Novel thin and flexible sensor characterizes high-speed airflows on curved surfaces
The energy and transportation sector often make use of different kinds of fluid machinery, including pumps, turbines, and aircraft engines, ...
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Active matter, curved spaces: mini robots learn to ‘swim’ on stretchy surfaces
When self-propelling objects interact with each other, interesting phenomena can occur. Birds align with each other when they flock together. ...
Carnivorous plants inspire smart slippery surfaces and bionic robots
A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2023.210163 discusses how carnivorous plants inspire smart slippery surfaces and bionic robots. Credit: OEA ...
Researchers develop new slippery surfaces for photocontrol of droplets
A research team led by Dr. DU Xuemin from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...
Big splash: Scientists present a new model for predicting droplet splashing behavior on solid surfaces
The study of liquid droplets and their behavior upon impingement is of major importance in many fields, including agriculture, engineering, ...
Can scratches on car surfaces disappear when exposed to sunlight? : A new self-healing coating material
A transparent protective coating material that can be self-healed in 30 minutes when exposed to sunlight has been developed. Credit: ...
COVID shield: spray coating to shield surfaces from viruses, bacteria
A first-of-its-kind sprayable coating that can prevent the surface spread of infection from bacteria and viruses - including COVID-19 - ...
Surfaces at realistic conditions
Researchers at the NOMAD Laboratory at the Fritz Haber Institute have been engaged in describing how surfaces change in contact ...
Potential energy surfaces of water mapped for the first time
Water is certainly the best-known liquid in the world. Water plays a crucial role in all biological and many chemical ...
Sampling surfaces for COVID-19 at public health laboratories
Washington, D.C. – June 15, 2022 – Surface sampling for SARS-CoV-2 RNA has shown promise to detect the exposure of ...
Copper is effective against Sars-Cov-2 on surfaces – silver is not
Base material sacrifices itself Credit: © RUB, Marquard Base material sacrifices itself As a result of corrosion, copper and silver ...
New study solves mystery of how soft liquid droplets erode hard surfaces
A first-of-its-kind study led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers reveals why liquid droplets have the ability to erode ...
Model shows how antibodies navigate pathogen surfaces like a child at play
A new study shows how antibodies select the antigens that they bind to, as they navigate the surface of pathogens ...
Mucus could explain why SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t spread easily from surfaces
Early in the pandemic, many people fastidiously disinfected surfaces because laboratory studies predicted that SARS-CoV-2 could be easily transmitted in ...
NTU Singapore scientists develop long lasting anti-fogging coating for plastic surfaces that ‘self-cleans’
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new type of coating that, when applied on a ...
New study finds high-touch surfaces in long-term care facilities are frequently contaminated with potentially infectious material
Arlington, Va., February 17, 2022 – Findings from a study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) ...
A new flexible thermoelectric device can wrap around pipes and other hot surfaces and convert wasted heat into electricity.
Researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences will use a newly awarded $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department ...
Form fit: Device wraps around hot surfaces, turns wasted heat to electricity
The energy systems that power our lives also produce wasted heat — like heat that radiates off hot water pipes ...
Plasma-based engineering creates contact-killing, antifouling, drug-release surfaces
WASHINGTON, January 4, 2022 -- The deepening concern over antibiotic-resistant infections, coupled with prevailing hospital-acquired infections from surgical tools, implants, ...
Protecting fruit and vegetable industry through smart surfaces, coatings
Improving the safety and water efficiency of specialty fruit and vegetable crops with smart surfaces will be the goal ...
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Seawater split to produce green hydrogen
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Mount Sinai launches phase 1 US trial of NDV-HXP-S, an Egg-based investigational COVID-19 vaccine, in healthy adults previously immunized against COVID-19
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Dogs’ average age at cancer diagnosis is associated with size, sex, breed
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Face masks cut distance airborne pathogens could travel in half, new study finds
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Increase in marine heatwaves expected to affect organisms at bottom of food chain, study suggests