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By tweaking the texture of any material's surface, researchers experimentally reduced frost formation by up to 60%. They theoretically predict they could reduce formation by up to 80%. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200310164750.htm

Injecting pellets of hydrogen ice rather than puffing hydrogen gas improves fusion performance. Studies by physicists compared the two methods on the DIII-D National Fusion Facility, looking ahead to the fueling to be used on ITER. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200310164739.htm

The fear of earthquakes is one of the main reasons for reservations about geothermal energy. In order to get hot water from the depths, crevices in the rock underground often have to be created. This is done by injecting large quantities of water under high pressure. The problem is that such hydraulic stimulation is accompanied by vibrations in the underground, known as ''induced seismicity''. A new study from the now points a way that could help to reduce the seismic risk. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200310114715.htm

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 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. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200315102257.htm

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. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200310094235.htm

A new study demonstrates how commercially available head mounted displays (HMD) can be used to simulate the day-to-day challenges faced by people with sight loss from glaucoma. The study suggests potential applications of the technology could include helping policymakers better assess the impact of visual impairment on patients, and helping architects to design more accessible buildings. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200310094229.htm

Scientists coated octahedral-shaped DNA origami with peptoids that help protect the nanostructures in physiological environments relevant to biomedical applications including anti-cancer drug delivery. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200309152051.htm

An international team of researchers has for the first time succeeded in demonstrating the ionization cooling of muons. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200311082944.htm

Our brains can predict the popularity of online videos, without us even knowing it. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200309152056.htm

A new study showed that the humans on teams that included a robot expressing vulnerability communicated more with each other and later reported having a more positive group experience than people teamed with silent robots or with robots that made neutral statements, like reciting the game's score. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200309152047.htm

Chemists have observed, for the first time, one of the possible mechanisms that have been proposed for how plants dissipate energy when they are exposed to excess sunlight. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200310094246.htm

With atomic force microscopy, tiny structures can be imaged. But usually there is a trade of: In order to create pictures quickly, very stiff materials have to be used in the microscope, but they can damage delicate structures such as living cells. Scientists have now found a way around this dilemma. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200305132130.htm

A molecular tweak has improved organic solar cell performance, bringing us closer to cheaper, efficient, and more easily manufactured photovoltaics. The new design approach targets the molecular backbone of the cell's power-generating layer. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200305132202.htm

Numerical simulations showed that the temperature gradient in the disk of gas around a young gas giant planet could play a critical role in the development of a satellite system dominated by a single large moon, similar to Titan around Saturn. Researchers found that dust in the circumplanetary disk can create a 'safety zone,' which keeps the moon from falling into the planet as the system evolves. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200309110250.htm

Researchers show theoretically how coupling an additional filter qubit to the control line of a quantum computer can greatly increase the lifetime of the information stored in it. This work can help make quantum computers more robust and accurate. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200306122604.htm

A new model more accurately captures how climate change will impact electricity and water use. The researchers recommend that city planners use the model now to better evaluate potential risk of power shortages and blackouts. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200305203523.htm

A new method of bioprinting uses aspiration of tiny biologics such as spheroids, cells and tissue strands, to precisely place them in 3D patterns either on scaffolding or without to create artificial tissues with natural properties, according to researchers. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200307203052.htm

Researchers have created a low-cost solar cell with one of the highest power-conversion efficiencies to date, by layering cells and using a unique combination of elements. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200306183155.htm

Before the Taqba Dam impounded the Euphrates River in northern Syria in the 1970s, an archaeological site named Abu Hureyra bore witness to the moment ancient nomadic people first settled down and started cultivating crops. A large mound marks the settlement, which now lies under Lake Assad. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200306183153.htm

Scientists have developed a new computational technique that could lead to fast, finely detailed brain imaging with a compact device that uses only sound waves. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200306122612.htm