Month: January 2020

Miguel Modestino's National Science Foundation CAREER Award will advance research that could affect a third of all chemical productionCredit: The ...

Clothes last longer and shed fewer microfibers in quicker, cooler washing cycles

First research into impact of wash cycle times shows benefits of shorter, cooler washesCredit: University of Leeds/P&G Those nice new ...

Michael J. Bamshad, MD, named inaugural Editor-in-Chief of HGG Advances

New open access journal to launch in 2020Credit: Courtesy Dr. Bamshad Rockville, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics ...

Plant genomes reveal the basis for adaptation to contrasting climates

Credit: Niels Sandal, Aarhus University It is an open question how we can ensure that our crop plants remain productive ...

Watching complex molecules at work

Novel spectrometer at the IRIS beamline of the BESSY II synchrotron source at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) allows analysis of ...

‘Swiss cheese’ bones could be cause of unexplained low back pain

Age-related changes to the cartilaginous tissue of the spine could invite painful nerve growth, say researchersCredit: Xu Xao In experiments ...

Broad support needed to maximize impact of cars designed for kids with mobility issues

Credit: Courtesy Sam Logan CORVALLIS, Ore. - For the first month and a half after receiving a modified toy car ...

Getting to the heart of epinephrine use in pediatric cardiac arrest patients

An international team of researchers led by Osaka University find that prehospital administration of epinephrine could result in a more ...

Anson Ong elected Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering

Credit: Courtesy of UTSA January 14, 2020 - Anson Ong, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Administration and Graduate Programs at the ...

How to make it easier to turn plant waste into biofuels

Rutgers-led team develops innovative process to rapidly dissolve plant fibersCredit: Shih-Hsien Liu/ORNL and Shishir Chundawat/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Researchers have developed ...

New study finds evidence for reduced brain connections in schizophrenia

Advances in scanning have allowed researchers for the first time to show lower levels of a protein found in the ...

New discovery on the activity and function of MAIT cells during acute HIV infection

Credit: Photo: Stefan Zimmerman. In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers at Karolinska Institutet show that MAIT cells ...

New research finds ranchers consider diverse factors in managing their land

Credit: Virginia Tech Wetlands in the Intermountain West, a region nestled between the Rocky Mountains, the Cascade Range, and the ...

Man versus machine: Can AI do science?

Researchers develop a machine capable of solving complex problems in theoretical physics.Credit: Theory of Quantum Matter Unit, OIST Over the ...

The advantage of changing sex in fish population recovery

Harvesting of male fish near Marine Protected Areas affects sex-changing species differently from fixed-sex speciesCredit: Photo courtesy of Scott Hamilton. ...

NAU engineer developing biomaterial for improved treatment of cerebral aneurysms

Polypropylene glycol-based biomaterial compatible with body tissueCredit: Northern Arizona University Tim Becker, an associate professor of practice in the Department ...

Life’s clockwork: Scientist shows how molecular engines keep us ticking

UNC-Chapel HIll scientist Charles Carter, PhD, published seminal work on the inner workings of chemical machines inside our cells that ...

Connecting the dots in the sky could shed new light on dark matter

Matching up maps of matter and light from the Dark Energy Survey and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope may help astrophysicists ...

How nodules stay on top at the bottom of the sea

New study published in GeologyCredit: Dietmar Müller Boulder, Colo., USA: Rare metallic elements found in clumps on the deep-ocean floor ...

Hospital critical care resuscitation unit improves patients’ chances of survival