A team of chemical engineers affiliated with several institutions in Europe has determined why Old Masters of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries added egg yolk to their oil-based paints. In their study, reported in ...
UN International Day of Forests on March 21 is the perfect opportunity to showcase some of the important forest research being done at EPFL. For instance, one recent study found that the changes in relative humidity caused ...
Ecology
Mar 21, 2023
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Passion fruit has become an important fruit crop in Taiwan and Southeast Asia due to its special taste and nutrient-rich flesh. However, it is seriously harmed by viruses, blight, and brown spot diseases. As a result of virus ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 16, 2023
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Another round of powerful atmospheric rivers is hitting California, following storms in January and February 2023 that dumped record amounts of snow. This time, the storms are warmer, and they are triggering flood warnings ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 15, 2023
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A research team led by Prof. Meng Gang from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has used polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) in the research of high performance humidity resistant hydrogen ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 22, 2023
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Most people own houseplants and eagerly grow them on windowsills and shelves only to be disappointed when they wilt or die—new research has shown that the problem could be that we're feeding them all wrong and we need to ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 15, 2023
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How seeds implant themselves in soil can seem magical. Take some varieties of Erodium, whose five-petalled flowers of purple, pink or white look like geraniums.
Biotechnology
Feb 15, 2023
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Waaahhh! While babies have a natural mechanism for alerting their parents that they need a diaper change, a new sensor developed by researchers at Penn State could help workers in daycares, hospitals and other settings provide ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 2, 2023
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Most of us have felt either too hot or too cold at some point in our lives. Depending on where we live, we may feel too cold quite often each winter, and too hot for a few days in summer. As we're writing this in late January ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 26, 2023
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The smallest of newly found fossils can upend what paleontologists know about our history.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 25, 2023
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