Researchers have combined a longstanding printing method with materials science to produce a new way to develop wearable technology and other smart garments.
Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a printable ink based on binary metal iodide salts that can thermally transform into a perovskite, one of a broad class of crystalline materials that is better known for its use in photovoltaics. This transformation paves the way for electronic components, like circuits, to be directly woven onto textiles as a new way to fabricate wearable electronics, they said.
Thanks to the perovskite film, researchers in the team of Chih-Hung Chang, professor of chemical engineering at Oregon State, succeeded in printing negative-temperature-coefficient thermistors directly onto woven polyester at temperatures as low as 120 degrees Celsius which is just higher than the boiling point of water.
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Researchers at Oregon State University have homed in on the conditions that caused historically destructive Oregon wildfires in September and are warning similar conditions will exist during the upcoming fire season and beyond, partially due to climate change.
The study, co-authored by Larry OâNeill, associate professor in OSUâs College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences and state climatologist for the Oregon Climate Service, found âunprecedented combination of strong easterly winds and low humidity coupled with prolonged drought conditionsâ produced the widespread and destructive wildfires last year.
While the conditions individually had been seen previously, the confluence of the conditions had not. OâNeill issued a grave warning for the upcoming season â one that may be reissued in future years due to climate change.
Virus nucleocapsid protein is a prime target for disease-fighting interventions
The virus s nucleocapsid protein is a prime target for disease-fighting interventions.
April 22, 2021
Researchers at Oregon State University have taken a key step toward new drugs and vaccines for combating COVID-19 with a detailed biophysical study of one protein s interactions with the SARS-CoV-2 genetic material; SARS CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19. A U.S. National Science Foundation grant supported the research.
The virus nucleocapsid protein, or N protein, has multiple functions, including packaging the RNA genome and interacting with other structural proteins during virion assembly. The N protein has critical roles in the coronavirus infection cycle and, because it mutates at a comparatively slow pace, drugs and vaccines targeting the N protein could be highly effective for longer periods of time, making them less susceptible to resistance.
Need a quick catch up on the news? Here are seven ag stories you might have missed this week.
1. The Ever Given was dislodged on Monday after being stuck in the Suez Canal for six days. There are several theories on why the ship got stuck. More than 300 ships were unable to pass through the canal after the Ever Given blocked it. There s even an app to place the Ever Given in your back yard. – Insider, The New York Times, Mashable
2. Lean hogs are the world s top-performing major asset. Prices has risen by more than 60% over the past year. Prices rose to their highest level since September 2014 last week and there s still potential for prices to move higher. High prices aren t deterring consumers, with USDA forecasting U.S. per capita pork consumption at 52.5 pounds per person, the highest since 1981. – Axios
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