Tag: science
$24 million laboratory launched for advanced robotics research
A robot with two arms that can hold odd-shaped objects – a human-like quality with applications in industries such as logistics and healthcare [...]
Evolutionary cell biology study shows how energy production can be optimized to ensure rapid growth without respiration
In a paper published today, researchers from the Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics and The Crick use an evolutionary cell biolo [...]
Students who see science in the real world are more likely to stick with STEM majors, finds study
Giving new college students opportunities to reflect on the ways science, technology, engineering and math can affect their lives makes them mor [...]
Study finds gender pay differences begin early, with the job search
Source: Phys.org
A new paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that an important part of the pay [...]
A solar hydrogen system that co-generates heat and oxygen
Source: Phys.org (Caricato da Tiziana Origgi)
EPFL researchers have built a pilot-scale solar reactor that produces usable heat and oxygen, in addi [...]
Researchers create more efficient perovskite solar cell
A team of researchers from the University of Toronto has created a triple-junction perovskite solar cell with record efficiency by overcoming a key li [...]
Scientists discover a way Earth’s atmosphere cleans itself
Human activities emit many kinds of pollutants into the air, and without a molecule called hydroxide (OH), many of these pollutants would keep aggrega [...]
After spinal cord injury, kinesthetic sense helps restore movement, model suggests
For nearly 50 years, a jawless fish called the lamprey has interested scientists because of its remarkable ability to recover from spinal cord injurie [...]
JWST gets best view yet of planet in hotly pursued star system
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have confirmed that the planet TRAPPIST-1b probably has no atmosphere. Researchers have been [...]
Exploring the neural mechanisms behind how social networks shape our decisions
Over the past decade or so, social scientists have been trying to understand how social networks can influence people's beliefs and behavior. Despite [...]