Amyloids are fibrillar proteinaceous assemblies whose accumulation is a hallmark of several human diseases. Formation of amyloid fibrils occurs when protein monomers change their structure…
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Every year in Canada, 1600 people are added to the organ transplant waiting list, but there are only 20.9 donors available per million people; as…
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I am an engineer with a Ph.D. in nuclear technology. I worked in the Argentinean National Atomic Commission for fifteen years, researching fluidized beds, boiling…
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Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) systems provide sustainable heating and cooling for buildings by seasonally storing heat in underground aquifers. Combined with a heat pump,…
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The oral environment harbors both benign and malign bacteria, just like everywhere else in the body. The chances of developing dental cavities increase when one…
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With the depletion of fossil fuels, geothermal has been gradually entering the field of view on renewable energy in the past decades. A crucial aspect…
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A great example of how materials science can transform technology and society is Moore’s Law. Writing a half-century ago, Gordon Moore predicted that continuous improvements…
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In the past two decades, polymer solar cells have gradually attracted considerable attention as a promising alternative energy candidate. Polymer solar cells are made of…
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Scale deposition mainly includes insoluble salts of calcium and magnesium, such as CaCO3, Ca3(PO4)2, CaSO4, MgCO3, and Mg(OH)2. Scaling phenomenon commonly occurs in desalination processes,…
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Blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, are an ancient lineage of bacteria that occupy a vast variety of habitats, from thermal springs to ice-covered Antarctic…
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In the last decade, fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing (DTS) methods have gained ground among researches and have been used to measure the thermal profile of…
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