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Seeking the Most Effective Polymers for Personal Protective Equipment

WASHINGTON, November 17, 2020 — Personal protective equipment, like face masks and gowns, is generally made of polymers. But not much attention is typically given to the […]

Smartphone Use Offers Tool to Treat MS, Other Diseases

WASHINGTON, November 17, 2020 — Monitoring how patients with multiple sclerosis or other degenerative diseases use their smartphones could provide valuable information to help get them better […]

Quantifying Quantumness: A Mathematical Project ‘of Immense Beauty’

WASHINGTON, November 17, 2020 — Large objects, such as baseballs, vehicles, and planets, behave in accordance with the classical laws of mechanics formulated by Sir Isaac Newton. […]

Biophysics Reviews Publishes First Articles, Focuses on Experimental, Theoretical Research

MELVILLE, N.Y., November 16, 2020 – AIP Publishing is pleased to announce the first published articles from its latest journal, Biophysics Reviews (BPR). BPR’s mission is to […]

Improving High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries with Carbon Filler

WASHINGTON, November 10, 2020 — Lithium-ion batteries are the major rechargeable power source for many portable devices as well as electric vehicles, but their use is limited, […]

Smart Devices to Schedule Electricity Use May Prevent Blackouts

WASHINGTON, November 10, 2020 — Power plants generate electricity and send it into power lines that distribute energy to nodes, or sites, where it can be used. […]

Valves on N95 Masks Do Not Filter Exhaled Droplets

WASHINGTON, November 10, 2020 — If you have seen someone wandering around the grocery store or elsewhere with a mask with a valve on it and wondered […]

Plasma Treatments Quickly Kill Coronavirus on Surfaces

WASHINGTON, November 10, 2020 — Researchers from UCLA believe using plasma could promise a significant breakthrough in the fight against the spread of COVID-19. In Physics of […]

Squid Jet Propulsion Can Enhance Design of Underwater Robots, Vehicles

WASHINGTON, November 3, 2020 — Squids and other cephalopods use a form of jet propulsion that is not well understood, especially when it comes to their hydrodynamics […]