Significant Advancement in Stable High-efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells
Solar cells manufactured from materials known as “perovskites” are catching up with the efficiency of traditional silicon-based solar cells. At the same time, they have…
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Patients with COVID-19 Are More Likely to Experience Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases Sooner After Infection
According to a new study by Emma Rezel-Potts, Martin Gulliford, and colleagues from King’s College London in the United Kingdom, people who contract COVID-19 have…
Detecting Airborne Nanoplastics
Large pieces of plastic can break down into nanosized particles that often find their way into the soil and water. Perhaps less well known is…
Autism Spectrum
ASD (autism spectrum disorder) is a developmental disability caused by brain differences. ASD patients frequently struggle with social communication and interaction, as well as restricted…
Wearable Activity Trackers Motivate Us to Walk for an Additional 40 Minutes Each Day
The belief that fitness trackers, pedometers, and smart watches encourage us to exercise more and lose weight has been validated by new research from Australian…
New Perspectives on Topological Insulators’ Interaction
Topological insulators are regarded as the key to novel ‘spintronic’ devices and quantum computers of the future due to their unique electronic properties. Physicists have…
Researchers Find a Gene that Enhances Exercise-Induced Muscle Strength
It is now possible to create therapeutic therapies that mirror some of the advantages of exercising thanks to the discovery of a gene that increases…
Shedding Light on the Causes of Yellowing Plastics
If you own a retro gaming console or have an old roll of packing tape, you’ve seen how plastics turn yellow as they age. Though…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Predicts Alzheimer’s from a Single Brain Scan
The most prevalent form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a neurodegenerative condition that gradually kills brain cells. A recent study demonstrates the use of…
Effectively Converting CO2 and Methane to Valuable Products
CO2 and methane can be turned into valuable products. But there is a problem with the catalysts required for this: They end up being covered…
Light-induced Reactivity of Stable Molecules
Researchers at Linköping University have used computer simulations to show that stable aromatic molecules can become reactive after absorbing light. The results, published in the Journal…
The Ways That Mindfulness Used to Change Our Brains Are No Longer True
Jon Kabat-Zinn created the eight-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program in the late 1970s. Although eight weeks of MBSR do not appear to alter brain…
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