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Simplified science communication via videos tempt people to overestimate their ability
A research team at the University of Cologne has found that video summaries of scientific studies, which are…
Bio-inspired grooves delay airplane wing stalls: Nature’s solution to safer flight
For decades, aerospace engineers have grappled with the challenge of delaying airfoil stall—a critical safety hazard in aviation…
Researchers take heat sink experiments to space
The researchers investigated cooling methods for heat sinks by performing experiments onboard a satellite currently orbiting the Earth.…
Can the Large Hadron Collider snap string theory?
In physics, two great pillars of thought don’t quite fit together.
Native habitats hold the key to the much-loved smashed avocado’s future
The future of smashed avocados might depend on patches of native vegetation preserved alongside farmland, as new Curtin…
Planned hydrogen refuelling stations may lead to millions of euros in yearly losses
As hydrogen infrastructure is rolled out in the EU, refueling stations must be distributed according to the same…
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Oils, fats innovation: use of nanotechnology in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals
The use of oils and fats has been successfully diversified, resulting in an innovation formulated through nanotechnology that is beneficial to pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries. A Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) lecturer, Professor Dr Mahiran Basri, not only succeeded in producing new useful substances made of oils and fats for the industry, but […]
14th Annual Field Course in Conservation Biology & Global Health: At the Human-Environment Interface
Kathmandu– A Training Program for University Students, Journalists, National Park Staff and Professionals has been organized by Nepal Biodiversity Research Society (NEBORS), Kathmandu and University of Washington (UW) Seattle, Washington, USA…
University of Malaya’s Professor awarded the 2014 TWAS Celso Furtado Prize
University of Malaya’s Professor Rajah Rasiah was awarded the 2014 Celso Furtado Prize in Social Sciences by The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). This was in recognition of his pioneering…
$118M gift from MIT alumnus will advance socially responsible and sustainable real estate development
Samuel Tak Lee MIT Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab to include focus on China. (Cambridge, MA) — MIT has received one of the largest gifts in its history, from alumnus Samuel…