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Energy Scavenging Nanogenerator Finds Power All Around Us | Flinders University

Aqueous biologically based polyurethanes reinforced with cellulose nanocrystals. Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 20, 2020 (Phys.org) -- Imagine a mobile phone charger that doesn't need a wireless or mains power source. Or a pacemaker with inbuilt organic energy sources within the human body. Australian researchers led by Flinders University are picking up the challenge of "scavenging" invisible po ...

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A Global Survey Of Potential Acceptance Of A COVID-19 Vaccine | Nature Medicine

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Differences in acceptance rates range from almost 90 percent (in China) to less than 55 percent (in Russia) Nature Medicine Oct. 20, 2020 Abstract Several coronaviru ...

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A New Theory Of Consciousness | University of Surrey

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Oct. 20, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- Electromagnetic energy in the brain enables brain matter to create our consciousness and our ability to be aware and think, accordin ...

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Magnetic field and hydrogels could be used to grow new cartilage | Perelman School of Medicine

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 19, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- Using a magnetic field and hydrogels, a team of researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have demons ...

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Big payoff if Nature 'restored' in the right places | Marlowe Hood

Returning wetlands to their natural state would bring the highest return on investment, both in preventing species loss and slowing the pace of global warming. Credit: AFP Oct. 14, 2020 (AFP) --Resto ...

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Study unveils the unstable nature of some topological phases | Ingrid Fadelli

Image representing time-reversal symmetry. Credit: McGinley & Cooper Aug. 11, 2020 (Phys.org) -- In recent years, physicists worldwide have been conducting studies exploring the characteristics and d ...

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Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ | Ann Gibbons

A 72-meter ice core drilled in the Colle Gnifetti Glacier in the Swiss Alps entombs more than 2000 years of fallout from volcanoes, storms, and human pollution. NICOLE SPAULDING/CCI FROM C. P. LOVELU ...

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Is what I see, what I imagine? Study finds neural overlap between vision and imagination | Catherine Bridges

An ibis as "seen" by a machine, 2015. This processed image, which is based on a photograph by Dr. Zachi Evenor, is courtesy of software engineer Guenther Noack, 2015, and is reproduced from Wikimedia ...

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By 2025, CO2 Will Be Highest In 3.3 Million Years | University of Southampton

The composition of fossilised zooplankton shells has enabled the reconstruction of past pH and CO2. Credit: University of Southampton July 10, 2020 (Phys.org) -- By 2025, atmospheric carbon dioxide ( ...

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How Conspiracy Theories Emerge... And How Their Storylines Fall Apart

June 26, 2020 (Phys.org) -- A new study by UCLA professors offers a new way to understand how unfounded conspiracy theories emerge online. The research -- which combines sophisticated artificial inte ...

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Theorists Calculate Upper Limit For Quantization Of Time | Bob Yirka

Salvador Dali - Art of Tattoo Series by FailunFailunMefailun. Etsy. "The work of Turkish artist Failun cannot go unnoticed." June 26, 2020 (Phys.org) -- A trio of theoretical physicists at Pennsylvan ...

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