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Environment Dec 7, 2022

Significantly elevated particulate air pollution concentrations found in the Copenhagen Metro

A new study have found disturbingly high concentrations of small particles in the air in the Copenhagen Metro.

Bio & Medicine Nov 9, 2022

New research explores nanotech frontiers to mitigate biological threats and decarbonize transportation

Piran Kidambi, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, recently had two papers appear in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces and ACS Nano that respectively focus on a new approach to filter nanoparticles ...

Environment Oct 28, 2022

Passenger car preheating produces as much particulate emissions as driving dozens of kilometers

A new study from Finland, conducted by the University of Eastern Finland and Tampere University, measured particulate emissions from passenger car preheating with an auxiliary heater in sub-zero conditions.

Earth Sciences Jun 9, 2022

How 'viral dark matter' may help mitigate climate change

A deep dive into the 5,500 marine RNA virus species scientists recently identified has found that several may help drive carbon absorbed from the atmosphere to permanent storage on the ocean floor.

Bio & Medicine Apr 26, 2022

Research reveals a new mechanism to transfer chirality between molecules in the nanoscale field

If we compare the right to the left hand, we can see these are specular images—that is, like symmetrical shapes reflected in a mirror—and they cannot superimpose on each other. This property is chirality, a feature of ...

Materials Science Apr 12, 2022

New 3D printing technique is a game changer for medical testing devices

Microfluidic devices are compact testing tools made up of tiny channels carved on a chip, which allow biomedical researchers to test the properties of liquids, particles and cells at a microscale. They are crucial to drug ...

Materials Science Sep 29, 2021

Melting glasses from unmeltable compounds

Glasses are an indispensable part of everyday life. One of the most important reasons for this is that glass objects can be manufactured almost universally and inexpensively in a wide variety of shapes and sizes using their ...

Environment Sep 9, 2021

Surprisingly high emissions from fuel-powered auxiliary heaters in cars

Heaters, sold under such well-known brand names as Webasto and Eberspächer, among others, are used in both passenger cars and heavy-duty vehicles to preheat the engine and provide additional cabin heating while driving. ...

Quantum Physics Jan 8, 2021

Researchers realize efficient generation of high-dimensional quantum teleportation

In a study published in Physical Review Letters, a team led by academician Guo Guangcan from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has made progress in high dimensional ...

General Physics Nov 19, 2020

Topological mechanical metamaterials go beyond Newton's third law

A change in perspective can work wonders. This has been especially true with respect to the paradigms for explaining material properties using the concept of topology, "ideas that are currently revolutionizing condensed matter ...

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