Month: December 2016

Credit: Desmond Toa Photosynthetic algae have been refining their technique for capturing light for millions of years. As a result, ...

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the patients' lungs lose ...

Credit: Brian Roxworthy/NIST Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new device that measures ...

Antiretroviral drugs have been life-changing therapies for HIV patients, but they can have significant side effects. Mounting evidence has implicated ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Scientists have discovered the mechanism that hijacks the immune system's response to tuberculosis, revealing an important ...

Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Fuel cells are a promising technology for clean and efficient electrical power generation, but their ...

Loading video... Credit: Harvard SEAS Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have made ...

December 13, 2016/Novato, California: The billions of microorganisms living within the human digestive tract appear to play a significant role ...

Credit: Water Resources Research Fukuoka, Japan - A potential solution for addressing climate change is to securely store carbon dioxide ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced ...

HOUSTON - (Dec. 15, 2016) - Rapid population decline among vertebrate species began at the end of the 19th century ...

New UCLA-led research finds that Zika-linked abnormalities that occur in human fetuses are more extensive -- and severe -- than ...

FAU chemists are developing an artificial intelligence application which can predict which molecule structures will produce or suppress specific odours. ...

Credit: Dr Guillaume Jacquemet, University of Turku By screening already approved drugs, the team led by Postdoctoral Researcher Guillaume Jacquemet ...

Credit: Melissa Fabrizio Something as seemingly harmless as a heartburn pill could lead cancer patients to take a turn for ...

Credit: Colorado State University FORT COLLINS, COLORADO - For those suffering depression or anxiety, using cannabis for relief may not ...

Credit: Halleh Balch and Jason Horng/Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley Scientists have enlisted the exotic properties of graphene, a one-atom-thick ...

Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. --- Warning: Surfing the internet in class is now linked to poorer test ...

Cambridge, Mass. -- Microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, are tiny machines fabricated using equipment and processes developed for the production of ...

(Saint Louis University) SLU scientist Angel Baldan, Ph.D., reports that turning off a protein found in liver and adipose tissue ...