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Newer Solar Power Equipment Ages Better Than Older Units

WASHINGTON, July 7, 2020 — Utility-scale photovoltaics, ground-mounted projects larger than 5 megawatts of alternating current, are the largest sector of the overall solar market within the […]

Countries Group into Clusters as COVID-19 Outbreak Spreads

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2020 — Mathematicians based in Australia and China have developed a method to analyze the large amount of data accumulated during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Face Mask Construction, Materials Matter for Containing Coughing, Sneezing Droplets

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2020 — While the use of face masks in public has been widely recommended by public health officials during the current COVID-19 pandemic, there […]

Spider Silk Can Create Lenses Useful for Biological Imaging

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2020 — Spiders — what are they good for? The answer, it turns out, is more than just insect control. Spider silk is useful […]

Respiratory Droplet Motion, Evaporation and Spread of COVID-19-Type Pandemics

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2020 — It is well established that the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the COVID-19 disease is transmitted via respiratory droplets that infected people eject […]

Lack of Damage After Secondary Impacts Surprises Researchers

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2020 — When a material is subjected to an extreme load in the form of a shock or blast wave, damage often forms internally […]

Brexit’s Effect on Research Networks: Lower Local and Global Efficiency, Reorganization of Research Communities

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2020 — The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, a move known as Brexit, took effect Jan. 31, 2020. The results of this […]

Repeated Coughing Seriously Degrades Face Mask Efficiency

WASHINGTON, June 16, 2020 — Face masks are thought to slow the spread of viruses, including the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but little is known about […]

Flushing Toilets Create Clouds of Virus-Containing Particles

WASHINGTON, June 16, 2020 — Researchers used a computer simulation to show how a flushing toilet can create a cloud of virus-containing aerosol droplets that is large […]