Small, autonomous airboats, disguised to look like crocodiles, helped scientists measure water quality this spring…
Month: May 2014
New method discovered to protect against chemical weapons
Researchers have discovered that some compounds called polyoxoniobates can degrade and decontaminate nerve agents such…
Google Glass adaptation opens the universe to deaf students
A group of deaf university students and their professor developed a system to display video…
Hybrid energy transfer system mimics process responsible for photosynthesis
Scientists have developed a new hybrid energy transfer system, which mimics the processes responsible for…
Rules to cut carbon emissions also reduce air pollution harmful to people, environment
Setting strong standards for climate-changing carbon emissions from power plants would provide an added bonus…
Light-colored butterflies and dragonflies thriving as European climate warms
Butterflies and dragonflies with lighter colors are out-competing darker-colored insects in the face of climate…
A new ‘Kabuto-like’ nickel catalyst forms bioactive frameworks from phenol derivatives
Researchers have developed a new nickel catalyst with a ‘Kabuto-like’ structure that was found to…
Smaller accelerators for particle physics?
It took every inch of the Large Hadron Collider’s 17-mile length to accelerate particles to…
Using thoughts to control airplanes
Pilots of the future could be able to control their aircraft by merely thinking commands….
Intermediaries increase corruption
An experimental study took part analyzed the interaction between public officials and citizens and found…