[ad_1] Mongooses rarely leave the group they were born into, so members are usually genetically related. The new study, published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals how females bypass the problem of inbreeding. The research team, led by the University of Cambridge and the …
Read More »Researchers develop a DNA-based approach to predicting ecosystem changes
[ad_1] The fast, low-cost technique is the first to analyze DNA left in animal feces to map complex networks of species interactions in a terrestrial system. It could help redefine conservation as we know it, identify otherwise hard-to-find species, and lead a global effort to restore large areas. Watch the …
Read More »Machine learning advances materials for separations, adsorption and catalysis
[ad_1] Metal-organic structures (MOFs) are a class of porous and crystalline materials that are synthesized from inorganic metal ions or clusters attached to organic ligands. Two of these materials are shown, HKUST-1 and MIL-100 (Fe). (Credit: Tania Evans, Georgia Tech) An artificial intelligence technique, machine learning, is helping to accelerate …
Read More »The combination of electronic and photonic chips enables a new record in super fast quantum light detection
[ad_1] The integrated detector combines a silicon photonic chip with a silicon microelectronic chip, delivering an advanced speed in quantum light detection. Bristol researchers have developed a tiny device that paves the way for higher-performance quantum computers and quantum communications, making them significantly faster than the current state of the …
Read More »Push bag with fusion magnets
[ad_1] “At the age of 12-15 I was drawing; I was designing fusion devices. “ David Fischer recalls growing up in Vienna, Austria imagining the best way to cool the furnace used to hold the hot ion soup known as plasma in a melting device called a tokamak. With the …
Read More »Large area flexible organic photodiodes can compete with silicon devices
[ad_1] Georgia Tech lead research scientist Canek Fuentes-Hernandez possesses rigid and flexible large-area organic photodiodes whose performance is comparable to that of silicon-based photodiodes. (Credit: Canek Fuentes-Hernandez, Georgia Tech) The performance of large-area flexible organic photodiodes has advanced to the point where they can now offer advantages over conventional silicon …
Read More »Key to predicting the future climate: looking back millions of years
[ad_1] An international team of climate scientists, including two from the University of Michigan, suggests that researchers using numerical models to predict future climate change should include simulations of past climates when evaluating the model’s performance. “We urge the climate modeling community to pay attention to the past and actively …
Read More »The project led by UO maps the human and climate impact in the Amazon
[ad_1] As a California high school student, Jamie Wright thought her family’s finances meant that college was out of reach. Now, the UO graduate student is the lead author of a paper that provides a reference map covering 1,600 years of human and climate impacts on soil in the Amazon. …
Read More »Burning question of bonfire night pollution
[ad_1] Bonfire night celebrations contaminate our air with extremely high amounts of soot, scientists have found. Researchers from the University of Leeds tested the air quality during the Guy Fawkes Night events in the city and found that soot in the atmosphere was around 100 times its normal level. Soot, …
Read More »NTU scientists develop energy-saving “liquid window”
[ad_1] Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a liquid window panel that can simultaneously block the sun to regulate solar transmission, trapping thermal heat that can be released during the day and night, helping to reduce the energy consumption in buildings. NTU researchers developed their “smart …
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