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By Injecting Dust Into The Atmosphere, Scientists Hope to Refreeze the Polar Regions

By Injecting Dust Into The Atmosphere, Scientists Hope to Refreeze the Polar Regions

Scientists have proposed the notion of refreezing the North and South poles by blasting microscopic particles into the Earth’s atmosphere to obstruct sunlight. Although they…
Spinal Cord Injury and Parkinson’s Disease May Be Treated Using Implantable, Ultra-Thin Material

Spinal Cord Injury and Parkinson’s Disease May Be Treated Using Implantable, Ultra-Thin Material

Thanks to a recent breakthrough technology created by a research team from Griffith University and UNSW Sydney, flexible implanted electronics are one step closer to…
Neanderthals Generate fewer Brain Neurons than Modern Humans

Neanderthals Generate fewer Brain Neurons than Modern Humans

The question of what makes modern humans unique has long been a driving force for researchers. Comparisons with our closest relatives, the Neanderthals, therefore provide…
Resolving Defect Causes with Eco-Friendly Solar Cells Increases Power Generation Efficiency

Resolving Defect Causes with Eco-Friendly Solar Cells Increases Power Generation Efficiency

Professor Kim Se-yoon of the Department of New Material Engineering at Kyungnam University and the DGIST (President Park Jae-gyu) Thin Film Solar Cell Research Center (Chairman Gang…
A New Frontier in Quantum Science is Opened by a 2D Array of Nuclear and Electron Spin Qubits

A New Frontier in Quantum Science is Opened by a 2D Array of Nuclear and Electron Spin Qubits

Purdue University researchers have unlocked a new frontier in quantum science and technology by using photons and electron spin qubits to control nuclear spins in…
Learning with rather than from Technology in Higher Education

Learning with rather than from Technology in Higher Education

Colleges and universities have been quick to adopt new technologies, often before their educational value has been proven. Higher education has experimented with technological advances…
Spinosaurus’s Dense Bones enabled it to Hunt Underwater

Spinosaurus’s Dense Bones enabled it to Hunt Underwater

Spinosaurus is the largest predatory dinosaur known – over two metres longer than the longest Tyrannosaurus rex – but the way it hunted has been…
A Method to Direct the Creation of Quicker and More Durable Next-Generation Batteries

A Method to Direct the Creation of Quicker and More Durable Next-Generation Batteries

Building a sustainable energy infrastructure requires the use of clean and effective energy storage technologies. Since they now predominate in personal electronic gadgets, lithium-ion batteries…
Fossils of a 66 million-year-old Giant Sea Lizard Discovered

Fossils of a 66 million-year-old Giant Sea Lizard Discovered

Fossils of a giant killer mosasaur have been discovered, along with the fossilized remains of its prey. Researchers have discovered a huge new mosasaur from…
Better Metal Oxides to Improve Many Energy Applications’ Green Credentials

Better Metal Oxides to Improve Many Energy Applications’ Green Credentials

Compounds called metal oxides are essential in the procedures that lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. These procedures include hydrogen energy production, inert gas purification and…
High Current Density Bulk Magnesium Diboride Superconductivity Maintained

High Current Density Bulk Magnesium Diboride Superconductivity Maintained

Superconductors, wonderful substances whose resistance vanishes below a critical temperature, hold great promise for supplying the world’s expanding energy needs. High-temperature superconductors have several potential…
A Water-covered Extrasolar World

A Water-covered Extrasolar World

An international team of researchers led by Charles Cadieux, a Ph.D. student at the Université de Montréal and member of the Institute for Research on…
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