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Zinc-based batteries are one of a number of more cost effective, and potentially safer alternatives to lithium-ion, and a new breakthrough shows how crab shells might make them a whole lot more sustainable as well.

New research from the group of Joshua Yuan, professor and chair of energy, environmental and chemical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis' McKelvey School of Engineering, may soon lead to even lighter, stronger carbon fiber -- and stronger plastics -- all using what is currently a waste product.

Goldman and colleagues marked A. aegypti neurons with fluorescent labels to uncover details about how the mosquito brain deciphers human smells. To their surprise, the team found that individual

New research may soon lead to a lighter, stronger carbon fiber—and stronger plastics—using lignin, a product that is currently considered waste.

Joshua Yuan at Washington University in St. Louis and collaborators have cracked a chemical code that will take carbon fiber to the next level.

In January 2022, Marco Cavaleri, Head of Vaccines Strategy at the European Medicines Agency raised concerns about frequent ...

Summer is gearing up for its long, slow goodbye, but this month's gang of emerging Canadian artists provide enough heartache, heat and pure...

From May 2020 to January 2021, the share of tweets about healthy foods increased by 20 percent compared to pre-pandemic estimates, while fast-food and alcohol tweets decreased by 9 percent and 11 percent, respectively.

Chinese scientists have successfully sequenced ancient human DNA dating back some 14,000 years, hinting at their potential links with Asian peoples.

Gene transfer might have helped in the development of  better traits in mating, nutrition, growth and adaptation