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A research team led by the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has made a big breakthrough in nanomaterials by successfully constructing a highly efficient electrocatalyst that can significantly boost hydrogen production through electrochemical water splitting.

A “brainless” soft robot that can navigate more complicated and dynamic surroundings has been developed by researchers who previously developed a soft robot that could navigate simple mazes without the assistance of a person or computer.

In numerous industries, corrosion results in considerable losses. Cathodic protection is utilized to safeguard steel in marine.

Technology is about to undergo a revolution that will alter how devices are utilized. A group of brilliant scientists from the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea, led by the esteemed Professor Young Hee Lee, have made an innovative finding that could significantly enhance the production of field-effect transistors (FET).

According to the WHO, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second biggest cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide.

Investigators at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil collaborated with coworkers at Harvard University in the United States to conduct inventive research on the DNA and population dynamics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the yeast used by plants throughout Brazil to generate fuel ethanol from sugarcane, with the goal of finding routes to more stable, consistent, and predictable fermentation performance.

In a landmark for artificial intelligence (AI), the AI system “Swift,” developed by University of Zurich (UZH) scientists, has beaten the world champions in drone racing—an outcome that seemed impossible just a few years ago.

It’s notoriously difficult for doctors to identify a wound that is becoming infected. Clinical signs and symptoms are imprecise and methods of identifying bacteria can be time-consuming and inaccessible, so a diagnosis can be subjective and dependent on clinician experience.

Scientists from the University of Bayreuth have created an oxide glass with extraordinary toughness in collaboration with partners in China and the United States.

New orally available drug for spinal cord injury found to be safe and tolerable in healthy participants.