Time-reversal asymmetry surpasses conversion efficiency limit for solar cells
Solar energy is a popular candidate for a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. A solar cell, or photovoltaic (PV) cell, ...
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Model finds COVID-19 deaths among elderly may be due to genetic limit on cell division
Your immune system’s ability to combat COVID-19, like any infection, largely depends on its ability to replicate the immune cells ...
Lithium’s narrow paths limit batteries
HOUSTON – (April 18, 2022) – If you could shrink enough for a fantastic voyage across a lithium battery electrode, ...
Going beyond the limit: WVU researcher develops novel exposure assessment statistical methods for Deepwater Horizon oil spill study
Nearly 12 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, scientists are still examining the potential health effects on workers and ...
Quantum physics sets a speed limit to electronics
How fast can electronics be? When computer chips work with ever shorter signals and time intervals, at some point they ...
New research study: “Sky is not the limit” for solar geoengineering
There are practical limits to the height at which aerosols may be deployed in the atmosphere to deflect incoming sunlight ...
Cosmic particle accelerator at its limit
With the help of special telescopes, researchers have observed a cosmic particle accelerator as never before. Observations made with the ...
A speed limit could be a breakthrough for stem cell therapy
Adult cells in our body can only give rise to the same cell type. For example, a skin cell cannot ...
Genomic study shows that England’s travel quarantine measures were effective – up to a limit
Fourteen-day quarantine measures imposed on incoming travellers returning to England in summer 2020 helped prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 ...
Legal “sunset clauses” should be used to limit use of covid certificates to current pandemic
“Sunset clauses” should be introduced into relevant legislation to limit the use of coronavirus certificates to just the current pandemic ...
State laws about prescribing may limit access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
January 21, 2022 – State laws in the US that require medical doctors (MDs) to determine which medications a nurse practitioner ...
Want to limit carbon and curb wildfire? Create a market for small trees
Berkeley — Clearing California’s forests of dense overgrowth is a critical first step for curbing catastrophic wildfire in the state. ...
The sky’s the limit: Using airborne DNA to monitor insect biodiversity
Scientists at Lund University have discovered for the first time that it is possible to detect insect DNA in the ...
Half of all drinkers risk exceeding legal driving limit by underestimating how drunk they are, study suggests
As many as a half of all drinkers underestimated how drunk they were, judging themselves still safe to drive despite ...
University of Houston researcher pushes limit of when water will freeze
Though it is one of the great mysteries of science, the transformation of water into ice often escapes people's minds as ...
How to limit global warming to 1.5C
For the first time, sector allocations of the global carbon budget have been provided for both hard-to-abate and all other ...
Hagfishes break the cell size limit to make large slime threads
Researchers find large hagfishes grow extremely large cells in order to produce stronger threads that are used in their defensive ...
Correlated electrons ‘tango’ in a perovskite oxide at the extreme quantum limit
A team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has found a rare quantum material in which ...
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How to MRI your dragon: Illinois researchers develop first bearded dragon brain atlas
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Immune molecules from a llama could provide protection against a vast array of SARS-like viruses including COVID-19, researchers say
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Researchers perform non-line-of-sight ghost imaging with human vision
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Unique blend of comics and humor is key to success of public awareness posters in Singapore, finds Singapore-US researchers
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Human urine-derived stem cells have robust regenerative potential
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Researchers develop word-score model capable of estimating hidden hearing loss