A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Topological Acoustic Waveguide to Help Reduce Unwanted Energy…
A team of researchers has developed a new acoustic waveguide based on the mathematical concept of topology, which will lead to reduced energy consumption in many everyday electronic devices. Details of their innovation were published…
Five billion people are unprotected from trans fat…
Around five billion people globally remain unprotected from harmful trans fat, a new status report from WHO has found, increasing their risk of heart disease and death. The report, called Countdown to 2023 WHO Report on…
Artificial photosynthesis uses sunlight to make biodegradable plastic
Osaka, Japan – In recent years, environmental problems caused by global warming have become more apparent due to greenhouse gases such as CO2. In natural photosynthesis, CO2 is not reduced directly but is bound to organic…
Spin transport measured through molecular films now long…
A research group, at the Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Engineering, has succeeded in measuring spin transport in a thin film of αNPD molecules—a material well-known in organic light-emitting diodes—at room temperature. They found…