Breakthrough: 34 new Giant Radio Sources discovered - Tech …
WEBAug 2, 2024 · Using Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), a team led by Indian radio astronomers has identified 34 new giant radio sources (GRSs) from the TIFR GMRT Sky Survey Alternative Data Release 1 (TGSS ADR1) at 150 MHz. Giant Radio Sources (GRS) are among the biggest structures in the universe. At …
Smarter way to recycle polyurethane - Tech Explorist
WEBAug 17, 2024 · A better method to recycle polyurethane foam from items like mattresses. The graphic shows how the new combination of acidolysis and hydrolysis can recover up to 82 weight percent of the original material from flexible PUR foam—used in mattresses—as two separate fractions of diamines and polyols. The diamine is …
Genetic tool tracks CRISPR editing risks - techexplorist.com
WEBMar 27, 2024 · CRISPR, a powerful DNA editing tool, has transformed many fields since its invention ten years ago. Researchers are now using it to improve human health by targeting diseases like cancer, blood disorders, and diabetes. To precisely correct defective genes, they inject patients with cells or components modified using CRISPR.
New electric reactor generates immense heat, cuts industrial …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · New type of thermochemical reactor that is capable of generating the immense amounts of heat. This image depicts the inductively heated metamaterial reactor with catalysts filling the ceramic foam baffle. It is producing carbon monoxide and water from the reverse water gas shift reaction. Credit: Dolly Mantle/Stanford Engineering.
New reactor system produces green ammonia and purified water
WEBAug 17, 2024 · In simple terms, you put wastewater in, and you get pure ammonia and purified water out.”. The newly developed reactor system facilitates an electrochemical nitrate-to-ammonia conversion route, eliminating the requirement for denitrification. This process bypasses the traditional denitrification and Haber-Bosch routes, offering an …
Ultra-thin 2D materials can rotate light polarization - Tech Explorist
WEBApr 23, 2024 · The group discovered why their discovery is effective: Ultra-thin materials such as 2D semiconductors exhibit significant polarization twisting when exposed to a small magnetic field due to pairs of excitons, which are bound electrons and holes. Prof Ashish Arora from IISER adds: “Conducting such sensitive experiments on two-dimensional ...
Touch detection’s bicellular mechanism - techexplorist.com
WEBFeb 12, 2024 · Image showing Corpuscles. credit: Yury Nikolaev. When researchers stimulated lamellar cells, they found sensory neurons also activated. Unlike direct stimulation of neurons, which produces consistent action potentials, lamellar cell stimulation results in varied firing times.This suggests that lamellar cells play a unique role in touch sensing, potentially enhancing sensitivity and specificity.
New tech for stable lithium-ion batteries under fast-charging …
WEBMay 31, 2024 · KERI researchers are partially coating aluminum oxide on the surface of the anode of a lithium-ion battery. Credit: KERI. Through testing, the team confirmed that the high-energy-density anode coated with aluminum oxide exhibits world-class performance, maintaining over 83.4% of its capacity even after 500 cycles of rapid charging.
Pacific kelp forests have a much older origin than previously …
WEBJan 17, 2024 · The fossils, which still have clams and encase barnacles and snails, have been dated 32.1 million years ago, marking a much earlier existence of kelp forests than previously thought. The earliest known kelp fossil, resembling today’s bull kelp, is 14 million years old and is kept at the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP).
AI technology could provide companionship to combat loneliness
WEBMay 27, 2024 · Professor Prescott emphasizes that AI technology has the potential to provide a partial solution to this pervasive issue. He suggests that as individuals spiral into loneliness, their confidence plummets, and they become increasingly disconnected, AI companionship could offer a way to practice and enhance …