A new study finds that classical music exposure in the third trimester reduces the complexity of fetal heart rate variability, leading to more regular and stable cardiac patterns…

No two snowflakes are alike, but researchers found that amid turbulence the acceleration of snowflakes follow a universal statistical pattern that can be described as an exponential distribution

Turns sound waves into electricity: researchers focused on enclosed spaces like theaters and concert halls and built a system of piezoelectric sensors that can be installed in the walls, floors, and ceilings to absorb sound waves and collect their energy

Researchers created a laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy technology for the identification and classification of recyclable waste with more than 96% of accuracy

Research shows humans might inhale about 16.2 bits of microplastic every hour, which is equivalent to a credit card over an entire week

The Making of a Mona Lisa Hologram

Making Airports Air Traffic More Efficient

‘We found the Artemis-I noise level at 5 km had a crackling quality about 40 million times greater than a bowl of Rice Krispies.’ — Maximum noise measured during Artemis-I launch on 16 Nov

To survive a blast wave generated by a nuclear explosion, simulations suggest seeking shelter in sturdier buildings — positioned at the corners of the wall facing the blast, away from windows…

Using a biomimetic in-silico simulator based on the realistic anatomy and morphology of the stomach, to investigate and quantify the effect of body posture and stomach motility on drug bioavailability, researchers found the body posture affects how oral drugs are absorbed by stomach

Noise produced by pile drivers building offshore wind turbines can damage the hearing of porpoises, seals, and other marine life

COVID-19 superspreader events originate from small number of carriers

Modeling Earth's Magnetosphere in the Laboratory

Study on pasta noodles found that stick length, which can be measured by a ruler, is directly correlated to the pasta doneness

Nighttime electric power generation at a density of 50mW/m2 via radiative cooling of a photovoltaic cell

Owl wing design reduces aircraft, wind turbine noise pollution

Cornell University is developing a system to extract energy from cattle manure to meet the campus’s peak demands for heat in the winter months

In a Pandemic, Migration Away from Dense Cities More Effective than Closing Borders.

Effectiveness of Cloth Masks Depends on Type of Covering: Researchers found N95 masks to be the most effective at reducing the horizontal spread of a cough

Physicists proposes a new approach to perform computations required by a neural network, using light instead of electricity

Spider Silk Can Create Lenses Useful for Biological Imaging

Flushing toilet could create a cloud of virus-containing aerosol droplets that is large and widespread and lasts long enough that the droplets could be breathed in by others, raising the possibility that viruses like SARS-CoV-2 could be transmitted with the use of toilets.

Simple Self-Charging Battery

Insects in Freezing Regions Have a Protein that Acts Like Antifreeze

No safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy, suggests new research that analyzed brain changes in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), which found teenagers who were exposed to alcohol while in the womb showed altered brain connections that were consistent with impaired cognitive performance.

Optoelectronic engineers manufactured special type of LCD that is paper-thin, flexible, light and tough

Alaskan Microgrids Offer Energy Resilience and Independence - “microgrids provide permanent, self-sufficient islands of electricity that can produce up to 2 megawatts of electricity..

Quantum Computing Advances with University of Tokyo Researchers' Control of Entanglement