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Researchers create artificial protein to control assembly of buckyballs
HANOVER, N.H. – A Dartmouth College scientist and his collaborators have created an artificial protein that…
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Innovative nanocoating technology harnesses sunlight to degrade microplastics
Credit: CLAIM Low density polyethylene film (LDPE) microplastic fragments, successfully degraded in water using visible-light-excited heterogeneous ZnO photocatalysts. The innovative nanocoating technology was developed by a research team from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden and was further investigated together with PP Polymer,…
Read More...Sir Charles Lyell’s historical fossils (London’s Natural History Museum) accessible…
Credit: Mark Lewis More than 1,700 animal and plant specimens from the collection of eminent British geologist Sir Charles Lyell - known as the pioneer of modern geology - were organised, digitised and made openly accessible via the NHM…
Native California medicinal plant may hold promise for treating Alzheimer’s
Salk scientists identify possible healing compound in Yerba santaCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(February 20, 2019) The medicinal powers of aspirin, digitalis, and the anti-malarial artemisinin all come from plants. A Salk Institute…
GraphON: Conductive coatings and materials breakthrough
Credit: CSIRO Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has created a breakthrough new form of graphitic material that's conductive, easy to apply and offers greater control over performance than graphene. GraphON can also be…
Superconduction: Why does it have to be so cold?
Scientists at TU Wien have figured out a new way to approach the question why superconductivity only works at extremely low temperaturesCredit: TU Wien Why does it always have to be so cold? We now know of a whole range of materials that…
Computer simulators show how to reduce damage to lungs of children in intensive care
Credit: University of Warwick Mechanical ventilation of children in intensive care units is often necessary, but can damage the lungs of critically ill patients It's possible to change ventilator settings to reduce the risk of damage…
Rice University researchers unveil Internet of Things security feature
'Physically unclonable function' is 10 times more reliable than previous methodsCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University SAN FRANCISCO -- (Feb. 20, 2019) -- Rice University integrated circuit (IC) designers are at Silicon Valley's…
Cocktail of common antibiotics can fight resistant E. coli
Scientists from DTU have discovered that a combination of two common antibiotics can eliminate multi-drug resistant E. coli causing urinary tract infections; this combination treatment could become an effective measure against antibiotic…
How goliath groupers behave may be key to national security under the sea
US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awards FAU's Harbor Branch up to $5 million to detect undersea threatsCredit: Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute They're stealthy, territorial and naturally…
Complete world map of tree diversity
New statistical model eliminates blank spacesCredit: Petr Keil and Jonathan Chase Leipzig, Halle. The biodiversity of our planet is one of our most precious resources. However, for most places in the world, we only have a tiny picture of…
NASA finds Tropical Cyclone Wutip organizing
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Depression 02W has organized and strengthened into a tropical storm. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of the…
New therapeutic approach to combat African sleeping sickness
Small inhibitor molecule inhibits parasitic enzyme / Novel concept could also be employed in the future rational design of drugs for the treatment of other diseasesCredit: Ill./©: Ute Hellmich, Annika Wagner Scientists working in a range…
NASA-NOAA satellite looks at large-eyed Tropical Cyclone Oma
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Oma is a large hurricane with a big eye. The storm appeared well-organized on satellite imagery as it moved through the Southern…
Study to determine which stool test is best for colorectal cancer…
Credit: Tommie Morelos / TTUHSC El Paso No one wants a colonoscopy. But there's no getting around the…