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Regulatory loopholes, endangered wild salmon and suffering farmed salmon
Norwegian University of Science and Technology- Journal
- Marine Policy
Further, higher, longer: how batteries are driving growth in the drone market
University of BirminghamPioneering recipe for conductive plastics – paves the way for your body to go online
Chalmers University of TechnologyIt’s mouldable, biocompatible and glitters like gold. Plastic that can conduct an electric charge is a material that can be used for everything from sensors that can monitor our health to self-cooling clothing or electronic adhesive plasters that can be applied to the skin and send data directly to a mobile phone. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden recently presented a ground-breaking ‘recipe’ that makes it easier to manufacture this kind of sought-after electrically conductive plastic in larger quantities – without the use of harmful chemicals, and in a much more cost-effective way.
“Once higher production volumes are achieved, it is possible to work with the material in a completely different way. Larger quantities are needed to enable the development of a range of applications, for example in biotechnology, energy storage, and wearable electronics,” says Christian Müller, Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Chalmers and co-author of a study recently published in Science Advances.
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- European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement, European Research Council (ERC), The Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE) funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation., The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
Brewery makes new beer from yeast launched in rocket
University of CincinnatiResearchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and UT Health Science Center apply data expertise to advance knowledge of kidney disease
University of Tennessee at KnoxvillePartnership with Penn Nursing expands AACN’s research on nurse work environments
University of Pennsylvania School of NursingThe American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) will partner with Penn Nursing and its Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) to conduct its latest research on the state of nurses’ work environments. The 2025 National Nurse Work Environments Survey will launch Oct. 13, with study results expected to be published in spring of 2026.
K. Lisa Yang Brain Body Center launches at Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical SchoolCenter will bring together scientists working to demystify brain-body communication
Freely accessible research collection spotlights Critical Race Theory
SAGEThe UJI creates a system that improves the performance and reliability of steam compression equipment
Universitat Jaume IImproving energy consumption, performance and reliability of steam compression systems used for heating or cooling are some of the benefits of the new system developed by the Thermal and Energy Systems Engineering (ISTENER) research group at the Universitat Jaume I in Castelló, coordinated by Professor Joaquín Navarro. In addition, this invention reduces the risk of degradation of certain critical components and working fluids and, under extreme operating conditions, the system helps to maintain operating temperatures within the limits of standard commercial components, thereby reducing the costs associated with the operation and maintenance of steam compression systems.The industrial invention falls within the field of cold and/or heat production using vapour compression installations (air conditioning and refrigeration systems and industrial applications of high-temperature heat pumps). It has a prototype that has been validated in a laboratory environment and is ready for development and adaptation to specific applications and subsequent licensing agreements.