Micro and nano materials, including clothing for Olympic athletes
£1.8 million award to scale up researchCredit: Swansea University A research team of materials engineers and performance scientists at Swansea ...
Month: March 2019
UMass Amherst student-led permaculture gardens serve as model for sustainable agriculture
Gardens are highlighted by USDA Climate HubsCredit: UMass Amherst To educate and inspire people about how to farm and garden ...
Researchers identify gene variant associated with cellular aging
(Boston)--It is well known that psychiatric stress is associated with accelerated aging. Now, a new study shows that a gene ...
Project aims to tame noise from supersonic military jets with ‘swirl’ technology
Credit: Zhi Wang LAWRENCE -- It's cliché to describe something very noisy as "louder than a jet engine." But supersonic ...
New model for ICU care, developed by Rutgers, discovers causes of health emergencies
Credit: Nick Romanenko A new model for intensive care, developed by Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health System, can help identify preventable ...
Tagged by scientists, bluefin tuna passing submerged listening lines help reveal species’ survival
Technology creates an 'EasyPass' tollbooth for giant bluefin tuna; sheds light on natural mortality, migration of world's most lucrative fishCredit: ...
Antibodies from earlier exposures affect response to new flu strains
'After being vaccinated with a new strain of flu, our immune systems appear to be expanding and boosting antibodies generated ...
Improper removal of personal protective equipment contaminates health care workers
Errors cause spread of drug-resistant bacteria NEW YORK (March 19, 2019) --More than one-third of healthcare workers were contaminated with ...
Treatment deficiencies, research disparity in pelvic organ prolapse
Credit: Virginia Tech Is it normal to pee a little when you laugh? It's a simple question many women ask, ...
Supercomputer simulations shed light on how liquid drops combine
Scientists have revealed the precise molecular mechanisms that cause drops of liquid to combine, in a discovery that could have ...
Scientists of Russia and Belarus are working on the creation of new materials
Scientific research will allow to create more advanced electromechanical devicesCredit: Denis Alikin Scientists of Ural Federal University and the National ...
Alana gift to MIT launches Down syndrome research center, disability technology program
Credit: Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT As part of MIT's continued mission to help build a better ...
Balance of two enzymes linked to pancreatic cancer survival
In addition to potentially aiding diagnosis and prognosis, finding launches new effort to treat pancreatic cancer by inhibiting one enzyme ...
Algae could prevent limb amputation
Researchers develop new algae-based treatment which could reduce the need of leg amputation in people with severely limited blood flow ...
Levels of autism in China similar to the West, joint Chinese-UK study shows
The first large-scale study of autism in China has revealed that around one in a hundred people in the country ...
Surrey creates innovative lab test to develop easy-to-swallow medicine for children
In an article published by the European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, scientists compared traditional sensory tests and the new in ...
How our body ‘listens’ to vibrations
UNIGE researchers show that, for the brain, sounds and vibrations are ultimately quite similar; this would explain why vibrations are ...
Materials design in 3D: From the molecule to the macrostructure
'3D Matter Made to Order' Cluster of Excellence of KIT and Heidelberg University starts and focuses on printed three-dimensional design ...
‘Terminator’-like liquid metal moves and stretches in 3D space (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society In the blockbuster Terminator movie franchise, an evil robot morphs into different human forms and objects ...
Psychology may help explain why male and female serial killers differ
Male and female serial killers tend to choose their victims and commit their crimes in different ways, which may be ...
