Chicken feathers enhance the quality of biogas produced from human waste, allowing impoverished communities to generate their own power. While not necessarily a topic to discuss in polite company, many experts believe…
Robots in the workforce: How can we compete?
The First Industrial Revolution began in the late 1700s with the development of new technologies based on steam power, mechanization, and the beginning of mass production. In the Second Industrial Revolution, electricity…
Largest known comet from Oort Cloud captured by Hubble
Astronomers capture images of a four billion-year-old relic that fell from the theorized Oort Cloud that encircles our Solar System. Comets are among the oldest objects in our universe. Icy bodies that…
Neptune’s unexpectedly cool summer – Advanced Science News
A compilation of data gathered over the last 20 years shows a surprising drop in global temperatures on Neptune. With the development of sophisticated telescopes, satellites, and other highly sensitive light-detecting devices,…
Module labs are a polarizing plan for COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing in Africa
Without independent vaccine manufacturing in Africa, the social and economic costs of the pandemic will only be prolonged. Safe and effective vaccines against COVID-19 were brought to the market in record time…
Computer model determines how conferences can be primed for collaboration
Collaboration plays a key role in science, and conferences have long been a part of helping build relationships between researchers. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, conferences were forced to go…
Anticancer peptides offer hope for triple-negative breast cancer
Triple-negative breast cancer has poor survival and few therapeutic options — but with a new approach, things could change. Though the overall survival rate for breast cancer is relatively high, a subset…
Artificial heart valves that evolve into a patient’s own tissue
To avoid the need for repeated surgery, scientists are developing durable artificial heart valves from regenerated tissue. The heart is an incredible organ. Through a coordinated effort, the heart’s four chambers and…
New inhalable mRNA therapy treats lethal lung scarring
A new experimental mRNA therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis has done what no current treatment options can do. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a lethal respiratory disease in which the lungs become…
Tiny batteries are powering computer miniaturization
Using tiny batteries, researchers hope to power ever-smaller computers and advance the Internet of Things and ubiquitous computing. There was once a time when the world’s most advanced computers occupied whole rooms….