Sniffing Out the Mechanism Behind Parkinson’s Smell Loss

Summary: Up to 90% of patients report experiencing a diminished sense of smell, even prior to the onset of other symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. A new study reveals the mechanism…

A cheaper method for making woven displays and smart fabrics of any size or shape

Researchers have developed next-generation smart textiles – incorporating LEDs, sensors, energy harvesting, and storage – that can be produced inexpensively, in any shape or size, using the same machines used…

A K-/Ka-band planar shared-aperture beam-scanning array

Proposed co-polarized shared-aperture beam-scanning array antenna. Credit: Science China Press With the rapid development of modern wireless systems such as radar and communications, there is an urgent need for the…

System design and experimental results

A novel CF-mMIMO architecture. Credit: Science China Press A long-form review titled “Full-spectrum Cell-free RAN for 6G Systems: System design, and Experimental Results” was published in Science China Information Sciences.…

Recycling of garnet solid electrolytes with lithium-dendrite penetration by thermal healing

(a) Schematic diagram showing the formation and healing process for Li dendrites. (b) Cross-sectional SEM image of the pristine LLZTO pellet. (c) Cross-sectional SEM image and the corresponding EDS mapping…

Reality or Illusion? The Human Battle with Distinguishing Imagination from Reality

Summary: The more vividly we imagine something, the more likely we are to believe it’s real, a new study reports. Researchers found the brain encodes the vividness of perceived and…

A model to automatically identify the sentiment polarity of specific words in written texts

The underlying architecture of the LMIAN created by the researchers. Credit: Zheng et al. (Connection Science, 2023). In recent years, computer scientists have been trying to develop effective models for…

Self-navigating catamaran can carry cargo into war zones

Alive team members (back row, from left) Wyeth McKinley, Oli MacGregor, Freddy Angarita-Cuesta, Jessica Kies, (front row) Alan Lopez, Anna Frey and Scarlett Spindler pose next to their self-navigating, cargo-carrying…

Alaska Airlines nudges passengers to mobile boarding passes

A traveller stands at an Alaska Airlines kiosk at San Francisco International Airport during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco, Dec. 22, 2020. Alaska Airlines is pushing passengers to load…

EasyJet CEO ‘confident’ after last summer’s travel chaos

EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren expects a ‘better’ summer for travellers after last year’s chaos. The aviation sector has endured chaos at airports after the end of Covid restrictions, high inflation…