Technique

Credit: Energy Storage Materials (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2023.103135 Lithium-ion batteries are a widely used class of rechargeable batteries in today's world. One of the processes that can hamper the functioning of these batteries is an internal short circuit caused by direct contact between the cathode and anode (the conductors that complete the circuit within a battery).…

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In fields such as physics and engineering, partial differential equations (PDEs) are used to model complex physical processes to generate insight into how some of the most complicated physical and natural systems in the world function. To solve these difficult equations, researchers use high-fidelity numerical…

Civil liberties advocates are mounting a new challenge to the use by police of Google search data for help solving criminal cases, as the practice draws greater scrutiny nationwide. After a Pennsylvania woman was raped in 2016, police submitted a search warrant to Alphabet's Google for information about users who had typed the victim's name or address into the search engine in the week leading up to the attack, according to court papers. Google responded with the IP address of a user who had searched for the victim's…

A new scientific method identifies habitable planets by comparing atmospheric CO2 levels, suggesting that lower CO2 indicates the presence of liquid water and potential life. This groundbreaking research, applicable with current telescopes, offers new prospects in the search for life beyond Earth. Credit: SciTechDaily.comScientists discover new way to identify liquid water on exoplanets.Atmospheric CO2 levels hold the key to finding habitable planets and potentially life itself.Scientists have devised a new way to…

Dick Coffee attended 781 consecutive University of Alabama football games. Meg Roh surfed through illness, storms and nightfall to maintain a seven-year daily surfing streak. Jon Sutherland ran at least 1 mile every day for over 52 years.An activity streak has the power to compel behavior, and marketers have taken note.Marketing researchers Jackie Silverman and Alixandra Barasch recently documented 101 unique instances, including Snapchat, Candy Crush Saga, Wordle and the Duolingo language learning platform, of apps that…

A study by Johns Hopkins University demonstrates that applying gentle electric currents to the cerebellum enhances the ability of individuals to transfer skills from virtual reality to real-world settings, especially in robotic surgery. This technique, which showed significant improvement in participants’ dexterity and skill application without previous surgical or robotics training, could revolutionize training methods in various high-tech industries, including medicine and robotics. Credit: SciTechDaily.comResearchers…

Superabsorbers become liquid under UV light after they have taken up sufficient water. Then, they can be reused. Credit: Ken Pekarsky, KIT Water and UV radiation effectively and swiftly break down the crosslinked polymers in diaper liners without the use of any chemicals. This process allows the recycled plastic molecules to be repurposed for diverse applications. Superabsorbent materials, like sodium polyacrylate, are key components in various hygiene and medical products, including diapers, bandages, and dressing…

The layout of the GNSS monitoring stations in the Tengqing landslide. Credit: Satellite Navigation (2023). DOI: 10.1186/s43020-023-00119-0 In a study published on 13 November 2023, in the journal Satellite Navigation, researchers from Chang'an University have developed a novel approach using the Precise Point Positioning (PPP) technique combined with a cumulative sum control chart (CUSUM) method. This method enables the…

Map of the LASSIE array and regional faults. The red dot is the location of the LBCC-drilled well. The 5 blue triangles are the virtual sources for the validation dataset. The open triangles are the virtual sources for the training dataset. Black lines: faults (dashed if blind). Credit: Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42536-4 An international team of scientists led by Dr. Xin Liu, Assistant Professor of…