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Communications Device Offers Huge Bandwidth Potential

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 10, 2019 — Scientists at the University of Illinois have created sugar cube-sized blocks of an electromagnetic material with potential to transform communication networks. […]

Saving Bats from Wind Turbine Death

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 26, 2019 — Wind energy holds great promise as a source of renewable energy, but some have wondered if measures taken to address climate […]

From Firearms to Fish — Following Patterns to Discover Causality

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 26, 2019 — Mathematicians have successfully applied a new, pictorial approach to answer complex questions that puzzle analysts, such as, do media stories on […]

Ternary Acceptor and Donor Materials Increase Photon Harvesting in Organic Solar Cells

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 26, 2019 — Organic solar cells are steadily improving as new materials are developed for the active layer, particularly when materials are stacked in […]

Industrial Bread Dough Kneaders Could Use Physics-Based Redesign

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 26, 2019 — Bakers have been crafting bread for more than 6,000 years with four simple ingredients: flour, salt, water and yeast. Apart from […]

Laying Out Directions for Future of Reliable Blood Clotting Molecule Models

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 19, 2019 — Blood clots have long been implicated in heart attacks and strokes, together accounting for almost half of deaths annually in the […]

Birds of a Feather Flock Together, But How Do They Decide Where to Go?

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 19, 2019 — Coordinated behavior is common in a variety of biological systems, such as insect swarms, fish schools and bacterial colonies. But the […]

Tiny Filters Help Detect Cancerous Blood Cells

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 19, 2019 — Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer in which malignant plasma cells, a type of white blood cell, accumulate in […]

Spray Painting Fiber Bandages onto Wounds

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 12, 2019 — With newly developed technology, medical personnel can manufacture a bandage with drug-delivery capabilities directly onto a wound. Electrospinning is a well-developed […]