Research to focus on small molecule that can help fight breast cancer
UC Riverside and City of Hope awarded Department of Defense grants for the collaborative projectCredit: Perry lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, ...
Month: October 2019
Inventing the world’s strongest silver
Team creates metal that breaks decades-old theoretical limit, promising new class of super-strong and conducting materialsCredit: Joshua Brown A team ...
Besides hot water, coral bleaching also about location, location, location
Study in Nature Climate Change analyzed many factors that led to widespread coral bleaching in Indo-Pacific during 2016 El NiñoCredit: ...
Seagrass meadows harbor wildlife for centuries, highlighting need for conservation
Credit: Conor MacDonnell Seagrass meadows put down deep roots, persisting in the same spot for hundreds and possibly thousands of ...
Researchers repurpose failed cancer drug into printable semiconductor
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Many potential pharmaceuticals end up failing during clinical trials, but thanks ...
Hovering closer to the secrets of hummingbird flight
Credit: Todd Goodrich, University of Montana The extraordinary ability of hummingbirds to perform complex escape maneuvers will be explored for ...
Brain disease or mental illness? New book explores historical rift between neurology and psychiatry
UMass Amherst mathematician, acclaimed Harvard neurologist co-author second bookCredit: Brian David Burrell University of Massachusetts Amherst mathematician and science writer ...
Researcher develops method to change fundamental architecture of polymers
Credit: Bruce Palmer/FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida State University research team has developed methods to manipulate polymers ...
Nerve-stimulating leg prosthesis improves movement and functionality in amputees
Credit: Federica Barberi A research team has created a leg prosthesis for lower leg amputees that incorporates advanced neural stimulation, ...
NASA finds Mitag’s areas of heavy rainfall over Korean Peninsula
Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Storm Mitag was dropping heavy rainfall along coastal areas of South Korea and lighter rainfall over the ...
OSU researcher using miniature cars to help advance autonomous vehicle safety
Credit: Hannah O'Leary, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - An autonomous systems expert at Oregon State University is helping to ...
The violent history of the big galaxy next door
Credit: Dougal Mackey, ANU Astronomers have pieced together the cannibalistic past of our neighbouring large galaxy Andromeda, which has now ...
Researchers identify molecular process that could accelerate recovery from nerve injuries
Credit: Broad Stem Cell Research Center Twenty million Americans suffer from peripheral nerve injuries, which can be caused by traumas ...
Tracking the HI virus
Researchers make visible, how AIDS pathogens multiply in the bodyCredit: (Image: Jan-Peter Kasper/FSU) (Jena, Germany) In order to treat diseases ...
A new scientific instrument for the nation
UD tapped to lead development of world-class neutron research instrumentCredit: Photo courtesy of National Institute of Standards and Technology The ...
Gemini Observatory with NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory
Two ancient migration events in the Andromeda Galaxy: Dynamical footprints uncovered by galactic archaeologists in galaxy next doorCredit: Australian National ...
Plant diversity a casualty of high-severity wildfires
Extreme wildfires are transforming forestlands into shrublandsCredit: Courtesy Clark Richter Sierra Nevada forests are losing plant diversity due to high-severity ...
Pioneering red light-activated anti-tumor prodrug reduces side effects
Credit: Wang et al., Phorbiplatin, a Highly Potent Pt(IV) Antitumor Prodrug That Can Be Controllably Activated by Red Light, Chem ...
Reshaping rehab recovery
More than $3 million in NIH grants will help assess, monitor patients recovering from strokeCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. ...
‘Personalized dj’ music playlist algorithm matches songs to listeners’ changing moods
Credit: Lauren Gerson, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas -- Imagine having a disc jockey ...
