First all-digital nuclear reactor control system in the US installed at Purdue University
Credit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Nuclear power plants generate 20% of the nation's electricity and are the ...
Month: July 2019
Pairing ‘glue’ for electrons in iron-based high-temp superconductors studied
Newly published research from a team of scientists led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory sheds more light ...
Natural antioxidant helps improve immune-based therapies by modulating T-cells
Credit: Emma Vought, Medical University of South Carolina Shikhar Mehrotra, Ph.D. and Xue-Zhong Yu, M.D., National Institutes of Health-funded researchers ...
Playfully discover atom manipulation
Online simulation game makes graphene research available to the publicCredit: © Toma Susi/University of Vienna The team of Toma Susi ...
High rates of opioid prescriptions for osteoarthritis
Opioids work against severe pain but the risks of side effects and addiction are high. In the USA alone, 26 ...
Optimizing the growth of coatings on nanowire catalysts
Scientists chemically treated the surface of wire-looking nanostructures made of zinc oxide to apply a uniform coating of titanium dioxide; ...
New review highlights evidence on how to increase physical activity in everyday life
A new review from the National Institute for Health Research looks at evidence around what works to get people active ...
On the way to nanotheranostics
Credit: S. Gerber (EPFL) Theranostics is an emerging field of medicine whose name is a combination of "therapeutics" and "diagnostics". ...
New method may resolve difficulty in measuring universe’s expansion
Neutron star mergers can provide new 'cosmic ruler' Astronomers using National Science Foundation (NSF) radio telescopes have demonstrated how a ...
Hormone therapy for prostate cancer may raise risk of Alzheimer’s, Dementia
A Penn study of more than 150,000 men with prostate cancer shows androgen deprivation therapy was associated with a higher ...
Human waste an asset to economy, environment, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Human waste might be an unpleasant public health burden, but scientists ...
Can we make ocean water drinkable — and should we? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, July 8, 2019 - We need water to survive -- and Earth is covered ...
nTIDE June 2019: Job numbers show strong gains for Americans with disabilities
June nTIDE Jobs Report highlights initiatives supporting greater independence for people with disabilities; Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire ...
UK researchers develop ultrafast semiconductors
Cardiff in world-beating CS breakthroughCredit: Mike Hall Photography UK researchers have developed world-leading Compound Semiconductor (CS) technology that can drive ...
Supercomputer shows ‘Chameleon Theory’ could change how we think about gravity
Credit: Christian Arnold/Baojiu Li/Durham University. Supercomputer simulations of galaxies have shown that Einstein's theory of General Relativity might not be ...
UBC scientists capture images of gene-editing enzymes in action
Findings hold promise for future treatment of human diseases caused by DNA mutations For the first time, scientists have captured ...
Left out to dry: A more efficient way to harvest algae biomass
University of Tsukuba researchers developed a new, highly efficient system for removing water from algae biomass with reusable nanostructured graphene, ...
Wind, warmth boost insect migration, first-ever University of Guelph study reveals
Wind and warmth can improve travel time for the billions of insects worldwide that migrate each year, according to a ...
A common gut virus that maps our travels
Credit: San Diego State University Travelling abroad for the summer can change a person's perspective--and it can also change the ...
Surprising NYC ridesharing study findings have implications for policymakers
Researchers have limited access to information about how people use popular ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft. But recent analysis ...
