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Chirality yields colossal photocurrent
(Boston College) Typically, light is converted to electricity by chemically altering a semiconductor to have a built-in electric field. A team of researchers from Boston College, the University of California Los Angeles, and Ecole Polytechnique Feder...
Following Your Dharma in an Age of Climate Change
We all must discover our intellectual path; here’s how I found mine-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
NII builds the world's first round-the-globe high-speed 100 Gbps academic communications network
(Research Organization of Information and Systems) National Institute of Informatics has expanded the international line of SINET academic information network and began operating a 100 Gbps ultra-high-speed international links in a configuration that...
India's stubble burning air pollution causes USD 30 billion economic losses, health risks
(International Food Policy Research Institute) India's air pollution made headlines around the globe last year. IFPRI researchers estimate the economic and health cost of air pollution caused due to stubble burning at USD 30 billion per year in...
Interdisciplinary collaboration yields hardest, thinnest coatings yet discovered
(Lehigh University) In an interdisciplinary collaboration, Lehigh University researchers Nicholas Strandwitz (assistant professor of materials science and engineering) and Brandon Krick (assistant professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics) be...
Asteroids are stronger, harder to destroy than previously thought
(Johns Hopkins University) A popular theme in the movies is that of an incoming asteroid that could extinguish life on the planet, and our heroes are launched into space to blow it up. But incoming asteroids may be harder to break than scientists pre...
Alien species are primary cause of recent global extinctions
(University College London) Alien species are the main driver of recent extinctions in both animals and plants, according to a new study by UCL researchers. They found that since 1500, alien species have been solely responsible for 126 extinctions, 1...
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship hooks itself up to space station for first time
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is docked to the International Space Station. (NASA TV via YouTube)
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship docked with the International Space Station for the first time today, marking a successful uncrewed rehearsal of the procedure tha...
Top ten computer science education research papers recognized
(Association for Computing Machinery) As a capstone to its 50th annual SIGCSE Technical Symposium, leaders of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) are celebrating the ideas that h...
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship makes maiden flight with robo-rider named Ripley
Onlookers take pictures at SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket rises from its launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Floridal. (SpaceX / NASA via YouTube)
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon was sent into space atop a Falcon 9 rocket tonight, beginning a crucial test of...