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Where the rubber meets the road
Experimental and theoretical work improves understanding of the wear of rubber tires.
Choosing the right wavelengths: how to improve photovoltaics to boost positive emotion
Organic photovoltaic devices can collect energy from windows or skylights, but which wavelengths they allow through can have a significant impact on people’s emotional health.
Chronic pain management in aged mice via transcranial focused ultrasound
Wearable ultrasound device allows for specific targeting of brain regions that modulate pain
Nanotechnology-based drug delivery system for lidocaine could also aid cancer therapies
With its prolonged release and inhibition of cell replication, the synthesized nanomaterial shows promise across medicine from oncology to chronic wound healing.
Opening new windows on the structure of glass
Significant fraction of atoms in “frozen” metallic glasses found to be mobile in simulation studies
Aerodynamic interactions of birds revealed through fluid dynamics simulations
Migrating birds may inspire new applications in biomimicry.
Improving the efficiency of carbon dots luminescent solar concentrators
Two changes yield an unprecedented absorption increase, leading to better photovoltaic systems
Mapping comorbidity patterns and associated proteins to help fight “long COVID”
Data reveals comorbidity patterns and related biomarkers that could be targeted by new or existing drugs.
Mixed update rules point to the dynamics of cooperation in simulated populations
Modifying “the prisoner’s dilemma” shows that even small probabilities of adhering to conformity-driven rules yields subgroups of cooperators.
Starch digestion insights could yield healthier foods
Everyday food preparation processes, such as cooking and storage, affect the mechanical properties of starch products, with implications for food texture, digestibility and, potentially, chronic disease reduction.