August2016
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Carbon molecular sieve membranes could cut energy in hydrocarbon separations
Aug 22, 2016News Hour: A research team from the Georgia Institute of Technology and ExxonMobil has demonstrated a new carbon-based molecular sieve membrane that could dramatically reduce the energy required to separate a class of hydrocarbon molecules known... -
Rio bids the world a fond farewell
Aug 22, 2016News Hour: In a style befitting the carnival traditions of the host city, the Rio 2016 closing ceremony opened in a blaze of color and a musical backdrop of samba sounds, as dancers twisted and turned... -
Scientists count microscopic particles without microscope
Aug 22, 2016News Hour: The production of optical circuits requires devices that can amplify optical signals, bring them into focus, rotate and change their type of motion. Ordinary lenses cannot cope with these tasks at nanoscale, so scientists... -
Nothing, and something, give concrete strength, toughness
Aug 22, 2016News Hour: The “nothing” is in the form of microscopic voids and the “something” consists of particular particles embedded in the most common construction material on Earth. Rice University materials scientist Rouzbeh Shahsavari and postdoctoral researcher... -
Mother Nature’s bio-superlens: Spider silk
Aug 22, 2016News Hour: Scientists at the UK’s Bangor and Oxford universities have achieved a world first: using spider-silk as a superlens to increase the microscope’s potential. Extending the limit of classical microscope’s resolution has been the ‘El... -
Capacity might be increased by six times: Lithium-ion batteries
Aug 22, 2016News Hour: The team was able to show through neutron measurements made at the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France, that lithium ions do not penetrate deeply into the silicon. During the charge cycle, a 20-nm anode... -
Ark-shaped museum to show evolutionary crossroads in Israel
Aug 22, 2016News Hour: Legions of insects, sea creatures and ancient fossils are lining up in a new museum shaped liked a giant Noah’s Ark, telling the story of a crucial evolutionary byway across Israel. Experts say all... -
Virtual reality and treadmill training could help prevent falls in older adults
Aug 22, 2016News Hour: Combining virtual reality and treadmill training helps prevent falls in older adults better than treadmill training alone, according to a new randomised controlled trial published in The Lancet. The authors say that the intervention,... -
New drug application for investigational once-daily fixed-ratio combination of insulin glargine and lixisenatide
Aug 22, 2016News Hour: Sanofi announced that it has submitted updated information on the pen delivery device as part of the New Drug Application (NDA) for the investigational once-daily fixed-ratio combination of basal insulin glargine 100 Units/mL and... -
Dockrell returns to Ireland squad
Aug 22, 2016News Hour: George Dockrell returns to the Ireland squad for the upcoming ICC InterContinental Cup clash against Hong Kong, and also for the one-day internationals in South Africa next month. The 24 year-old left-arm spinner replaces...
