Shang Shang is a model. She’s also a baker. And she’s an Ivy League PhD. But as sporting geeks, we can’t help...
Geek of the Week: Research scientist Shang Shang is an Amazon ping-pong champion
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Switching on electrocatalytic activity in solid oxide cells
Solid oxide cells (SOCs) can operate with high efficiency in two ways—as fuel cells, oxidizing a fuel to produce electricity, and as electrolysis cells, electrolysing water to produce hydrogen and oxygen gases. Ideally, SOCs should perform well, be durable and be inexpensive, but there are often competitive tensions, meaning that, for example, performance is achieved at the expense of durability. SOCs consist of porous...
Remote-controlled robots roam the office for the ultimate in telecommuting
BELLEVUE, Wash. – In a sixth-floor executive suite...
Cooperative electrocatalytic alcohol oxidation with electron-proton-transfer mediators
The electrochemical oxidation of alcohols is a major focus of energy and chemical conversion efforts, with potential applications ranging from fuel cells to biomass utilization and fine-chemical synthesis. Small-molecule electrocatalysts for processes of this type are promising targets for further development, as demonstrated by recent advances in nickel catalysts for electrochemical production and oxidation of hydrogen. Complexes with tethered amines that resemble the active...
Seattle TechHire program, aimed at expanding tech training, receives $3.8M grant
Three months after being designated as a TechHire community, partners involved in the Seattle-King County program have been awarded a four-year, $ 3.8 million grant from the Department of Labor. The grants were part...
Cooperative electrocatalytic alcohol oxidation with electron-proton-transfer mediators
The electrochemical oxidation of alcohols is a major focus of energy and chemical conversion efforts, with potential applications ranging from fuel cells to biomass utilization and fine-chemical synthesis. Small-molecule electrocatalysts for processes of this type are promising targets for further development, as demonstrated by recent advances in nickel catalysts for electrochemical production and oxidation of hydrogen. Complexes with tethered amines that resemble the active...
Amazon launches education content sharing service for K-12 teachers and schools
Amazon is launching a new site where K-12 teachers and schools can upload and access unlimited educational and classroom resources — lesson plans, videos, tests, projects, games and other content — in collaboration with their peers across the country, free of charge.
The...
.NET Core 1.0 released, now officially supported by Red Hat
Version 1.0 of .NET Core, the open source, cross-platform .NET runtime platform that was first announced in 2014, has been released today. .NET Core is arriving alongside ASP.NET Core 1.0, the open source, cross-platform version of Microsoft's Web development stack.
Microsoft picked an unusual venue to announce the release: the Red Hat Summit. One of the...
NASCAR starts using Microsoft app to monitor live data from track
NASCAR officials have started using a new Windows 10 app from Microsoft to monitor live video feeds and transponder data from cars, giving the control...
HIV-1 antibody 3BNC117 suppresses viral rebound in humans during treatment interruption
Interruption of combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV-1-infected individuals leads to rapid viral rebound. Here we report the results of a phase IIa open label clinical trial evaluating 3BNC117, a broad and potent neutralizing antibody (bNAb) against the CD4 binding site of HIV-1 Env1, in the setting of analytical treatment interruption (ATI) in 13 HIV-1-infected individuals. Participants with 3BNC117-sensitive virus outgrowth cultures were enrolled....