Physicists look to navigational ‘rhumb lines’ to study polymer’s unique spindle structure
Credit: Daeseok Kim From the intricate patterns of pollen grains to the logarithmic spirals of nautilus shells, biology is full ...
Month: October 2019
Harvard University to launch center for autism research
Created with a $20 million gift, the center will aim to unravel the basic biology of autism and related disordersCredit: ...
When studying immune cells, environment matters
Report urges researchers to look outside the petri dish and into the body to study T cell metabolismCredit: Image courtesy ...
Kent State researcher and professor elected to the European Academy of Sciences
Credit: Kent State University Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in Kent State's Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins ...
Controlling superconducting regions within an exotic metal
Credit: EPFL Superconductivity has fascinated scientists for many years since it offers the potential to revolutionize current technologies. Materials only ...
Engineers solve 50-year-old puzzle in signal processing
Credit: Photo by Paul Easker AMES, Iowa - Something called the fast Fourier transform is running on your cell phone ...
SLAS Technology releases part 1 of special 2-part issue
Engineering innovations for fundamental biology and translational medicine now availableCredit: David James Group October's SLAS Technology Special Issue Focuses on ...
Key uncertainties identified for models of mosquito distribution in the US
Understanding model limitations could improve strategies to deal with mosquito-borne diseasesCredit: CDC/ Prof. Frank Hadley Collins. A computational analysis has ...
That new yarn? — wearable, washable textile devices are possible with MXene-coated yarns
Drexel's MXene-coated conductive yarn could make devices wearable -- and washableCredit: Drexel University Producing functional fabrics that perform all the ...
ORNL, U-Toledo to collaborate on advanced materials, manufacturing research for vehicles
Credit: The University of Toledo OAK RIDGE, Tenn., October 10, 2019--The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and ...
‘Sticky’ gene may help Valium calm nerves
NIH mouse study could prompt scientists to rethink how benzodiazepines workCredit: Courtesy of Lu lab, NIH/NINDS. Between 1999 and 2017, ...
Improving neural implants
Pitt bioengineer Xinyan Tracy Cui receives $2.37M NIH award to deliver improved neural recording technologyCredit: University of Pittsburgh/Swanson School of ...
Scientists ask: How can liquid organelles in cells coexist without merging?
Physicists use model systems to explore the forces that may be at playCredit: Credit: Ibraheem Alshareedah / Priya Banerjee Laboratory ...
Johns Hopkins researchers discover material that could someday power quantum computer
Credit: Yufan Li Quantum computers with the ability to perform complex calculations, encrypt data more securely and more quickly predict ...
Carnivorous plant study captures universal rules of leaf making
Credit: Karen Lee, Yohei Koide, John Fozard and Claire Bushell. Leaves display a remarkable range of forms from flat sheets ...
Scientists at the MDI biological laboratory are decoding the genetic mechanisms of aging
Discoveries could one day lead to new drugs to prolong healthy human lifespanCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- ...
Right whale mothers ‘whisper’ to their calves to avoid attracting predators
Credit: Christin Khan, NOAA Fisheries DURHAM, N.C. -- As new moms, North Atlantic right whales tone down their underwater vocalizations ...
Study identifies 5 patterns of gun ownership by motivation, practices, other features
Credit: University of California Regents A study of 429 firearm owners who answered the 2018 California Safety and Wellbeing Survey ...
New research sheds light on the ages of lunar ice deposits
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio The discovery of ice deposits in craters scattered across the Moon's south ...
Explained: The lifetime of an evaporating liquid drop
Credit: University of Warwick Liquids evaporating into vapour is a daily occurrence, and yet the time it takes a liquid ...
