Climate resilient, nutritious long beans are unfortunately susceptible to aphids and nematodes. By creating four new pest-resistant varieties of the beans, scientists aim to reduce farmers’ reliance on pesticides. Climate resilient, nutritious long beans are unfortunately susceptible to aphids and nematodes. By creating four new pest-resistant varieties of the beans, scientists aim to reduce farmers’ reliance…
Skin-like displays are critical components of information output in next-generation portable and wearable electronics. Currently, all such displays are fabricated on glass or thick plastic substrates, limiting the inherent mechanical flexibility of organic materials and preventing intimate skin contact. Skin-like displays are critical components of information output in next-generation portable and wearable electronics. Currently, all such…
What a tree needs to grow and how it affects its surroundings vary from species to species. This makes it increasingly important for cities to adapt the urban tree cover to local conditions. What a tree needs to grow and how it affects its surroundings vary from species to species. This makes it increasingly important for…
Understanding how water moves and changes around the world is more important than ever due to climate change, but monitoring inland water in the tropics is not easy. Most satellites are optical and simply take photos of surfaces. They cannot see through the thick cloud cover and dense vegetation that conceal the rivers, lakes and…
In materials science, substances are often classified based on defining factors such as their elemental composition or crystalline structure. This classification is crucial for advances in materials discovery, as it allows researchers to identify promising classes of materials and explore new ones with similar functions and properties. In materials science, substances are often classified based on…
The world is going to need a lot of weird metals in the coming years, according to chemistry professor Justin Wilson at UC Santa Barbara. But he isn’t talking about lithium, cobalt or even beryllium. Wilson’s interested in dysprosium, which is so hidden in the periodic table that you’d be forgiven for thinking he made…
President Biden passed the U.S.’ most significant climate legislation, but leaders of youth climate groups see Kamala Harris as stronger on environmental issues. President Biden passed the U.S.’ most significant climate legislation, but leaders of youth climate groups see Kamala Harris as stronger on environmental issues. NBC News Science
A discovery that uncovered the surprising way atoms arrange themselves and find their preferred neighbors in multi-principal element alloys (MPEA) could enable engineers to “tune” these unique and useful materials for enhanced performance in specific applications ranging from advanced power plants to aerospace technologies, according to the researchers who made the finding. A discovery that uncovered…
A multi-institutional team of Earth scientists, environmental engineers and geomaticists has found via satellite study that modern cities around the world have been growing upward more than outward. In their research, published in the journal Nature Cities, the group studied two types of satellite data for more than 1,500 cities globally. A multi-institutional team of Earth…
With the development of artificial intelligence technology, various artificial hardware neural networks such as recursive neural networks, convolutional neural networks, and spiking neural networks have been proposed to meet the efficient processing and recognition of massive data. With the development of artificial intelligence technology, various artificial hardware neural networks such as recursive neural networks, convolutional neural…