Mowing urban lawns less intensely increases biodiversity, saves money and reduces pests
Credit: Dr Chris Watson The researchers combined data across North America and Europe using a meta-analysis, a way of aggregating ...
Month: December 2019
SUTD and collaborators developed novel methodology to predict spinal fractures in patients
This enables more accurate patient-specific analysis in a non-invasive manner, providing timely opportunities for early treatmentCredit: SUTD Osteoporotic vertebral fractures ...
Fluorescence spectroscopy helps to evaluate meat quality
Credit: Source: Islam K et al. Autofluorescence excitation-emission matrices as a quantitative tool for the assessment of meat quality. J. ...
PPPL invention could improve efficiency of engines while reducing pollutants
Credit: Composite by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications When it comes to car and truck engines, not much has changed ...
Battery-powered headgear could short-circuit joint pain
Credit: Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth Tired of living with painful arthritic knees, 54-year-old Deborah Brown's interest was piqued when she ...
CRI scientists discover metabolic feature that allows melanoma cells to spread
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - Dec. 18, 2019 - Researchers at Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have ...
Single-molecule detection of cancer markers brings liquid biopsy closer to clinic
Credit: Image courtesy of Nantao Li CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A fast, inexpensive yet sensitive technique to detect cancer markers is ...
The delicate water lily: A rose by another name?
Genome duplication event may have contributed to floral scent biosynthesis and other traits of early-diverged flowering plantsCredit: Photo of specimen ...
Eating too much — not exercising too little — may be at core of weight gain, study finds
Findings about children's calorie expenditure challenge conventional wisdom and may provide clues for reversing global trends in obesity, Baylor University ...
Stevia remains the most discussed low/zero-calorie sweetener
Helping to make diet resolutions successful in the new yearCredit: International Stevia Council December 18, 2019 (Brussels, Belgium) - The ...
BU chemists develop new biodegradable adhesive
Provides environmentally friendly option to traditional plastic adhesivesCredit: Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography Boston University professor Mark Grinstaff, and ...
Hebrew U researcher cracks newton’s elusive ‘3-body’ problem
Chaos leads scientists to new understanding of centuries'-old quandaryCredit: Noam Chai/Hebrew University It's been nearly 350 years since Sir Isaac ...
Perpetual predator-prey population cycles
Research sheds light on a fundamental question in ecology almost as old as the science of ecology itselfCredit: Guntram Weithoff, ...
Using robots to inspect sewer pipes
Pinpoint technology turns pipe replacement from 'amputation into microsurgery'Credit: The University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas at ...
UTA developing better bridge inspections
UTA using non-contact testing to help TxDOT detect, plan for needed bridge repairsCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington The ...
New coating hides temperature change from infrared cameras
Credit: Image courtesy of the Kats group MADISON, Wis. -- An ultrathin coating developed by University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers upends ...
Tracking thermodynamicfundamentals
Kiel physicists determine the barely-measurable property entropy for the first time in complex plasmasCredit: Photo/Copyright: Frank Wieben Since the end ...
Scientists discover a new mechanism in childhood kidney cancer
Credit: Laboratory of Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics at The Rockefeller University As an embryo develops, its cells must learn what ...
APS tip sheet: Modeling supermarket traffic jams
Modeling supermarket layouts could help reduce aisle congestionCredit: APS / Physical Review E December 9, 2019 - Studying how people ...
Research provides new design principle for water-splitting catalysts
Credit: Peterson Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Scientists have long known that platinum is by far the best ...
