Month: December 2019

Credit: Amanda Smith The most extensive survey of atmospheric chemical compositions of exoplanets to date has revealed trends that challenge ...

Illinois team develops first of a kind in-vitro 3D neural tissue model

Credit: University of Illinois Department of Bioengineering Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have successfully used stem cells ...

Print me an organ — Why are we not there yet?

SUTD leads in-depth review on the impending reality of 3D printed organs and analyses recent accomplishments, limitations and opportunities for ...

Plant researchers examine bread aroma: Modern and old wheat varieties taste equally good

Publication by HHU and the University of Hohenheim in Food Research InternationalCredit: BeckaBeck The scientists compared taste and aroma of ...

Helping plant nurseries reduce runoff

Credit: Jake Shreckhise You may have heard how excess nutrients, such as phosphorus, can run off of crop fields. This ...

Multi-species grassland mixtures increase yield stability, even under drought conditions

Credit: John Finn The benefits of multispecies mixtures were so strong that yields from a mixture of four species under ...

School citizen science project dramatically improves children’s knowledge of UK mammals

Participation in citizen science camera trap project dramatically increased school children's knowledge of UK mammalsCredit: Samantha Mason Prior to starting ...

Invest in pollinator monitoring for long-term gain

New research shows that for every £1 invested in pollinator monitoring schemes, at least £1.50 can be saved, from otherwise ...

Grapevine red blotch disease threatens US Grape industry

$3 million grant awarded to study causes, impact of grapevine virusCredit: Raul Girardello/UC Davis University of California, Davis, scientists will ...

Study: EMC2 tools improved safe dosing of opioids but had no influence on actual use

Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- A study to evaluate ...

Lily and Yuh-Nung Jan named 20th Perl-UNC neuroscience prize recipients

The husband-and-wife scientists from UC San Francisco will be honored at a spring event at UNC-Chapel Hill for their seminal ...

Communication Networks pioneer Nirwan Ansari is named a fellow of the NAI

Credit: NJIT Nirwan Ansari, a pioneer in the field of communications whose research on telecoms networks formed part of the ...

Genetic brain disorder fixed in mice using precision epigenome editing

Credit: Nature Communications Using a targeted gene epigenome editing approach in the developing mouse brain, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers reversed ...

UNH sails into the next generation of ocean mapping with NOAA grant

Credit: Credit: Saildrone, Inc. DURHAM, N.H.-- Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have been awarded a three-year grant from ...

Prellis Biologics launches TissueWorkshop to accelerate human tissue engineering research

TissueWorkshop™ makes complex tissue engineering simple for all researchers by generating complex 3D scaffolds that can be printed with any ...

How sharp is that sniffer? Newly patented Army invention trains, tests working dogs

Puppers are the bestCredit: Rey Ramon/Army A U.S. Army researcher has scored a patent for inventing a new tool for ...

Self-driving microrobots

Credit: Yong Dou/Columbia Engineering Most synthetic materials, including those in battery electrodes, polymer membranes, and catalysts, degrade over time because ...

Program to support advance care planning in nursing homes expands to multiple states

'Advance care planning is essential to ensuring care is truly patient-centered'Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- A training program that helps ...

Images of discovery

AIBS selects 2019 Faces of Biology Photo Contest winnersCredit: Michelle Jewell Three winners have been selected in the 2019 Faces ...

University of Cincinnati research looks at side effects for pediatric medications