Engineers subjected Oreo cookies to rigorous materials tests to get to the center of a tantalizing question: Why does the cookie’s cream stick to just one wafer when twisted apart?… Read More »Engineers introduce the Oreometer
Researchers developed a model to spatially distribute mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria, which reduce the transmission of the dengue virus. The researchers use real data on human and vector activity… Read More »Sending out bacteria-carrying mosquitoes to protect people from dengue
Numerous devices and detectors sense and catalog deep ultraviolet frequencies that the Earth’s ozone layer otherwise absorbs. Most solar-blind space-borne imaging platforms still rely on photomultiplier tubes and/or microchannel plates… Read More »Almost ready for prime time: Deep UV photodetectors head to real-world testing
Imagine the perfect way to eat an Oreo. Perhaps you twist the top layer, separating the cookie into two parts, and then eat them one by one. Alternatively, you could… Read More »Twisting Oreos shows creme filling sticks to one side
Increasingly large and intense wildfires in the Pacific Northwest are altering the seasonal pattern of air pollution and causing a spike in unhealthy pollutants in August, according to new research.… Read More »Pacific Northwest wildfires alter air pollution patterns across North America