Keeping our cool in space
Credit: JAXA As spacecraft become larger, the heat they produce also increases. That means vehicles built for long-term space exploration ...
Month: February 2017
Molecule stops fatal pediatric brain tumor
CHICAGO --- Northwestern Medicine scientists have found a molecule that stops the growth of an aggressive pediatric brain tumor. The ...
New studies illustrate how gamers get good
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- We all know that practice makes us better at things, but scientists are still trying to understand ...
From tools to trash: Marshall’s payload stowage team tracks it
Credit: NASA For many of us spring cleaning is an annual ritual and it will be here before we know ...
WSU research advances energy savings for oil, gas industries
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - A Washington State University research team has improved an important catalytic reaction commonly ...
A traffic cop for the cell surface: Researchers illuminate a basic biological process
Loading video... Credit: Krapf Lab/Colorado State University FORT COLLINS, COLORADO - On the surfaces of our trillions of cells is ...
Detailed Las Vegas earthquake site classifications could lower construction costs
Results of a massive new project to map and classify the earthquake shaking potential across most of the Las Vegas ...
Triboelectric nanogenerators boost mass spectrometry performance
Credit: Georgia Tech Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) convert mechanical energy harvested from the environment to electricity for powering small devices such ...
Trials in humans near for antibody to block cocaine’s impact on the brain
CINCINNATI--A University of Cincinnati (UC) researcher who has developed an immunotherapy to help reverse cocaine addiction that's been successful in ...
Nutrient Sensor Challenge winners to be announced at ASLO conference March 2
HONOLULU, HI (Feb.27, 2017)--The winners of the Nutrient Sensor Challenge will be announced at a special awards session at the ...
New tool for combating mosquito-borne disease: Insect parasite genes
Loading video... Credit: Michael Todd, Vanderbilt University Wolbachia is the most successful parasite the world has ever known. You've never ...
Common bacterium may help control disease-bearing mosquitoes
Genes from a common bacterium can be harnessed to sterilize male insects, a tool that can potentially control populations of ...
$2.5M fund available for climate change adaptation projects
Credit: Dean Fikar Doris Duke Charitable Foundation-supported Climate Adaptation Fund will provide up to $2.5 million for projects in and ...
Sponge bacterium found to encapsulate arsenic drawn from environment
Arsenic is the leading freshwater contaminant on the planet, affecting millions of people worldwide and causing an untold number of ...
First evidence of rocky planet formation in Tatooine system
Evidence of planetary debris surrounding a double sun, 'Tatooine-like' system has been found for the first time by a UCL-led ...
Study opens new questions on how the atmosphere and oceans formed
Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU A new study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found seawater cycles throughout the ...
Effects of genes often influenced by network
When many genes regulate a single trait, they commonly work together in large clusters or 'networks'. Taking this into account ...
How donut-shaped fusion plasmas managed to decrease adverse turbulence
Fusion research has been dominated by the search for a suitable way of ensuring confinement as part of the research ...
How protein misfolding may kickstart chemical evolution
Alzheimer's disease, and other neurodegenerative conditions involving abnormal folding of proteins, may help explain the emergence of life -- and ...
Bioinspired process makes materials light, robust, programmable at nano- to macro-scale
Credit: Silk Lab / Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (February 27, 2017, 11 a.m. EST) -- Researchers at Tufts University's School ...
