(University of California – San Diego) A trio of studies are the latest developments in a paradigm shift that could change how Earth history is understood. They support an assertion by a Scripps Institution of Oceanography geophysicist that a once-liquid portion of the lower mantle, rather than the core, could have exceeded the thresholds needed to create Earth’s magnetic field during its early history.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/uoc–emn030520.php
Researchers have designed a system that can be used to make large quantities of the material while preserving its unique properties. The team recently reported that a lab-scale reactor system developed at the Materials Research Center in Kyiv, can convert a ceramic precursor material into a pile of the powdery black MXene titanium carbide, in quantities as large as 50 grams per batch.
Original source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200310094235.htm
(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Joana Neves is the 2019 grand prize winner of the Sartorius & Science Prize for Regenerative Medicine & Cell Therapy, for work that offers a promising approach to improve the outcome of regenerative stem cell-based therapies aimed at delaying age-related degenerative diseases.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/aaft-prr031220.php
(University of Texas at El Paso) A mechanical engineering professor from The University of Texas at El Paso will lend his expertise to early-stage space exploration technology research through a $550,000 grant from NASA to investigate the viability of power sources in the extreme temperatures of space.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/uota-uep031220.php
(University of Michigan) The use of opioids to soothe the pain of a pulled tooth could be drastically reduced or eliminated altogether from dentistry, say University of Michigan researchers.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/uom-opp031020.php
(University of Pittsburgh) Inspired by a tactic cancer cells use to evade the immune system, University of Pittsburgh researchers have engineered tiny particles that can trick the body into accepting transplanted tissue as its own. Rats that were treated with these cell-sized microparticles developed permanent immune tolerance to grafts — including a whole limb — from a donor rat, while keeping the rest of their immune system intact, according to a paper published today in Science Advances.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/uop-mce030620.php
(Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(UNIST)) A recent study, affiliated with South Korea’s Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has introduced a new composite catalyst that could efficiently enhance the charg-discharge performances when applied to metal-air batteries (MABs).
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/unio-ncp031020.php
(Singapore University of Technology and Design) Urban waste and bio-inspired engineering provide key ingredients to 3D printed bioplastic, allowing for global adoption of sustainable manufacturing processes.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/suot-sdm031220.php
(University of California – San Diego) UC San Diego nanoengineers offer a research roadmap describing four challenges that need to be addressed in order to advance a promising class of batteries, all-solid-state batteries, to commercialization. The researchers describe their work to tackle these challenges over the past three years.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/uoc–ptr031220.php
(The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) KAIST researchers developed a three-dimensional (3D) hierarchically porous nanostructured catalyst with carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbon monoxide (CO) conversion rate up to 3.96 times higher than that of conventional nanoporous gold catalysts.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/tkai-3hp031320.php