Scientists have added a crucial tool to the atomic-scale manufacturing toolkit with major implications for today’s data driven–carbon intensive–world, according to new research from the University of Alberta in Canada. “Computers today are contributing one gigatonne of carbon emissions to the atmosphere, and we can eliminate that by enhancing the most power-hungry parts of conventional
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A new technique in chemistry could pave the way for producing uniform nanoparticles for use in drug delivery systems. Scientists have been investigating how to make better use of nanoparticles in medicine for several decades. Significantly smaller than an average cell, nanoparticles are more similar in size to proteins. This makes them good at interacting
IMAGE: Researchers rewrote the binary data in the first line of a 24-bit memory array (top image, red arrow) using molecules of hydrogen to encode the letter “M ” (bottom image). view more Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07637 As computers continue to infiltrate almost every aspect of modern life, their negative impact on
Things have been far too quiet on the MST3K front lately. It has been over a year since Mystery Science Theater 3000 season 12 hit Netflix, and since then, we’ve heard nary a peep about production on new episodes. Sure, series creator Joel Hodgson has been busy with the live tour and various other efforts,
Influential cartoonist Gahan Wilson, who’s worked darkened Colliers, Playboy, National Lampoon and The New Yorker, died of complications of dementia on Nov. 21 in Scottsdale, Arizona, according to the Associated Press. He was 89. “The world has lost a legend,” his stepson Paul Wilson posted on the artist’s Facebook page. “One of the very best
Square Enix has confirmed that they are adding new bosses (and possibly other surprises) to Final Fantasy 7 Remake. “With regard to new characters, of whom I said during past interviews that there would be ‘none’,” says director Tetsuya Nomura via a blog post. “Though they aren’t main characters, their numbers ended up growing considerably in
The second law of thermodynamics states that the total entropy of an isolated system always tends to increase over time until it reaches a maximum. In other words, disorganization increases without outside intervention. Even the best electrical equipment inevitably heats up, as part of the energy that should be converted into mechanical work is dissipated
Sometimes a long-running TV show finds itself linked to a certain holiday. Community had Christmas. The Simpsons has Halloween. Brooklyn 99 had Halloween, then changed it to Cinco de Mayo for scheduling reasons. Saturday Night Live has…Election Day, I guess? I probably should have thought this through a bit more. While Mystery Science Theater 3000
This article contains major spoilers for DCeased. When DCeased was announced, it’s safe to assume it was met with more than a few eye rolls. Did the world really need a DC zombies book as the rest of pop culture seems to be putting a lid on the zombie phenomenon for another few years? “I’m
Shaun Escayg is the creative director and writer for the upcoming Marvel’s Avengers, which is being developed by Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montréal with Square Enix serving as the title’s publisher. And at a special Marvel’s Avengers event that was hosted by Virgin Media in London, Den of Geek was lucky enough to sit down with
IMAGE: -Top: Image of SEM Upper nanocone of the hourglass-shaped nanowires applied to the photodiode activation surface and its lateral expansion image -Left: 8 inch of Wafer Silicon wafer where modules of… view more Credit: Pohang University of Science and Technology(POSTECH) The near-infrared light is a light source with the shortest wavelength, indicated outside of
David Ramsey’s directorial debut was Arrow’s season 7 episode 11, “Past Sins,” one of the better episodes of last season. Lucky for us, he’s back in the director’s chair again for Arrow season 8, the final season, this time with episode six, “Reset.” The episode official episode description is as follows: “After being double-crossed by Lyla (guest star
This His Dark Materials Episode 4 review contains spoilers. It originally appeared on Den of Geek UK. If the careful foundation-laying of the first three episodes had left you feeling at all distanced from or frustrated by this story, then “Armour”’s here to yank you into a giant bear hug and surround you with fun, action,
Street Fighter V simply refuses to die. Having shown up in early 2016, the game has undergone several waves of DLC and even got a full-on upgrade as Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition in 2018. After getting 22 downloadable characters tacked onto a base cast of 16, it looked like things were starting to fade for
IMAGE: Whole-joint images from mice in arthritis imaging study. view more Credit: Brian Bay, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University research has provided the first complete, cellular-level look at what’s going on in joints afflicted by osteoarthritis, a debilitating and costly condition that affects nearly one-quarter of adults in the United States. The
