When Sand Behaves Like Oil

PHYSICS & MATH 05.08.2019 15:09 PM

A complex interaction occurs between the two materials Parts of the examples of granular materials are rice, sand, and coffee. The conduct of granular substances plays a vital function in various natural processes, such as avalanches and the motion of sand dunes, but they are also essential in the industry.

Milk Spoiler Alert: Sensor Capable of Detecting Milk Spoilage

05.08.2019 08:57 AM

Study reveals a sensor is capable of detecting whether milk is fresh or not Washington State University scientists developed a new sensor technology that could detect if a box of milk is still good or has gone bad.

Ancient Shamanic Pouch is Found with Traces of Cocaine and Psychedelics

05.08.2019 08:38 AM

The largest number of psychoactive substances ever found in a single archaeological collection from South America.

A New Type of Quasiparticle Discovered

05.07.2019 11:41 AM

The researchers were the first to see Rarita-Schwinger fermions Paul Scherrer Institute's researchers have discovered a new kind of quasiparticle.

Rice Husks Can Effectively Remove Microcystin from Water

05.06.2019 10:06 AM

The rice husks removed more than 95 percent of microcystin MC-LR, the most common type found in Lake Erie, in concentrations of up to 596 parts-per-billion (ppb)

Cultivating Defective Porous Materials for Robust and Selective Heterogeneous Catalysis

05.06.2019 08:08 AM

It opens new avenues to develop robust heterogeneous catalysts for a wide variety of gas-phase reactions

Alzheimer’s Disease May Now Be Detected Years Before Symptoms Arise

05.06.2019 08:06 AM

A new two-step diagnosis process may help detect Alzheimer’s disease. A new two-step diagnostic process is maintaining to firmly detect Alzheimer's disease nearly 10 years before clinical symptoms appear.

Hempcrete Researchers Receive Grant from the EPA

05.05.2019 22:20 PM

Hemp’s potential in sustainable construction has won some California researchers a grant from the EPA.

How Hydrogen Atoms Chemically Bind to Graphene in One of the Fastest Reactions Ever Studied

05.03.2019 22:03 PM

The bond lasts for only about ten femtoseconds, ten quadrillionths of a second An extraordinary material celebrated across many platforms if graphene. It consists of pure carbon, only a single atomic layer thick.

Solving Protein Structures from Tiny Crystals with a New Approach

05.03.2019 22:02 PM

The technique indeed opens the door to dealing with microcrystals that have been previously inaccessible such as difficult-to-crystallize cell-surface receptors and other membrane proteins, flexible proteins, and many complex human proteins

10 Famous Scientists Who Believe That God Exists

05.02.2019 16:12 PM

Copernicus was a famous astronomer who lived and worked in Poland. He was the first scientist to propose the first-ever system based on mathematics that planets revolve around the sun. After studying at several universities in Europe, he was made a Canon of the Roman Catholic Church, in the year of 1497.

Safer and Purer Medicinal Drugs: A Possibility Through A New Method

05.02.2019 11:55 AM

Scientists develop a faster way of producing safer medicinal drugs Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) scientists have created a novel method that could potentially produce pure, no side-effect, higher quality medicinal drugs with a faster drug discovery process.

Sewers Could Help Clean Our Atmosphere

05.02.2019 11:16 AM

Researchers have concluded that sewer plants serving municipalities worldwide offer a major option for capturing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Although cautioning that research and development is needed before the systems could be deployed, the team identified several potentially viable paths to using sewage as a carbon sink — that is, sewer plants could clean the atmosphere as they clean water.

MIT and Harvard Receive $4.5 Million Each for Marijuana Research from Former Student

05.02.2019 08:27 AM

Man gives a total of nine million dollars to his alma maters. A Manhattan-based investor has dropped nine million dollars to fund marijuana research at his alma maters-Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Digital Filtering Could Advance Chemical Measuring

05.02.2019 08:19 AM

Technology could help move novel drugs to clinical trials faster. Precise measurements are critical to the discovery, development and usage of medications.