Daily Archives: May 14, 2019

Infectious diseases are still major causes of death for children under five in poorer Indian states — ScienceDaily

India in 2015 had more deaths among children under five than any other country and had large disparities in the under-five mortality rate between richer and poorer states, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In the study, published May 13 in The Lancet Global Health,…

Researchers find way to build potassium-oxygen batteries that last longer — ScienceDaily

Researchers have built a more efficient, more reliable potassium-oxygen battery, a step toward a potential solution for energy storage on the nation’s power grid and longer-lasting batteries in cell phones and laptops. In a study published Friday in the journal Batteries and Supercaps, researchers from The Ohio State University detailed their findings centering around the…