CBD wax is displayed at a shop in Sunset Hills, Mo., on June 27, 2019. CBD use increased 50% in the past four years, according to a new survey published…
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Researchers create ‘Mugatu,’ the first steerable bipedal robot with only one motor
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical Engineering Small robots are important tools for the investigation and inspection of, well, small spaces. They can carefully place their steps, allowing them to navigate…
New ‘n-i-p’ perovskite/organic hybrid tandem solar cells with efficiencies over 23%
Design of the modified normal “n-i-p” configuration for monolithic 2T-hybrid tandem solar cells devices typically free from complicated processes like atomic layer deposition (ALD) and/or a sputtered interconnecting layer (ICLs)…
Researchers reveal hidden fortunes and surprising underestimations in cybercrime revenue
Credit: CC0 Public Domain To what extent methodological limitations and incomplete data impact the revenue estimations of cybercriminal groups using the Bitcoin blockchain was largely unknown. A new study, conducted…
Canada print media to get two-thirds of Google’s payment to news outlets
Canadian print media will receive most of an annual payment from Google to the country’s news outlets. Canada’s print media will receive nearly two-thirds of an annual Can$100 million (US$75…
Activision to pay about $50 mn to settle lawsuit: report
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Videogame giant Activision Blizzard is set to pay around $50 million to settle a lawsuit by a California regulator, a US news report said Friday. In…
Unstable ‘fluttering’ predicts aortic aneurysm with 98% accuracy
The fluttering instability parameter can predict where abnormal growth will occur in the aorta. Credit: Tom Zhao/Northwestern University Northwestern University researchers have developed the first physics-based metric to predict whether…
Biomedical engineers unveil the dynamics of maternal immune responses
Mechanistic model captures IgG subclass-specific transfer dynamics. Credit: PLOS Computational Biology (2023). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011109 Sepideh Dolatshahi, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Virginia, is spearheading an…
Significant benefit seen in Phase III trial of experimental drug for kidney disease
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a clinical trial of patients with chronic kidney disease, an experimental drug significantly reduced albuminuria—albumin in urine, a sign of kidney damage—for 50% of participants.…
