Carbon intensity of power sector down in 2019
Credit: Power Sector Carbon Index, Scott Institute for Energy Innovation Engineers from Carnegie Mellon University's Scott Institute for Energy Innovation ...
Month: November 2019
New launch communications segment empowers Artemis
Credit: Credits: NASA As Artemis astronauts lift off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, new ground systems will provide them ...
NASA-NOAA satellite finds tropical storm Kammuri strengthening
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Tropical Storm Kammuri in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and found several ...
Most shoppers unaware of major risk factor for most common form of glaucoma in UK
Study suggests that only a fifth of shoppers have knowledge of their intraocular pressure, with high pressure a major risk ...
Dance of the RNases: Coordinating the removal of RNA-DNA hybrids
Research teams have deciphered how two enzymes are coordinated to remove RNA-DNA hybrid structures from chromosomesCredit: ill./©: IMB Two research ...
Scholars find that irregularly shaped parks reduce mortality risk
Credit: Texas A&M University Some community parks are square, a reflection of the city block where they're located -- but ...
Silencing retroviruses to awaken cell potential
Researchers led by a team from the University of Tsukuba identify a protein that suppresses retroviruses in the human genome, ...
Researchers say animal-like embryos preceded animal appearance
Credit: NIGPAS Animals evolved from single-celled ancestors before diversifying into 30-40 distinct anatomical designs. When and how animal ancestors made ...
Animal embryos evolved before animals
Credit: Philip Donoghue and Zongjun Yin Animals evolved from single-celled ancestors, before diversifying into 30 or 40 distinct anatomical designs. ...
Scientists find new way to identify, manipulate topological metals for spintronics
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory / Ellen Weiss Topological materials have become a hot topic in quantum materials research, as they ...
Solving fossil mystery could aid quest for ancient life on Mars
Credit: Sean McMahon The search for evidence of life on Mars could be helped by fresh insights into ancient rocks ...
Biodiversity and wind energy
How stakeholders evaluate the green-green dilemma -- and what they think about possible solutionsCredit: Christian Voigt, Leibniz-IZW The replacement of ...
Black silicon can help detect explosives
Credit: FEFU press office Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ...
Can obesity limit antiarrhythmic drug effectiveness?
Some AFib medications are less effective in obese patientsCredit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine Atrial fibrillation, also known as AFib, is the most ...
Material for safer football helmets may reduce head injuries
Credit: HRL Laboratories, LLC. Scientists at the University of California Santa Barbara, HRL Laboratories LLC, and the U.S. Army Research ...
Laboratory-evolved bacteria switch to consuming CO2 for growth
Credit: Gleizer et al. Over the course of several months, researchers in Israel created Escherichia coli strains that consume CO2 ...
Scientists develop first implantable magnet resonance detector
A new miniature NMR implant measures neuronal activityCredit: whitehoune - stock.adobe.com, MPI f. Biological Cybernetics, University of Stuttgart. Compositing: Martin ...
The molecule that can AUTAC bad proteins
Credit: Tohoku University Tohoku University researchers have developed a strategy that could help cells get rid of disease-related debris. Further ...
Discovery by Hebrew University scientists could revolutionize chemotherapy
New technique targets cancer cells and leaves healthy ones alone; patients would receive less chemo and fewer side effectsCredit: Hadas ...
Screening tech advances early detection of Parkinson’s disease
Pioneering technology can spot Parkinson's when there are no obvious symptomsCredit: RMIT University Screening technology to catch Parkinson's disease in ...
