Finding Balance Between Green Energy Storage, Harvesting
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2020 — Generating power through wind or solar energy is dependent on the abundance of the right weather conditions, making finding the optimal strategy […]
Promising New Method for Producing Tiny Liquid Capsules
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2020 — Microcapsules for the storage and delivery of substances are tiny versions of the type of capsule used for fish oil or other […]
Artificial Tissue Used to Research Uterine Contractions
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2020 — Advanced tissue engineering technologies allow scientists to mimic the structure of a uterus, enabling crucial research on fertility and disease. In an […]
Next-Gen Laser Facilities Look to Usher in New Era of Relativistic Plasmas Research
WASHINGTON, May 26, 2020 — The subject of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics, chirped pulse amplification is a technique that increases the strength of laser pulses […]
Critical Transition Theory Shows Flickering in Heart Before Atrial Fibrillation
WASHINGTON, May 26, 2020 — Affecting up to 4% of patients older than 65 years, atrial fibrillation ranks among the most common heart conditions. Described by health […]
Six Feet Not Far Enough to Stop Virus Transmission in Light Winds
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2020 — Airborne transmission of viruses, like the virus causing COVID-19, is not well understood, but a good baseline for study is a deeper […]
Image Analysis Technique Provides Better Understanding of Heart Cell Defects
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2020 — Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and other industrialized nations, and many patients face limited treatment […]
Modeling COVID-19 Data Must Be Done With Extreme Care
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2020 — As the infectious virus causing the COVID-19 disease began its devastating spread around the globe, an international team of scientists was alarmed […]
Nanofiber Membranes Transformed Into 3D Scaffolds
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2020 — In the movie “Transformers,” cars morph into robots, jets or a variety of machinery. A similar concept inspired a group of researchers […]