Researching new ways to use secondary logging materials
Credit: Virginia Tech The first image that may come to mind when someone says "logging" is trucks loaded with logs, ...
Month: July 2019
Fossil fuels increasingly offer a poor return on energy investment
An evaluation of the global energy return on investment for fossil fuels and renewable sources reveals a much more level ...
Oldest completely preserved lily discovered
Already 115 million years ago, tropical flowering plants were apparently very diverse and showed all typical characteristicsCredit: MfN Berlin Botanist ...
Hubble discovers mysterious black hole disc
Credit: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed an unexpected thin disc of material encircling ...
Severely disturbed habitats impacting health of Madagascar’s lemurs
Credit: Mitch Irwin, Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Ill. -- A new study led by Mitch Irwin and Karen Samonds of ...
Raising eyebrows on neuroinflammation: Study finds novel role for ‘skin plumping’ molecule
Neuroscientists identify surprising brain action of cartilage component hyaluronic acidCredit: Florida Atlantic University This clear, gooey substance, which is naturally ...
New superomniphobic glass soars high on butterfly wings using machine learning
Pitt engineers develop new superclear, supertransparent, stain-resistant, anti-fogging nanostructured glass based on butterfly wing PITTSBURGH (July 11, 2019) -- Glass ...
Mosquito surveillance uncovers new information about malaria transmission in madagascar
On-the-ground findings and modified tools reveal complex feeding behavior, transmission routes Riley Tedrow, PhD, a medical entomologist at Case Western ...
MMV Project of the Year award for Dundee researchers
'Project of the Year 2018' for discovery work on potential new drugs for malariaCredit: University of Dundee Researchers from the ...
UC San Diego cancer scientists identify new drug target for multiple tumor types
A dysfunctional enzyme involved in building cancer cell membranes helps fuel tumor growth; when it's disabled or depleted in mouse ...
Scientists opening the door to a new era of medicinal chemistry
A new molecular descriptor estimates molecular complexity and defines the evolution of small molecules in medicinal chemistry July 11, 2019 ...
Award-winning study provides framework for assessing historic wrought iron structures
NYU Professor Debra Laefer's paper explicated terrestrial laser scanning techniques and modeling that determined the fate of Ireland's Guinness BridgeCredit: ...
Adding immunotherapy after initial treatment can benefit metastatic lung cancer patients
Penn study treated patients with pembrolizumab after therapy with curative intentCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Treating metastatic non-small cell lung ...
NIH scientists identify spasm in women with endometriosis-associated chronic pelvic pain
Small study suggests botulinum toxin may be potential treatment Pelvic pain associated with endometriosis often becomes chronic and can persist ...
NASA takes potential tropical cyclone 2’s temperature
Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Gulf of Mexico and took the temperature of Potential Tropical ...
Enzyme responsible for dangerous properties of brain tumor stem cells
The relapse of brain tumors after therapy is driven by cancer stem cells that were not affected by the treatment. ...
New study discovers genetic changes linked to leukaemia in children with down’s syndrome
Researchers at the University of Oxford, in collaboration with colleagues from Hannover Medical School and Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, have discovered the ...
New Pitt bioengineering in psychiatry training program receives ~$1.1M from NIH T32
Credit: University of Pitttsburgh PITTSBURGH (July 11, 2019) ... The University of Pittsburgh Departments of Bioengineering and Psychiatry received a ...
Scientists gain new insights into the mechanisms of cell division
Centrioles -- critical players in cell divisionCredit: © Alexander Dammermann Mitosis is the process by which the genetic information encoded ...
Targeting new treatments for concussions by transforming brain pathology
Research team combines multi-spectral imaging and supercomputingCredit: University of Houston Badri Roysam, chair of the University of Houston Department of ...
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