Month: February 2017

BOULDER, Colo. - Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have just completed a multiyear study to ...

‘Lossless’ metamaterial could boost efficiency of lasers and other light-based devices

Credit: Ultrafast and Nanoscale Optics Group at UC San Diego Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed ...

Can facial recognition systems help save lemurs?

Credit: Michigan State University Facial recognition is a biometric system that identifies or verifies a person from a digital image. ...

Online-only pharmacies that don’t require prescriptions could fuel antibiotic resistance

The researchers from Imperial College London analysed 20 pharmacies that were available for UK citizens to access online. This is ...

Invite: Protecting the Crown Jewel of the Caribbean – Cuba’s Marine Ecosystems

Cuba has some of the healthiest coastal ecosystems in the Caribbean, with largely intact coastal mangroves and many of the ...

Method developed by biomedical scientists could help in treatment of several diseases

Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - In cells, DNA is first converted to RNA, and RNA is next ...

Identifying vaccination capacity for future foot-and-mouth outbreaks

Credit: Ryan McGuire CC0 A new reactive vaccination strategy for future foot-and-mouth disease epidemics shows that significant cost savings can ...

Underwater seagrass beds dial back polluted seawater

ITHACA, N.Y. - Seagrass meadows - bountiful underwater gardens that nestle close to shore and are the most common coastal ...

Roads are driving rapid evolutionary change in our environment

Credit: Graphic created by Steven P. Brady using symbols courtesy of the Integration and Application Network, University of Maryland Center ...

Food additive found in candy, gum could alter digestive cell structure and function

Credit: Gretchen Mahler BINGHAMTON, NY - The ability of small intestine cells to absorb nutrients and act as a barrier ...

WCSJ2017 organizers announce program themes, fellowships, speakers

BOSTON, MA (February 16, 2017) --Organizers of the 10th World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ2017) unveiled details of the upcoming ...

UAB to bring proton therapy for advanced cancer treatment to Birmingham

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at Birmingham will partner with Proton International to bring proton therapy, ...

Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of US, to be honored at Research!America Advocacy Awards Dinner

ARLINGTON, VA - February 16, 2017 - Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States, will receive Research!America's Gordon ...

A case where smoking helped

Credit: Olson Lab/Rice University There's at least one person in the world for whom smoking has a beneficial effect, and ...

Research at MDI Biological Laboratory sheds light on mechanisms underlying aging

Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- Scientists have known for decades that drastically restricting certain nutrients without causing ...

CWRU research team finds radial acceleration relation in all common types of galaxies

The distribution of normal matter precisely determines gravitational acceleration in all common types of galaxies, a team led by Case ...

A single mutation may impact infectivity of West Nile and similar viruses

Credit: A. Wilson; Brian W.J. Mahy, BSc, MA, PhD, ScD, DSc, USCDCP A mutation that impacts changes in the shape ...

Mouse study reveals potential drug target for arthritis caused by chikungunya virus

Credit: Wilson et al. (2017) An immune system proteinase called granzyme A appears to promote arthritic inflammation in mice infected ...

Ceres hosts organic compounds, and they formed on the asteroid, not beyond

Aliphatic organic compounds - carbon-based building blocks that may have a role in the chemistry that creates life - have ...

Moths’ sweet way of compensating for lack of antioxidants