SARS-CoV-2 transmission appears to be affected by humidity, but experts warn that declines in summer months will not slow transmission enough to make a big dent. Image credit: Annie Spratt on Unsplash…
Human-on-a-chip provides an accurate model for the immune system
A new in vitro model of the body’s immune system better predicts its response to new therapeutics, potentially lowering the high costs and low success rates of drug discovery. Image credit: Hesperos…
Macrocycles help create green, fast-charging batteries
Researchers have created a fast-charging battery prototype that uses sodium instead of lithium, and macrocycles to store the chemical energy. Image credit: Dr. Florian Glöcklhofer Lithium-ion batteries have seen widespread success in…
As businesses reopen, it’s crucial we wear masks and safely distance
Mounting evidence suggests that the majority of SARS-CoV-2 infections occur through silent transmissions, where asymptomatic carriers spread virus-containing aerosols simply by speaking. Image credit: cromaconceptovisual Pixabay As countries around the world begin…
Making water-splitting for hydrogen storage 50 times more efficient
Experiments find the sweet spot for surface area and bubble trapping to create more efficient water-splitting devices. Image credit: Drew Hayes Unsplash Electrolysis is a technique used in chemistry to drive an…
Controlling artificial cilia with magnets and light
Researchers create an artificial array of magnetic cilia that could contribute to advancing the capabilities of soft robotics. Image credit: Jessica Liu Although still an idea that seems relegated to scifi novels,…
Researchers record world’s fastest internet speed from a single optical chip
As the way in which we work, socialize, and live becomes ever-more digital, enabling faster internet speeds and bandwidth capacity while using existing infrastructures promises a new dawn of the digital age….
A stitch in time: How a quantum physicist invented new code from old tricks
An exciting and exotic approach to minimizing error in quantum computation re-purposes a known code to achieve what many researchers thought was impossible. Quantum computers promise to revolutionize our computing abilities, which…
No evidence of benefit from chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients
A study that analyzed data from nearly 15 000 patients with COVID-19 receiving four combinations of chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, and antibiotics indicates the drug regimen may be doing more harm than good. A…
Over-crowding particles drives their motion
Using an asymmetric sawtooth-shaped potential, researchers achieve transport of tiny molecules driven by particle crowding. In order to create sophisticated biomedical chips, sensors, chemical assays, and small electromagnetic devices, such as computer…