Study: Retracing steps to anti-Asian racism
Asian Americans are facing a crisis. Random acts of violence against individuals have escalated, as the recent mass shootings in Atlanta and the wave...
Researchers build high-performing hybrid solar energy converter
Tulane University researchers are part of a team of scientists who have developed a hybrid solar energy converter that generates electricity and steam with...
Study: Self-powered alarm fights forest fires, monitors environment
Smokey the Bear says that only you can prevent wildfires, but what if Smokey had a high-tech backup? In a new study, a team...
Study: AI techniques used to improve battery health and safety
Researchers have designed a machine learning method that can predict battery health with 10x higher accuracy than current industry standard, which could aid in...
Study: Quantum rings in the hold of laser light
Ultracold atoms trapped in appropriately prepared optical traps can arrange themselves in surprisingly complex, hitherto unobserved structures, according to scientists from the Institute of...
Research estimates the odds of life and intelligence emerging beyond our planet
Humans have been wondering whether we alone in the universe since antiquity.
We know from the geological record that life started relatively quickly, as soon...
Study: Space weather ‘super storms’ occurred every 25 years
A ‘great’ space weather super-storm large enough to cause significant disruption to our electronic and networked systems occurred on average once in every 25...
Study: Dangerous parasite controls host cell to spread around body
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered new information about how a dangerous parasite takes control of a patient's cells as it...
Researchers identify ancient origin for key hormone system
A key set of proteins that help regulate hormones necessary for many essential functions in humans and other vertebrates have ancient origins in much...
NASA’s Cassini mission comes to a fiery end
After a 20-year voyage around Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has completed its mission with a final plunge into the planet's atmosphere.
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