deepai Gravity feels reliable — stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over the Earth’s surface. And it is weakest…
Kawaoka to receive Japan Academy award, presented by…
[caption id="attachment_9111" align="alignright" width="199"] Yoshihiro Kawaoka PHOTO: JEFF MILLER[/caption] MADISON - It isn't every day that a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher is presented an award by the Emperor and Empress of Japan, but on June 27 the School…
Battery Vehicle Now Viable for Very Long Distances
[caption id="attachment_9106" align="alignright" width="323"] Source: fortunedotcom[/caption] The Tesla 3 gets nearly double the range of the Nissan Leaf by using nearly double the amount of battery but engineers are using a multitude of work rounds to do better: aerodynamics, lightweighting even including structural electronics…
New material, picked by computers, could boost power…
[caption id="attachment_9099" align="alignnone" width="775"] Vacuum electronic devices are remarkably efficient. For example, using a microwave oven harnesses almost 90 percent of the initial energy to heat lunch. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: ISTOCK © SEAN PAVONE[/caption] Modern tools…
When suppressing immunity is a good thing
A receptor, first known for its role in mediating the harmful effects of the environmental pollutant dioxin in our body, is now understood to play other important roles in modulating the innate immune response. [caption…