Mechanical Engineering
Giving drones a lift
Simulations show that an actuated jet of air from the wing can dramatically improve the aerodynamic performance of micro-aircraft such as drones.
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Mechanical Engineering
Simulations show that an actuated jet of air from the wing can dramatically improve the aerodynamic performance of micro-aircraft such as drones.
Bioscience
A modern twist on a traditional biochemistry technique lets scientists study interactions that trap cells in circulation.
Bioscience
Termination sites of DNA are shown to stop slow-moving replication forks but not faster ones.
Electrical Engineering
A novel computing technique recognizes and captures the distinctive surface patterns appearing in videos and images.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Chemical tricks improve the efficiency and durability of photothermal membranes that use sunlight to turn water into steam.
Computer Science
Performance analysis reveals how different resource allocation schemes may impact the energy efficiency of a cognitive radio system.
Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences
An integrated set of genetic mechanisms controls whether bees behave as foragers or nurses.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Wastewater treatments based on bioelectrochemical systems can generate energy while removing potentially toxic compounds.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Elevated bacterial populations in waters near beaches and urban areas could pose a problem for desalination plants.
Mechanical Engineering
Simulations reveal the final moments of a fuel droplet as it combusts in a spray injection engine.
Material Science and Engineering
Perfect interfaces between sheets of two-dimensional semiconductors enable advanced electronic devices.
Material Science and Engineering
Quantum dots improve the performance of cost-effective, solution-processed solar cells.
Material Science and Engineering
Performance improvements of indium zinc oxide transistors could lead to enhanced transparent displays for screens and phones.
Electrical Engineering
A surprisingly simple algorithm helps computers perceive individual objects inside videos from their movement patterns.
Chemical Engineering
A material for filtration that is easy and cheap to produce could aid water treatment, solvent filtration and membrane-catalysis.
Marine Science
Some coral reef fish species don’t settle very close to home.
Computer Science
Specialized word search method sheds light on phenotypic similarity of diseases.
Marine Science
A coral reef fish can acclimate to warm temperatures in just two generations.
Electrical Engineering
Identifying noise in communication signals helps to filter out glitches and improve transmission quality.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Treated wastewater may be suitable for some irrigation uses, but antibiotic-resistant microbes could be cause for concern.
Material Science and Engineering
An oxide layer optimized to selectively transmit electrons can improve the efficiency of organic solar cells beyond 10 percent.
Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences
A fast computational method optimizes sensor measurement networks for noisy, sparsely observed environments.
Electrical Engineering
Transistor designs based on nanotubes could considerably reduce the power demands of computers.
Marine Science
A look at life in the depths of the ocean reveals an efficient system of pumping carbon out of the atmosphere.
Electrical Engineering
A tiny device broadens the bandwith to enable absorption with wide-reaching potential for electrical engineering.
Chemistry
Making the pores of metal-organic frameworks smaller could open up new opportunities in gas separation techniques.
Chemistry
Tiny carriers assembled from oppositely charged nanoparticles open to release their cargo under light exposure.
Marine Science
A coral named for KAUST could provide a glimpse of future reef conditions under climate change.
Computer Science
An improved peak fitting procedure enables a better determination of protein structures.
Material Science and Engineering
The fabrication of branched titanium dioxide nanomaterials enhances the connectivity in solar cells for a better performance.
Computer Science
An algorithm that maximizes the difference between data categories achieves high accuracy in classifying faces.
Electrical Engineering
Magnetic nanowires with weak magnetic fields and low frequencies can destroy cancer cells without generating heat.
Earth Science and Engineering
The emergence of two volcanic islands in the Red Sea suggests a larger underlying event linked to African-Arabian plate separation.
Bioengineering
A new computational framework shows how pathogens interact with host cells at the metabolic level.
Chemistry
Thin film membranes could efficiently separate carbon dioxide and other gases from mixed gas flow streams.
Marine Science
Rather than migrating, whale sharks in Tanzania hide surprisingly close to home year-round.
Electrical Engineering
A catalyst that helps develop a new route to break up carbon dioxide uses a renewable source of clean energy.
Material Science and Engineering
Efficiently extracting the charge required by quantum dot solar cells can be controlled by chemically configuring molecules.
Earth Science and Engineering
A warmer Red Sea may be more productive due to the influence of winter monsoons.
Bioengineering
A statistical approach that can find patterns in large data sets, even in the event of missing or incorrect figures, is proving useful from genomic studies through to planning a marine reserve.
Marine Science
DNA sequencing of reef fish microbiomes shows that diet is all-important.
