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Printing Flexible Wearable Electronics for Smart Device Applications

WASHINGTON, June 10, 2021 — The demand for flexible wearable electronics has spiked with the dramatic growth of smart devices that can exchange data with other devices […]

Normal Breathing Sends Saliva Droplets 7 Feet; Masks Shorten This

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2021 — The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control recommend keeping a certain distance between people to prevent the spread of […]

Silver Attacks Bacteria, Gets ‘Consumed’

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2021 — For millennia, silver has been utilized for its antimicrobial and antibacterial properties. Although its use as a disinfectant is widely known, the […]

Probing Deeper into Origins of Cosmic Rays

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2021 — Cosmic rays are high-energy atomic particles continually bombarding Earth’s surface at nearly the speed of light. Our planet’s magnetic field shields the […]

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 […]