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Solar power is better than Nuclear power for Martian settlements
A new perspective on Mars colonization
Wearing face masks effectively reduce COVID-19 spread
The intervention tripled mask usage and reduced symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections.
New hand-held device to detect point mutations in sickle cell and ALS diseases
CRISPR-Chip advance streamlines genetic testing for medical diagnostics and research.
New surface coating can create false infrared images
A way to imbed visual “decoys” into surfaces of objects in a way that can fool people.
Brain scans can predict children’s mental health problems
Scans of brain activity in seven-year-olds are helping Northeastern researchers predict symptoms of depression, anxiety, and attentional problems in teenagers.
Drones will fly for days with this new technology
Thermophotovoltaic power conversion utilizes thermal radiation from a local heat source to generate electricity in a photovoltaic cell. On a solar cell, the addition...
New device paves the way to 3D-printed organs, food
3D printing or additive manufacturing is a process of making three-dimensional solid objects from a digital file. It enables users to produce complex (functional)...
Researchers use jiggly Jell-O to make powerful new hydrogen fuel catalyst
Scientists at the UC Berkeley have developed a new, efficient catalyst that can produce hydrogen fuel from water. Working as effective as Platinum, this...
Prenatal exposure to chemicals in personal care products may speed puberty in girls
Many previous studies have suggested that girls and possibly boys have been experiencing puberty at progressively younger ages. Puberty at an early age may lead...
Stereotypes measurably influence how we treat each other
UC Berkeley neuroscientist Ming Hsu and individual analysts have created a computational model that can anticipate how much we discriminate against each other are...
Blood tests reveal broad extent of Zika infection
In a new study by the UC Berkeley, scientists showed that almost half of the population in Managua, Nicaragua, has been infected with the...
Engineered sand to purify stormwater
Stormwater runoff is often worsened by human activities and can contain nitrogen and phosphorus pollutants from fertilizers, pet and yard waste. Because stormwater flows...
Nature is proving to be awesome medicine for PTSD
In a new study by UC Berkeley scientists, the amazement we feel in nature can significantly decrease the side effects of post-traumatic stress disorder....
Start of most sensitive search yet for dark matter axion
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have recently developed low-noise superconducting quantum amplifiers through which, they are embarking the most sensitive search yet for axions,...
Fleet of automated electric taxis could deliver environmental and energy benefits
Scientists at the UC Berkeley have developed a new model that could analyze taxi trips provided by shared automated electric vehicles in Manhattan. It...
Atomically-thin light emitting device opens the possibility for ‘invisible’ displays
UC Berkeley engineers have built a bright-light emitting device that is millimeters wide and fully transparent when turned off. The light-emitting material in this...
How to make space molecules?
Complex carbon-based particles found in meteorites have for some time been a problem for Earth-bound scientists. Thus scientists are very keen to know how...
Retraining neurons to take action
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley along with Columbia University and the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon, Portugal have demonstrated the astounding...
Mechanical engineering to help back surgery
Almost half million Americans went for back surgery treat the impacts of circle degeneration, and others experience less basic surgical medicines. A shockingly high level of patients,...
Scientists suggest that some black holes erase your past
Your past circumstances or choices may have contributed to or led to your present, but what you do with your presentation will contribute or...
CRISPR-Cas12a enables cutting-edge diagnostics, study
Originally discovered in 2015, CRISPR-CAS12a, one of the DNA-cutting protein now turned into a most powerful tool for disease diagnostics. It has supercharged natural...
Mothers, sisters, wives rank among most difficult kin
A large portion of us endure grumblers, naggers, control monstrosities and other irritating individuals in our lives in light of current circumstances – we're...
Deportation was associated with multiple cardiovascular health risk
A recent study directed by specialists at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley's Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health (CERCH) found that stress...
Science Shows Why Shoelaces Come Untied
There was a mystery that why shoelaces come untied. Now, the Mechanical Engineers at UC Berkeley have found an answer to it. The answer is, a...