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Demonstrated Natural Refrigerant Replacements Could Reduce Energy Costs and Conserve the Environment

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 14, 2018 — The 1987 Montreal Protocol and the 1997 Kyoto Protocol called for countries around the world to phase out substances like CFCs […]

A Penetrable Fabric, Like Toilet Paper, Affects a Projectile’s Big Splash

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 14, 2018 — Experts in fluid dynamics and kids jumping into a pool both know that an object falling into a liquid makes a […]

Simulating Biomolecules Just Got Faster and More Accurate

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 14, 2018 – Researchers from the University of Florida and the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil have used state of […]

Aboard the International Space Station, Researchers Investigate Complex Dust Behavior in Plasmas

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 7, 2018 — 400 kilometers above Earth, researchers examined waves in complex plasma under microgravity conditions and found that the microparticles behaved in nonuniform ways […]

Observing the Mechanism of Metastasis for the First Time

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 7, 2018 — Metastasis, or the formation of secondary tumors, is a leading contributor to the vast majority of deaths related to cancer. The […]

Renovations Lead to Big Improvement at Nuclear Astrophysics Lab

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 7, 2018 — In nature, the nuclear reactions that form stars are often accompanied by astronomically high amounts of energy, sometimes over billions of […]

Creating a (Synthetic) Song from a Zebra Finch’s Muscle

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 31, 2018 — Birds create songs by moving muscles in their vocal organs to vibrate air passing through their tissues. While previous research reported […]

Researchers Develop a New Method to Detect Nucleation

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 26, 2018 — As a solution evaporates, the dissolved chemicals concentrate until they begin forming a crystal through a process called nucleation. Industries that […]

Blasting Tiny Craters into Glass, Creating a Material to Miniaturize Telecommunications Devices

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 24, 2018 — Modern communication systems often employ optical fibers to carry signals across or between devices. The integrated optics in these devices combine […]