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Fully integrated circuits printed directly onto fabric
This is a sample circuit printed on fabric.
Credit: Felice Torrisi
Researchers have successfully incorporated washable, stretchable and breathable electronic circuits into fabric, opening up new...
Hydrogen fuel from water by harnessing red and near-infrared regions of sunlight
This is an image of near-infrared-light-driven hydrogen evolution from water photo-driven by triruthenium photosensitizer.
Credit: Kyushu University
Hydrogen gas is a promising "green" fuel. The lightest...
Artificial photosynthesis gets big boost from new catalyst
Phil De Luna is one of the lead authors of a new paper published in Nature Chemistry that reports a low-cost, highly efficient catalyst...
Traditional Amazonian drug linked to improved sense of wellbeing, study suggests
Ayahuasca is a blend of the Psychotria Viridis bush and the stems of the Banisteriopsis Caapi vine.
Credit: Rafael Guimarães dos Santos
A psychedelic drug traditionally...
Smart people have better connected brains
The brain of more intelligent people is 'wired' differently from the brain of people with less intelligence, new research finds.
Credit: © Ulia Koltyrina /...
Lightning, with a chance of antimatter
A Kyoto University-based team has unraveled the mystery of gamma-ray emission cascades caused by lightning strikes.
Credit: Kyoto University/Teruaki Enoto
A storm system approaches: the sky...
Dogs know that smile on your face
This is the experimental set-up used to test whether dogs can discriminate emotional expressions of human faces.
Credit: Anjuli Barber, Messerli Research Institute
Dogs can tell...
Here’s looking at you: Dogs can discriminate emotions of human faces from photos
This is the experimental apparatus to test whether dogs can discriminate emotional expressions of human faces.
Credit: Clever Dog Lab, Messerli Research Institute
A team of...
Smiling human faces are attractive to dogs, thanks to oxytocin
The hormone oxytocin is probably a key factor in the interaction between dogs and humans.
Credit: Sanni Somppi
Researchers in the University of Helsinki's Canine Mind...
Theory: Flexibility is at the heart of human intelligence
The more readily the brain forms and reforms its connectivity in response to changing needs, the better it works, according to Aron Barbey, author...
Molecules in spit may be able to diagnose, predict length of concussions
Diagnosing a concussion can sometimes be a guessing game, but clues taken from small molecules in saliva may be able to help diagnose and...