Valencia, Calif., USA, Melbourne, Australia, and Aurora, Colo., USA, 24 November 2019 — AVITA Medical (ASX: AVH, NASDAQ: RCEL), a regenerative medicine company with a technology platform positioned to address unmet medical needs in therapeutic skin restoration, and scientists at the Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine announced
HOUSTON – (Nov. 25, 2019) – Rice University researchers have developed an inorganic method to synthesize ammonia that is both environmentally friendly and can produce the valuable chemical on demand under ambient conditions. The Brown School of Engineering lab of materials scientist Jun Lou manipulated a two-dimensional crystal it understands well — molybdenum disulfide —
IMAGE: In a study, researchers at the University of Freiburg introduce the first electrochemical CRISPR biosensor that is to help improve the diagnosis of diseases such as cancer. view more Credit: Photo: Richard Bruch The CRISPR/Cas technology can do more than alter genes. A research team at the University of Freiburg is using what are known
Heidelberg, 25 November 2019 – EMBO Press is pleased to announce the appointment of systems biologist M. Madan Babu as the new Chief Editor of Molecular Systems Biology. Madan Babu, who heads the regulatory genomics and systems biology group at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, takes up the post with immediate
ITHACA, N.Y. – Sometimes it’s best to let the magnets do all the work. A team led by Cornell University physics professors Itai Cohen and Paul McEuen is using the binding power of magnets to design self-assembling systems that potentially can be created in nanoscale form. Their paper, “Magnetic Handshake Materials as A Scale-Invariant Platform
IMAGE: The new biohybrid system uses non-optical reporter enzymes contained within 16 microlitres of liquid which pair specifically with micropatterned electrodes hosted on a small chip no more than one inch… view more Credit: Steve Southon Scientists at the University of Toronto (U of T) and Arizona State University (ASU) have developed the first direct gene
IMAGE: Structural DNA stars are perfectly configured to capture Dengue virus, and light up once the trap is sprung. view more Credit: Image courtesy of Xing Wang TROY, N.Y. — By folding snippets of DNA into the shape of a five-pointed star using structural DNA nanotechnology, researchers have created a trap that captures Dengue virus as
Sex Education is officially set to matriculate for another semester of awkwardly idiosyncratic hormonal hijinks, thanks to Netflix’s order for Season 2. It only took the streaming giant a few weeks to give a passing grade and greenlight Sex Education Season 2, yielding another 8-episode run, with the series getting a renewal in early February
John Constantine has gone to some dark places, but John Constantine: Hellblazer #1, the new relaunch from Si Spurrier and Aaron Campbell, goes ink black almost right away. I will confess that I’m not a fluent Constantine guy. I’ve gone through the first Hellblazer collection online, and I’ve seen him pop in and out of
This Star Wars article contains spoilers for Jedi: Fallen Order. We’ve not gotten very far into Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order just yet, but it’s clear from our first few hours of exploring planets and slashing Stormtroopers that the team at Respawn Entertainment went to great lengths to prove its Star Wars credentials and cram
IMAGE: SEM micrographs of zeolite nanoparticles produced by bead milling and recrystallizing method. view more Credit: ©Nakamura Choukou Co. JST has announced that the development subject the “zeolite nanoparticle production method and particle diameter control technology” in the Adaptable and Seamless Technology Transfer Program through Target-driven R&D (A-STEP) enterprise-led phase NexTEP-A type (*1) was a success.
This Walking Dead article contains spoilers. The final scene of the first half of The Walking Dead season 10 has set the stage for an all-out war between the combined forces of Alexandria and the Hillop and the Whisperers. While the midseason finale spends a lot of time tying up loose ends, including Dante’s punishment
This article contains major Watchmen spoilers. The first episode of Watchmen focused primarily on establishing the 2019 of its world, and making certain new characters got sufficient introductions, and as unencumbered by the legacy elements of the comic as they could possibly be. But with each episode that follows, the larger history of this universe starts to get
Koch Media CEO Klemens Kundratitz has confirmed that a new Saints Row game will be revealed in 2020. “Saints Row is very close to our hearts, and we’ll talk about it next year,” Kundratitz says in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz. “For the time being, we just wanted to get the word out that it’s coming and it’s
Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an amazing show. There’s a reason the Kickstarter to bring it back from the abyss was such a success. Lasting for ten seasons, there are countless killer jokes, memorable movies, and harebrained characters. As wonderful as it all is, it’s also not the easiest show to really binge-watch. Recently, Jim