Month: October 2019

Ancient spillway Cambodia reveals structure built for water storage failed and forced Cambodian Kings to relocate capitalCredit: Dr Ian Moffat, ...

Argonne and partners take home nine R&D 100 Awards in 2019

Credit: Courtesy of R&D Magazine Technologies developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and ...

Astronomers catch wind rushing out of galaxy

Researchers observe huge outflow of gas extending far beyond a galaxy for the first timeCredit: Image by: Jim Geach, David ...

Berkeley Lab innovations recognized with 3 R&D 100 Awards

A radiation detector and software for building energy efficiency and neuroscience honoredCredit: Berkeley Lab Cutting-edge technologies from Lawrence Berkeley National ...

Artificial intelligence learns muscle anatomy in CT images

Credit: Yoshinobu Sato Personalized medicine has stirred the imagination of drugs and therapies that are individually tailored to patients. In ...

Adaptive human immunity depends on the factor responsible for the formation of white blood cells

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) has a significant regulatory effect not only on innate, but also on adaptive immunity.Credit: Immanuel Kant ...

Efficient hydrogen conversion via PEC water splitting using hematite mesocrystals

Credit: Kobe University A research group led by Associate Professor Takashi Tachikawa of Kobe University's Molecular Photoscience Research Center has ...

REANIMA: Toward a new paradigm in cardiac regeneration

CNIC leads a new project that will receive €8 million in funding over 5 yearsCredit: CNIC Research into new endogenous ...

NTU Singapore researchers create quantum chip 1,000 times smaller than current setups

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a quantum communication chip that is 1,000 times smaller than ...

Vicinal reaction: A radical strategy for linking three organic groups together

Kanazawa University researchers design a radical reaction to build highly functionalized ketones, installing two new carbon-carbon bonds at adjacent positions ...

Discovery of ‘cellular bike couriers’ clue to disease spreading

A previously unknown component of our cells that delivers proteins like a bike courier in heavy traffic could shed light ...

Potential genetic markers of multiple sclerosis severity

Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In a bid to determine factors linked to the most debilitating forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), ...

People with autism have a more symmetrical brain

Credit: Clyde Francks, MPI Nijmegen The left and right halves of our brains develop differently, as each hemisphere 'specialises' in ...

Adults in lower walkability neighborhoods found to have a higher predicted cardiovascular risk

Individuals living in less walkable neighborhoods up to 33% more likely to have long-term cardiovascular risks: studyCredit: Unity Health Toronto ...

UTSA studies osteoporotic bone fractures to rethink treatment

Credit: Photo Courtesy of UTSA About half of all women in the U.S. will suffer a bone fracture due to ...

It takes more than a catchy headline for health awareness campaigns to inspire action

A comparison of the Pinktober and Movember movements reveals that reach and engagement do not always lead people to research ...

Researchers double sorghum grain yield to improve food supply

Credit: Ware lab/CSHL, 2019 Plant scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), in their ...

Study shows how climate change may affect environmental conservation areas

Researchers classify 258 protected areas in Brazil as 'moderately vulnerable' and 17 as 'highly vulnerable' -- areas at greatest risk ...

Novel NRL instrument enhances ability to measure nuclear materials

Credit: (U.S. Navy photo by Nicholas E. M. Pasquini) WASHINGTON - Researchers with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) designed ...

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