Electrical Engineering
A microchip designed to generate and control rogue waves of light on the nano-scale has many potential applications.
Material Science and Engineering
A woven carbon cloth coated in a conducting polymer and an oxide-material provides a stable way of storing energy.
Material Science and Engineering
Lightweight and low-cost device uses friction inside paper-based coils to transform mechanical motion into electricity.
Marine Science
Analyses of marine bacteria offer insights into processes of carbon storage and release beneath the sea.
Environmental Science and Engineering
An inkjet-printed surface can turn fog into drinking water using bio-inspired micropatterning and adhesion technology.
Material Science and Engineering
A fast and cost-efficient fabrication process for high-quality perovskite crystals bridges the gap to silicon.
Electrical Engineering
Smart, stretchable pads open up a new approach for thermotherapy.
Material Science and Engineering
Replacing the organic molecules surrounding atomically precise silver nanoparticles prepares them for practical applications.
Earth Science and Engineering
An underwater landslide triggered by the 2011 earthquake in Japan may have exacerbated the resulting tsunami.
Bioscience
Whole-genome sequencing of the bacterium responsible for a cholera outbreak reveals a population structure missed by traditional methods.
Material Science and Engineering
Electron-rich organic polymers boost power conversion in solar cells.
Chemistry
Researchers reveal a low-impact synthetic strategy for producing supported small nickel nanoparticles – a powerful catalytic form of the metal.
Chemistry
Producing hydrogen from water is improved by creating an orderly catalyst.
Bioengineering
Evolution has left alone the protective functions of noncoding sequences of the human genetic blueprint.
Electrical Engineering
Sustainable energy generation boosted by a nanoscale device that converts thermal infrared radiation to an electrical current.
Bioscience
Discovery of the molecular mechanism by which a protein confers salt tolerance in plants could boost crop yields in high-saline soils.
Bioscience
Resistance to a popular herbicide provides insight into the control of a key biosynthetic pathway.
Marine Science
Single-cell analysis of microbes from Red Sea deep brine pools reveals the genetic innovations needed to thrive in extreme conditions.
Bioscience
Lactate plays an unexpected role in brain function.
Material Science and Engineering
Nanoscale thin films containing unconventional, glass-like magnetic states can lead to the development of novel charge-spin coupled devices.
Material Science and Engineering
Theoretical studies analyze the nature of the bonding relationship between conjugated polymers and carbon-based materials.
Chemical Engineering
Nanoparticles with pores that expand and shrink could prove valuable for biochemical research and drug delivery applications.
Marine Science
Devilrays soak up the sun’s heat then make some of the deepest and fastest dives ever recorded in the ocean.
Bioscience
An enzyme involved in maintaining genome fidelity goes through seven steps to recognize its DNA substrates.
Electrical Engineering
Floating paper cubes containing low-cost, inkjet printed electronic sensors can wirelessly monitor floods in real time.
Electrical Engineering
Generators embedded in windows produce electricity from the temperature differential between an air-conditioned interior and a sunny outside world.
Electrical Engineering
Chaotic optical resonators can trap more light energy than their orderly counterparts.
Material Science and Engineering
Light absorption capacity of quantum dot solar cells may soon reach the infrared.
Chemistry
A single photon can free two electrons within a nanocrystal of silver sulfide, revealing its promise as a solar cell material.
Earth Science and Engineering
First-time reports of the statistical properties of ‘whirlpools’ show they are frequent and seasonal.
Chemistry
Chemically fine-tuning the structure of a class of light porous materials allows efficient and selective removal of CO2 from air.
Material Science and Engineering
Multitasking ferroelectric polymer could store or process data faster than its rivals.
Computer Science
A novel algorithm promises faster functionality for the world’s largest optical-near infrared telescope.
Material Science and Engineering
Graphene-based capacitors prove useful in advanced non-linear electronics.
Bioscience
Enzymes crucial to parasite growth offer clues in fight against malaria.
Electrical Engineering
Bendable electronics could help make robust wearable devices that can continuously monitor a person’s health.
Marine Science
Mysterious deep dwelling fish are vastly more plentiful than previously thought and are likely to play a major role in ocean carbon budgets.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Resins improve bacterial performance in converting seawater to potable supply.
Chemistry
The ability to more precisely design an industrial material will support broad applications such as the storage of gas, including CO2.
Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences
Regulating an overlooked set of genes may help biologists manipulate cells to find new therapy options.
Material Science and Engineering
Streamlining the process to fabricate quantum dot devices could improve their potential as low-cost, flexible solar cells.