• J-Novel Club Adds 5 New Light Novels, 4 New Manga

    Manga including To Another World with Land Mines!, My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World, more launch on Friday

  • Novel hydrogel removes microplastics from water

    Microplastics pose a great threat to human health. These tiny plastic debris can enter our bodies through the water we drink and increase the risk of illnesses. They are also an environmental hazard; found even in remote areas like polar ice caps and deep ocean trenches, they endanger aquatic and terrestrial lifeforms.

  • Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons Graphic Novel Review

    It's kaiju and pirates in this ahistorical take on the dragons found on old treasure maps—but it doesn't quite deliver on its fantastic elevator pitch.

  • IISc develops novel hydrogel that removes microplastics from water

    Washington, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have designed a sustainable hydrogel to remove microplastics from water, the journal Nanoscale published Friday. The post IISc develops novel hydrogel that removes microplastics from water first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • Marissa Higgins on BookTok, Lesbian Fiction, and Her Debut Novel

    Before the publication of her debut novel "A Good Happy Girl," author Marissa Higgins told us why the book's protagonist isn't an easy sell.

  • A novel machine learning model for the characterization of material surfaces

    Machine learning (ML) enables the accurate and efficient computation of fundamental electronic properties of binary and ternary oxide surfaces, as shown by scientists from Tokyo Tech. Their ML-based model could be extended to other compounds and properties. The findings, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, could aid in the screening of surface properties of materials as well as in the development of functional materials.

  • Physicists discover a novel quantum state in an elemental solid

    Physicists have observed a novel quantum effect termed "hybrid topology" in a crystalline material. This finding opens up a new range of possibilities for the development of efficient materials and technologies for next-generation quantum science and engineering.

  • Cloud Atlas at 20: What makes a novel tattoo-worthy?

    Every author wants to write a book like David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas. Two decades after it first hit the shelves, the author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow celebrates its daring, dazzling appealPity the writer who believes they have written the next Cloud Atlas! A literary agent once told me that when a fledgling writer compares their novel to David Mitchell’s, he invariably knows it will be awful. Once you have written a book like Cloud Atlas, you have not written Cloud Atlas because...

  • Apple Develops Novel Advanced Optical Stabilization System for iPhone

    Thanks to improvements in sensor design, iPhone and Android smartphones are gaining traction with enthusiast and professional creators. However, one area that has lagged behind developments in imaging sensors is image stabilization. In a significant development, a recent patent granted to Apple hints at a potential game-changer in this field. [Read More]

  • Novel method developed for phosphorescent multi-color carbon dots

    A research team has devised a novel method to prepare carbonized polymer nanodots capable of emitting multi-color ultra-long room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) from blue to green.

  • 'The Outsiders' transforms from beloved novel to glittering Broadway musical

    S.E. Hinton's novel 'The Outsiders' takes to the Broadway stage in a glittering new musical that may not hit as hard as the book or film, but still has a heart of gold nonetheless. Read EW's review.

  • New study reveals novel approach for combating 'resting' bacteria

    Most disease-causing bacteria are known for their speed: In mere minutes, they can double their population, quickly making a person sick. But just as dangerous as this rapid growth can be a bacterium's resting state, which helps the pathogen evade antibiotics and contributes to severe chronic infections in the lungs and blood, within wounds, and on the surfaces of medical devices.