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Wake Steering Potentially Boosts Energy Production at US Wind Plants

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2021 — Wake steering is a strategy employed at wind power plants involving misaligning upstream turbines with the wind direction to deflect wakes away […]

Adding Antibodies To Enhance Photodynamic Therapy for Viral and Bacterial Disease

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2021 — The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the pressing need to mitigate a fast-developing virus as well as antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are growing at […]

Embryo Cryopreservation Minimizes Cryoinjuries, Offers Hope for Would-Be Parents

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2021 — What are the most delicate and valuable things you have handled? How would you feel if your daily job involved handling human […]

COVID-19 Testing Method Gives Results Within One Second

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2021 — The COVID-19 pandemic made it clear technological innovations were urgently needed to detect, treat, and prevent the SARS-CoV-2 virus. A year and […]

Box Fan Air Cleaner Greatly Reduces Virus Transmission

WASHINGTON, May 11, 2021 — Improved ventilation can lower the risk of transmission of the COVID-19 virus, but large numbers of decades-old public school classrooms lack adequate […]

Bioengineering Approach for Functional Muscle Regeneration

WASHINGTON, May 11, 2021 — When trauma, illness, or injury causes significant muscle loss, reconstructive procedures for bioengineering functional skeletal muscles can fall short, resulting in permanent […]

3D Bioprinting Technique Controls Cell Orientation

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2021 – 3D bioprinting can create engineered scaffolds that mimic natural tissue. Controlling the cellular organization within those engineered scaffolds for regenerative applications is […]

Surfaces Can Be Designed with Antiviral Properties to Mitigate COVID-19

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2021 — If a respiratory droplet from a person infected with COVID-19 lands on a surface, it becomes a possible source of disease spread. […]

Using 4D Printing To Enable Vascularization, Bone Tissue Regeneration, Spinal Fusion

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2021 — Spinal fusion is frequently performed to restore spinal stability in patients with spinal diseases, such as spinal stenosis, vertebral fractures, progressive deformities, […]