Researchers from Holst Centre (set up by TNO and imec), imec and CMST, imec’s associated lab at Ghent University, have demonstrated the world’s first stretchable and conformable thin-film transistor (TFT) driven LED […]
Turning Clothing Into Information Displays
Oct 8, 2015: Lecture Thomas Piketty At KU Leuven, Belgium
Thomas Piketty gave a lecture within the framework of the Gaston Eyskens Chair 2015 at the KU Leuven, Belgium. Follow his lecture “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” via the below recording of the […]
Scientists Discover How Tectonic Plates Collide
Researchers have discovered how tectonic plates first collided in one of the world’s largest deep sea trenches. One of the biggest questions yet to be answered about plate tectonics is how do […]
NASA Releases Plan Outlining Next Steps In The Journey To Mars
NASA is leading our nation and the world on a journey to Mars, and last week the agency released a detailed outline of that plan in its report, “NASA’s Journey to Mars: Pioneering […]
Our Brain’s Response To Others’ Good News Depends On Empathy
The way our brain responds to others’ good fortune is linked to how empathetic people report themselves to be, according to new UCL-led research. The study, published today in the Journal of […]
3D-Printed Nerve Regeneration Pathway Helps Regrow Complex Nerves After Injury
A national team of researchers has developed a first-of-its-kind, 3D-printed guide that helps regrow both the sensory and motor functions of complex nerves after injury. The groundbreaking research has the potential to […]
Darwin On A Chip: UT Researchers Develop (R)evolutionary Circuits
Researchers of the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology and the CTIT Institute for ICT Research at the University of Twente in The Netherlands have demonstrated working electronic circuits that have been produced in […]
Astronomers Identify A New Mid-size Black Hole
UMD and NASA led study strengthens the case for the existence of a third major class of black holes Nearly all black holes come in one of two sizes: stellar mass black […]
Effective Altruism: Where Charity And Rationality Meet
You are lucky enough to have some money to give away: It could be $100 or $1 million. Whether you are prepared to make a small donation or a big one, you […]
Understanding The Effects Of Salt On Plants
It has been known for some time that plants protect themselves from soils with high levels of salinity by rerouting their roots to avoid local high salt concentrations. In a recent review […]
Major Breakthrough In Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have shed light on a fundamental mechanism underlying the development of Alzheimer’s disease, which could lead to new forms of therapy for those living with the condition. […]
Growing Up On A Farm Leads To Lower Risk Of Developing Asthma And Allergies In Childeren
A molecular basis for the farm effect Children who grow up on dairy farms have a significantly lower risk of developing asthma and allergies than kids reared in urbanized areas. A new […]
Exploring Africa’s Goma Region: Diary: Day 12
The 7R Future Leadership Institute has been following Belgian Floris Buter from the Virunga National Park on a week long field trip in Africa, in order to gather topography data for a hydro-power project. The […]
Expedition To Tibesti By University Of Cologne’s Africa Research Unit
A scientific expedition to the Tibesti Mountains led by Dr. Stefan Kröpelin of the University of Cologne’s Africa Research Unit has returned to Cologne. The multidisciplinary research team explored the two highest […]
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