosystems. School of Pharmacy Combing the ocean for antimicrobials, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a new antifungal compound that effectively targets multi-drug-resistant strains of deadly fungi without toxic side effects in …

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Material Science: How to Clean Dirty Air Conditioners

[ad_1] The experiments that researchers from the Polytechnic of Catalonia and the University of Cambridge did a few years ago were quite simple. But they could prove extremely important for artificial cold and cooling. The researchers placed plastic crystals made from neopentyl glycol – a chemical used in the manufacture …

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Scientists develop a magnetic switch with lower power consumption

[ad_1] Magnetic materials are ubiquitous in modern society, present in almost all the technological devices we use every day. In particular, personal electronic devices such as smartphones / watches, tablets and desktop computers all rely on magnetic material to store information. Information in modern devices is stored in long chains …

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Recognized Elite Scientists | Mirage News

[ad_1] Ten JCU scientists have been named to an elite group of “highly cited” researchers as part of a worldwide survey on the impact of academic work, twice the number of recognized JCU scientists in last year’s ranking. Citations are recorded when a scientist’s work is referenced by another scientist …

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