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Ice-Binding Molecules Stop Ice Growth, Act as Natural Antifreeze

WASHINGTON, November 3, 2020 — Certain molecules bind tightly to the surface of ice, creating a curved interface that can halt further ice growth. Some insects, plants, […]

Tracking Flight Trajectory of Evaporating Cough Droplets

WASHINGTON, November 3, 2020 — The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has led many researchers to study airborne droplet transmission in different conditions and environments. The latest studies are […]

Photovoltaics Industry Can Help Meet Paris Agreement Targets

WASHINGTON, October 27, 2020 — To meet the Paris Agreement’s daunting goal of preventing Earth’s average temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) […]

Random Effects Key to Containing Epidemics

WASHINGTON, October 27, 2020 — To control an epidemic, authorities will often impose varying degrees of lockdown. In a paper in the journal Chaos, by AIP Publishing, […]

Aerosol Microdroplets Inefficient Carriers Of COVID-19 Virus

WASHINGTON, October 27, 2020 — Aerosol microdroplets, the tiny particles that linger in the air longest after we talk, cough, or sneeze, do not appear to be […]

Promising Strategies for Durable Perovskite Solar Cells

WASHINGTON, October 27, 2020 — Perovskite materials are becoming increasingly popular as the active layer in solar cells. Internal forces in these materials cause distortions in their […]

Estimating Risk of Airborne COVID-19 with Mask Usage, Social Distancing

WASHINGTON, October 26, 2020 — The continued increase in COVID-19 infection around the world has led scientists from many different fields, including biomedicine, epidemiology, virology, fluid dynamics, […]

COVID-19 Cough Clouds in Closed Spaces

WASHINGTON, October 20, 2020 — As the coronavirus has affected more than 30 million people globally, researchers have increasingly focused on the extent to which airborne respiratory […]

Computational Study Reveals How Ebola Nucleocapsid Stabilizes

WASHINGTON, October 20, 2020 — The Ebola virus causes a serious infection with a mortality rate between 50% and 90%. Nucleoproteins in the virus assemble into a […]