A team of scientists from Northwestern University and Seoul National University in Korea now has demonstrated how Purified Tin Selenide (SnSe), a material that has extraordinary high thermoelectric performance, can be used to convert heat to electricity. Thermoelectricity is electrical energy generated through thermal energy or heat. The Thermoelectric Generator[Read More…]

Engineers in Japan have discovered how to float up objects from reflective surfaces utilizing sound waves. Engineers Shota Kondo and Kan Okubo of Tokyo Metropolitan University in Japan have discovered how to build a hemispherical acoustic array that may carry a 3-millimeter polystyrene ball from a reflective floor. “We propose[Read More…]

Researchers have calculated what a monumental, hypothetical machine they might obtain. A particle collider encircling the moon might accelerate particles with high power of 14 quadrillion electron volts. That’s about 1000 times the power of the world’s largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, at CERN. It’s not[Read More…]

The newly discovered white dwarf, designated ZTF J190132.9+145808.7, has a mass 1.35 times the mass of the sun, and a radius of 2,140 km, which is just 1.23 times larger than our moon. It is located approximately 130 light-years away from earth, in the constellation of Aquila. ZTF J1901+1458 was[Read More…]

On July 7, NASA announced their findings on the relationship between the moon, coastal flooding, and what that could mean in the next 15 years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has reported an increase in high-tide floods in many U.S. coast cities. In 2019, there were 600 occurrences[Read More…]

1 in 25 newly diagnosed cancer cases in the last year may be associated with drinking alcohol, according to a global study published in The Lancet Oncology. The study calculated that 17,000 cases of cancer in the UK in 2020 could be linked to alcohol consumption. The authors of the paper[Read More…]

A cancer-causing chemical in Aveeno and Neutrogena sunscreen products forced Johnson and Johnson to issue a recall. The chemical, benzene, is known to cause health issues and is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Benzene is known to contribute to the development of blood cancer and can be[Read More…]

A new device taps into brain waves to help paralyzed individuals communicate. The technology, “speech neuroprosthetic,” transcribes brain waves normally controlling the vocal tract, movements from the lips, jaw, tongue, and larynx. Scientists used the method for the first time on a paralyzed man at the University of California, San[Read More…]

A team of international scientists confirmed detecting collision between a black hole and neutron star by analyzing gravitational waves created in January 2020. According to Albert Einstein, gravity is just a complex fabric of space-time. Gravitational waves are ripples in that space-time fabric. In extreme events like the collision of[Read More…]

Researchers found that children aged five to ten who eat plant-based diets are on average three centimetres shorter than those who eat meat. Their bones were also smaller and less strong, putting the children at risk of fractures or osteoporosis in later life. The study, by University College London’s Great[Read More…]