Month: September 2019

Wide-gap non-fullerene acceptor enabling high-performance organic photovoltaic cells for indoor applicationsCredit: Thor Balkhed Swedish and Chinese scientists have developed organic ...

HKU Distinguished Visiting Professor Luk named laureate of China’s Future Science Prize

HKU Distinguished Visiting Professor Luk Kam Biu named laureate of prestigious China's Future Science Prize - China's "Nobel Prize"Credit: @The ...

Combination of wood fibers and spider silk could rival plastic

The unique material outperforms most of today's synthetic and natural materials by providing high strength and stiffness, combined with increased ...

In mice: Transplanted brain stem cells survive without anti-rejection drugs

By exploiting a feature of the immune system, researchers open the door for stem cell transplants to repair the brainCredit: ...

New research: More than every second female homicide is committed by the partner

Intimate partner homicide -- that is women who are killed by their partner -- constitutes a significant proportion of the ...

Study: We need more realistic experiments on the impact of climate change on ecosystems

Credit: © André Künzelmann / UFZ When it comes to the impact of climate change on ecosystems, we still have ...

Light and sound in silicon chips: The slower the better

New research combines sound and light waves in silicon chips to create a new type of signal processingCredit: D. Munk, ...

Immune response depends on mathematics of narrow escapes

The shape of immune cells plays key role in recognizing invadersCredit: Blausen Medical The way immune cells pick friends from ...

More predictive genetic risk score sought for type 1 diabetes

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 16, 2019) - Paul Tran is working to develop a ...

Heart-healthy forager-farmers in lowland Bolivia are changing diets and gaining weight

People known for 'astonishing' cardiovascular health are going to market and changing their diets -- with the biggest difference being ...

Reduce, reuse, recycle: The future of phosphorus

Credit: Included in photo When Hennig Brandt discovered the element phosphorus in 1669, it was a mistake. He was really ...

Eco-friendly method for the synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles

A team of scientists from Ural Federal University (Yekaterinburg), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and other collaborator have published ...

Acute periodontal disease bacteria love colon and dirt microbes

Credit: Derren Ready (2012) CIL:38942, CIL. Dataset. https://doi.org/doi:10.7295/W9CIL38942 Creative Commons license True or false? Bacteria living in the same space, ...

NSF $1.4 million grant will help develop cyberinfrastructure across Midwest

Credit: University of Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo. - To help solve the world's grand challenges, researchers often rely on powerful computer ...

NIAID officials call for innovative research on sexually transmitted infections

Credit: NIH/NIAID WHAT: Sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, pose a significant public health challenge. Globally, more than one million new ...

New vibration sensor detects buried objects from moving vehicle

Sensor is poised to improve landmine detection and non-destructive testingCredit: V. Aranchuk, Univ. Mississippi WASHINGTON -- Detecting landmines can be ...

Anti-aging startup launched based on breakthrough UAB research

Credit: UAB News BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Together, hair loss prevention and anti-aging skincare represent a more than $11 billion market. ...

Australian immunology pioneer Jacques Miller wins Lasker Award

Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Emeritus Professor Jacques Miller AC from Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute has ...

Scientists seek to harness the power of accelerators for environmental remediation

Credit: DOE's Jefferson Lab The word "particle accelerator" may bring to mind massive underground experiments at laboratories exploring the mysteries ...

Penn engineers’ new topological insulator reroutes photonic ‘traffic’ on the fly