Published 01 March, 2022
In a study, published in the KeAi journal Energy and Built Environment, researchers at China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University outline a new process that reduces one of the greatest issues around thermal energy storage and transmission – heat loss to ambient air temperatures – by up to a third.
Published 25 February, 2022
Lithium has been dubbed the ‘energy metal of the 21st century’. Most of the world's lithium is now extracted from oil well brines, salt-lake brines and geothermal waters. However, increasing the efficiency of the brine lithium recovery process remains a key goal for researchers working in the field. This study describes a new approach using a specially-designed version of a LiMn2O4 electrode, which has the potential to address this issue.
Published 23 February, 2022
In a study published in KeAi’s The Journal of Finance and Data Science, Michael Pinelis and David Ruppert of US’ Cornell University used macroeconomic data to forecast the monthly prevailing volatility in the US stock market, in addition to the expected return. Previous studies have focused on just the monthly expected return, or predicted both components with simple linear models.
Published 16 February, 2022
Complementary logic integrated circuits, also known as CMOS IC, are some of the highest performing logic circuits and offer a promising pathway to meeting those goals. A series of high-performance, GaN-based CMOS logic circuits, which all display the desired “CMOS-like” characteristics have been developed. In this paper, the authors describe how these circuits could have the potential to cut the power consumption of the logic control unit in conversion power systems by 20-30%.
Published 14 February, 2022
New in situ coring and testing system will fill in the gaps in the principles, technology and equipment of deep in situ rock mechanics and enable further development of deep-earth, deep-sea, and deep-space prospecting and coring technology.
Published 10 February, 2022
For many years, surgeons chose minimally invasive surgery (MIS) over open surgery when treating cervical cancer, due to factors such as lower blood loss, fewer complications and shorter recovery times. However, that changed in 2018, when results from the Laparoscopic Approach to Cervical Cancer (LACC) trial were released. It found that patients who underwent an abdominal radical hysterectomy had higher progression-free survival rates than those who underwent a minimally invasive radical hysterectomy.
Published 04 February, 2022
With more commercial banks pursuing bold sustainability targets in support of the Paris Agreement, there was an expectation that these plants would now find it easier to secure bank financing. However, a study published in the KeAi journal Global Transitions, suggests this is far from true.
Published 31 January, 2022
In a pioneering study, published in the KeAi journal Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology, scientists used a revolutionary approach in computer-aided drug discovery to explore binding sites between resistance-causing mutations of EMB, and a transmembrane kinase.