IMAGE: Dr Ng and his team synthesised a new photocatalyst by enwrapping cuprous oxide with copper-based metal-organic frameworks. view more Credit: City University of Hong Kong Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the major greenhouse gases causing global warming. If carbon dioxide could be converted into energy, it would be killing two birds with one stone
Month: February 2021
IMAGE: Breast Cancer Chip view more Credit: Khademhosseini Lab (LOS ANGELES) – There are many mechanisms by which the body responds to foreign invaders. One of these involves the T-cells of the immune system, which have a number of different proteins on their surface called “checkpoint proteins.” These checkpoint proteins bind to proteins on the surface
Khalil and Jennifer are on the run and their slip up may have revealed Black Lightning’s true identity to Tobias. Hosts Drew Jones and Porchia Carter dive into this week’s craziness and give you their OMBL moments of the week. CW and Greg Berlanti expand the footprint of their DC Comics universe with this exploration
This Batwoman article contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 3. Classic Batman villain Victor Zsasz burst onto the scene in this week’s Batwoman with what is simultaneously the creepiest and most fun villain introduction on the series yet. Tricking his way into a hotel suite with a bottle of high end champagne, the notorious hitman
This Snowpiercer review contains spoilers. Snowpiercer Season 2 Episode 2 A show like Snowpiercer seems tailor-made for the winter. After all, it’s cold outside, so you might as well stay in. Sure, you’re probably still quarantined with your household after a long year, but at least you’re not stuck on a train. At least you’re
This Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers. Technically, Disney+’s The Mandalorian is part of the biggest franchise on earth. But it doesn’t always feel that way. True, it’s a Star Wars property, and it rarely lets you forget that fact. The show is rife with references to the films and animated series that have
IMAGE: The proposed anisotropic metasurface from Purdue University innovators has significant potential for high-density optical data storage, dynamic color image display, and encryption. view more Credit: Alexander Kildishev, Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University innovators have created technology aimed at replacing Morse code with colored “digital characters” to modernize optical storage. They are confident
Felicity was fighting a battle of her own as she was on a mission to take Diaz down much to Diggle’s dismay. While Oliver creatively gets in a battle with…well, himself. Hosts Alikona Bradford, Olivia DeBortoli, and Carolina Bonetti weigh in on the convo while Matt Marr is away, but joining next week. ABOUT ARROW:
This article contains a likely casting spoiler for Power Rangers Dino Fury. Power Rangers Dino Fury is set to debut this year but that hasn’t stopped fans from clamoring for any amount of information they can get. Since the cast was revealed in October we haven’t gotten much outside of a few comments from executive
This article contains spoilers for WandaVision episode 4. We’re officially four episodes into WandaVision, and the situation in Westview is starting to heat up. But with more than half of the remaining season left yet to air (the first season consists of a planned nine episodes), there’s still so much more we don’t know. Although
Recent news that Google has decided to shut down its internal game development studios comes on the heels of a report by Bloomberg that suggests Amazon’s own game division is burdened by issues that it could prove to be insurmountable. On the one hand, you want to be surprised by these revelations. There’s certainly a
An intelligent material that learns by physically changing itself, similar to how the human brain works, could be the foundation of a completely new generation of computers. Radboud physicists working toward this so-called “quantum brain” have made an important step. They have demonstrated that they can pattern and interconnect a network of single atoms, and
When two sheets of graphene are stacked atop each other at just the right angle, the layered structure morphs into an unconventional superconductor, allowing electric currents to pass through without resistance or wasted energy. This “magic-angle” transformation in bilayer graphene was observed for the first time in 2018 in the group of Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, the
IMAGE: One-step preparation of photoaffinity probes using clickable gold-nanoparticle precursors enables expedient target identification studies view more Credit: FIGURE MODIFIED FROM Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0OB01688H The development of pharmaceutical treatments is difficult — clinicians and researchers know a certain drug can regulate particular functions, but they might not know how it actually
IMAGE: Quasi-solid-state (QSS) molten salt electrolyte and the structure of QSS molten salt iron air battery view more Credit: Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Using salt as a key ingredient, Chinese and British researchers have designed a new type of rechargeable battery that could accelerate the shift to greener, electric transport on our roads. Many electric
IMAGE: Alexander Kuchmizhak, a senior researcher at the Institute of Automation and Control Processes (FEB RAS), at FEFU lab view more Credit: FEFU press office Titanium dioxide nanoparticles decorated by gold absorb about 96% of the solar spectrum and turn it into heat. The material can accelerate the evaporation in desalination plants up to 2.5 times
IMAGE: Battery production in ambient air using a multi-functional separator view more Credit: POSTECH The honor of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to those who developed lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. These batteries have become an essential energy source for electronic devices ranging from small IT devices to electric vehicles. Tesla, a leading U.S. automaker, recently
Celebrating episode 150 was a blast with our fans tonight! Join Alikona Bradford and Olivia DeBortoli as we breakdown the doc style episode and rejoice of the reunion of Team Arrow with our Hosts in the chat! Follow us at @yours_truly_alikona on I.G. @oliviadebortoli RSS Feed: http://afterbuzztv.com/aftershows/arrow-afterbuzz-tv-aftershow/feed/ ABOUT ARROW: Arrow is an American television series
If your UK lockdown viewing is starting to feel a bit barrel-scrapey (there are only so many times one can rewatch The Office: An American Workplace without turning into a Dwight Shrute bobblehead) then Amazon has some potentially tasty options for the coming month. US sci-fi Soulmates starring Succession‘s Sarah Snook (pictured) arrived on AMC
A couple of things have caught our eye in February’s Netflix UK line-up, first, the German dystopian sci-fi Tribes of Europa. After the success of sci-fi series Dark, the streaming service invested in a bunch of new German-language series, including the mega-successful historical Barbarians. Tribes was among them, and tells the story of a group
The big news this month for Disney+ subscribers in the UK (as well as Europe, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Singapore) is the launch of Star. The new Disney brand brings a huge list of existing films and TV series to the streaming service, along with a few originals including new crime thriller Big Sky
Hosts Sam Davidson, Taylor Gates, and Alexus Mozell discuss “Hope is Not the Goal.” Alaric enlists Hope and the gang to investigate a missing girl at Mystic Falls High, Josie and Raf get closer, and a terrifying spider threatens the student body. Mystic Falls is popping up again as the new generation makes it’s appearance!