A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has created a laser-powered device that can trap and move viruses using light.
Bio & Medicine
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A team of space scientists at NASA has published a Perspective piece in the journal Nature calling for the establishment of a methodical approach to identifying life beyond Earth. In their paper, the group suggests the space ...
More than half of the world's 7.8 billion people live in cities and urban areas. By 2050, an additional 2.5 billion will be living there. As that figure continues to climb and ever more people flock to metropolitan areas ...
Environment
Oct 28, 2021
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Four years ago, I traveled around America, visiting historical archives. I was looking for documents that might reveal the hidden history of climate change—and in particular, when the major coal, oil and gas companies became ...
Environment
Oct 28, 2021
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In his latest book, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Tsim Schneider examines the history of Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo peoples in California from an Indigenous perspective, uncovering stories of resilience and continued ...
Archaeology
Oct 28, 2021
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National University of Singapore scientists have devised an on-surface synthetic protocol to construct atomically precise and stable organic quantum corrals (OQCs), which induce a series of new quantum resonance states.
Quantum Physics
Oct 28, 2021
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Plastics have taken the world by storm over the last century, finding applications in virtually every aspect of our lives. However, the rise of synthetic polymers, which form the basis of plastics, has contributed to many ...
Biochemistry
Oct 28, 2021
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Recent advances on materials in development since the 1980s at Osaka Prefecture University (OPU) bring all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) a step closer towards reality.
Materials Science
Oct 28, 2021
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Combining two chemical-free treatments shows promise as an approach for reducing biofilm build-up on anaerobic bioreactor membranes.
Biotechnology
Oct 28, 2021
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Boron is a versatile non-metal element, but until the last five years, chemists have only theorized about the useful properties and applications of two-dimensional (2D) boron-containing materials. In a study published this ...
Materials Science
Oct 28, 2021
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