Environment
Jan 10, 2022
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Environment
Jan 5, 2022
High levels of PFAS found in anti-fogging sprays and cloths
The anti-fogging sprays and cloths many people use to prevent condensation on their eyeglasses when wearing a mask or face shield may contain high levels of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), a new Duke University-led ...
Environment
Nov 4, 2021
Black carbon aerosols heating the Arctic: Large contribution from mid-latitude biomass burning
Researchers led by Dr. Sho Ohata of the Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Japan, Dr. Makoto Koike of the University of Tokyo, and Dr. Andreas Herber of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany, ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 23, 2021
Ultrasensitive detection of endocrine disruptors via superfine plasmonic spectral combs
The apparent increase in hormone-induced cancers and disorders of the reproductive tract has led to a growing demand for new technologies capable of detecting nanogram per liter level endocrine disruptors. Scientists in China ...
Environment
Sep 6, 2021
Leaded petrol is gone – but lead pollution may linger for a very long time
As a scientist studying lead poisoning in children once remarked: "it took two years to put lead into gasoline and 60 years to take it out". The consensus around leaded fuel's unacceptable threat to human health was hard ...
Nanophysics
Sep 1, 2021
Toward the scaling up of nanocages to trap noble gases
Over the past few years, scientists have demonstrated how cage-like, porous structures made of silicon and oxygen and measuring only billionths of a meter in size can trap noble gasses like argon, krypton, and xenon. However, ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 17, 2021
Physicists bring human-scale object to near standstill, reaching a quantum state
To the human eye, most stationary objects appear to be just that—still, and completely at rest. Yet if we were handed a quantum lens, allowing us to see objects at the scale of individual atoms, what was an apple sitting ...
Space Exploration
Jun 10, 2021
ESA flying payloads on wooden satellite
The world's first wooden satellite is on the way, in the shape of the Finnish WISA Woodsat. ESA materials experts are contributing a suite of experimental sensors to the mission as well as helping with pre-flight testing.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 2, 2021
Team develops machine learning platform that mines nature for new drugs
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Computational Biology Department in the School of Computer Science have developed a new process that could reinvigorate the search for natural product drugs to treat cancers, ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 21, 2021
Water treatment: Removing hormones with sunlight
Organic pollutants such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and hormones, even at nanoscale concentrations, contaminate drinking water in a way that poses significant risks to humans, animals and the environment. In particular, ...
