Month: December 2016

Since 2008, MIT economist Tavneet Suri has studied the financial and social impacts of Kenyan mobile-money services, which allow users ...

Credit: Photo courtesy of the University of Nevada, Reno. RENO, Nev. - Turning meadow restoration into cleaner air is the ...

Credit: Steve WaiChing Sun, Columbia Engineering Prof Steve WaiChing Sun Wins Air Force's Young Investigator Program Award to Model Load ...

Credit: Sordella Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Discovered in the 1970s, tumor suppressors are among the most important ...

Credit: UT Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington has won three national U.S. Department of Transportation grants that could ...

Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL for Masaaki Yamada. Ellen Zweibel photo courtesy of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Magnetic reconnection research sheds light ...

Jennifer Lycette, M.D., understands the importance of treating patients with cancer at home in their in rural communities. It allows ...

A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has identified six loci or regions of the human genome that are significantly ...

Credit: Jonathan Cohen/Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, NY - While investigating mass transit accidents, especially in air travel, National Transportation Safety Board ...

Credit: University of Massachusetts Medical School CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing is quickly revolutionizing biomedical research, but the new technology is not ...

Credit: Flickr user, wanderingseoul61 Extinctions related to climate change have already happened in hundreds of plant and animal species around ...

Credit: Andrew Whitehead/UC Davis Evolution is working hard to rescue some urban fish from a lethal, human-altered environment, according to ...

How do juvenile songbirds learn to sing in a way that preserves both the unique features of local song culture ...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Reporting new research results involves detailed descriptions of methods and materials ...

Credit: ETH Zurich Researchers led by ETH Professor Martin Fussenegger at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE) in ...

Credit: Intersect New Haven, CT, Dec. 8 - A new study today shows that the expansion of mobile money helped ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - A new study found that traditional bullets for muzzleloading rifles and black powder rifle cartridges fragment less ...

Credit: Zac Caffall, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University researchers have identified a common mechanism underlying separate forms of ...

Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Barbara Taylor One of the most sophisticated networks of acoustic detectors ever developed for wildlife science has documented ...

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced the award of NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grants valued at $1.5 million to ...