Swiss solar furnaces recycling watchmakers’ waste metal

Panatere metallurgical engineer Jean-Francois Dionne, wearing a thermal protective suit, shows an aluminum ingot. A Swiss company inaugurated two solar furnaces on Friday in a watchmaking city, aimed at melting…

Sugar Chains in the Brain: New Pathway Behind Depression Found

Summary: Scientists have discovered that depression can be driven by abnormal sugar modifications on proteins in the brain, offering a new molecular pathway for understanding the disorder. Chronic stress was…

Motherhood Flips Brain Switch That Triggers Aggression

Summary: Researchers discovered that female mice gain access to aggression after giving birth through a brain circuit usually dormant in non-pregnant females. The same neurons drive aggression in males but…

When Mom Struggles to Bond, Babies Sleep Worse

Summary: A large Finnish study has found that mothers who struggle to bond with their infants are more likely to have children with sleep problems that persist into toddlerhood. Difficulties…

AI could make it easier to create bioweapons that bypass current security protocols

Spinel-type sulfide semiconductors achieve room-temperature light emission across violet to orange spectrum

A new guide to tackle tech abuse of older people

Credit: Kampus Production from Pexels A new guide has been launched to help tackle the growing threat of domestic abusers using technology, like smart doorbells and mobiles, against older people.…

Can AI technology help solve societal environmental and health issues?

Credit: Zhuling Guo et al. Researchers at Tohoku University used artificial intelligence (AI) to try and solve the deeply complex and multi-faceted environmental issues in today’s society. The findings were…

A bold new blueprint for economically viable solar hydrogen

Densifying argyrodite could prevent dendrite formation in all-solid-state batteries

Critical currents for dendrite formation, with 3D reconstructions and FIB-SEM cross sections showing how CCDs increase with densification. a, CCD for dendrite formation versus relative density of Li6PS5Cl solid electrolytes…