The use of sugarcane straw for bioenergy is an opportunity, but there are pros and cons
Brazilian researchers calculated the amount of nutrients in sugarcane leaves, which are normally left on the ground after harvest, and ...
Month: October 2019
Scientists find possible treatment for muscle contractures in childhood paralysis
In mice, the drug bortezomib preserved muscle growth and prevented loss of elbow and shoulder motion in conditions resembling the ...
Study shows ability to detect light from UV to the IR optical regimes using spin currents
Credit: Joshua Walker A University of Wyoming researcher and his team have shown that the spin Seebeck effect (SSE) can ...
Pitt and CMU researchers developing device to hear how neurons communicate
Credit: The University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (October 29, 2019) ... The brain is a complex organ full of neurons that ...
NASA identifies a strong Arabian Sea Tropical Cyclone Kyarr
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of Tropical Cyclone Kyarr in the Arabian Sea is it ...
Study identifies role of specific gene in hardening of blood vessel walls
Credit: Mr. Haakon Sigurslid and Dr. Rajeev Malhotra BOSTON - Oct. 29 2019 - Arterial wall calcification is the buildup ...
Excellence in gerontological nursing
UTA professors recognized for their leadership, contributions to gerontologyCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington In an effort to train ...
Progressing toward successful gene-based approaches to inherited neurometabolic diseases
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 29, 2019--Researchers are making great strides toward de-veloping gene-based strategies ...
Using renewable electricity for industrial hydrogenation reactions
Pitt researcher featured as 'Emerging Investigator' in Journal of Materials Chemistry ACredit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (Oct. 29, 2019) -- ...
An electronic signal expands the material by a factor of 100
Reversible electronic solid-gel switching of a conjugated polymerCredit: Thor Balkhed Researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linkoping University, have ...
Testing HIV testers
Innovative Penn Nursing study employs a mystery shopper methodology to assess HIV testing services for young men who have sex ...
New AI deep learning model allows earlier, more accurate ozone warnings
Developed in Texas, the model could be deployed globallyCredit: University of Houston Researchers from the University of Houston have developed ...
Re-cracking the genetic code
Credit: Tomislav Alajbeg Crack open a biology textbook and you will find a standard icon of molecular biology: the table ...
Leipzig primate researchers initiate global collaboration
First ManyPrimates study published todayCredit: Clara Dubois, Leipzig University, LFE The Wolfgang Koehler Primate Research Center is better known as ...
Human activities boosted global soil erosion already 4,000 years ago
European and Canadian researchers join efforts to record changes of soil erosion over timeCredit: (Picture: Jean-Philippe-Jenny) Soil erosion reduces the ...
Facebook and Instagram gave away the presence of the ‘Japan pig’ seahorse in Taiwan
Credit: Chao-Tsung Chen While monitoring of cryptic and elusive tiny creatures, such as pygmy seahorses that measure only 13 to ...
New insight on how bacteria evolve drug resistance could lead to improved antibiotic therapies
Exploiting a strategy known as collateral sensitivity in bacteria could lead to the development of novel and sustainable treatmentsCredit: Barbosa ...
Structured light promises path to faster, more secure communications
Quantum mechanics is embracing patterns of light to create an alphabet that can be leveraged to build a light-based quantum ...
Breast cancer: AI predicts which pre-malignant breast lesions will progress to advanced cancer
Advances understanding of which 'stage 0' breast cancer patients are most likely to progress to advanced cancer and who may ...
Third-party genetic genealogy site is vulnerable to compromised data, impersonations
Credit: Rebecca Gourley/University of Washington DNA testing services like 23andMe, Ancestry.com and MyHeritage are making it easier for people to ...
