Tropical Rainforest Plants: From Rare To Common
The rainforests of the world are home to many fascinating and unique plants. These plants can be common or rare within their environment, but they…
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Monthly Archive: October 2018
What Are Emergent Properties? Definition And Examples
Emergent properties are properties that manifest themselves as the result of various system components working together, not as a property of any individual component. To…
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Machine Learning Algorithms Identify Genes Responsible For Drug Resistance In Tuberculosis Bacteria
One of the larger challenges facing modern medicine is the rise of drug-resistant strains of bacteria. Overuse and overexposure to antibiotics during the past century…
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“Ambidextrous” Tri-Peptides And Potential Biological Applications
When it comes to the choice “left or right,” nature likes to stick to one. For instance, proteins are all “left-handed” — they’re made of…
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What Is Preventing Electrohydrodynamic Drying Technology From Being Applied Industrially, And What Can We Do About It?
Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) drying is basically a highly efficient way to convectively dry materials. Its unique trait is that airflow is produced locally by corona discharge…
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Understanding Obesity One Adipocyte At A Time
As the rate of obesity and overweight increases worldwide at an alarming rate, the quest goes on to find new therapeutics targeting obesity-associated disorders, including…
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Overweight: Growing Influence Of Genes With Aging
Researchers have shown that the influence of genes changes during the first years of life. In childhood, there are other factors in particular that affect…
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“Moral Machine Experiment”: Large-Scale Study Reveals Regional Differences In Ethical Preferences For Self-Driving Cars
One of the most pressing questions facing current AI research is: How do you program an AI to behave ethically? The phenomenon of human ethics…
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On/Off Switching During The Synthesis Of Complex Sugars
Glycosylation is the ubiquitous, highly-regulated process by which carbohydrate is added to proteins and lipids to form glycoconjugates (glycans). These carbohydrate portions of glycans can…
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ORC Technology For Residential Applications
The last decades of worldwide social, economic, and technological developments have led to an increase in the number of people requesting energy-consuming living amenities. This…
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Toward An Accurate Understanding Of Radiative Heat Transfer In Advanced Nuclear Reactors
Heat transfer is governed by three mechanisms: conduction, convection, and thermal radiation. Conventionally, thermal radiation is often neglected in heat transfer analyses since, under most…
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