Masking the memory of fear: Treating anxiety disorders such as PTSD with an opioid
In a breakthrough study, scientists from Japan find the potential of an opioid drug to help numb fear memoryCredit: Tokyo ...
Month: February 2020
Memory games: Eating well to remember
UTS researchers have uncovered a strong link between the consumption of certain food groups and memory loss and comorbid heart ...
Catching light: How cobalt can help utilize visible light to power hydrogen production from water
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) demonstrate the first visible-light photoelectrochemical system for ...
The origins of roughness
Credit: Photo: AG Pastewka Most natural and artificial surfaces are rough: metals and even glasses that appear smooth to the ...
New book explains qualitative research in health sciences — focus on real life settings
Credit: Soahib Khan A group of researchers in health sciences share their experiences using qualitative research methods in a new ...
Road salt harmful to native amphibians, new research shows
Credit: George Meindl BINGHAMTON, N.Y. ? The combined effects of chemical contamination by road salt and invasive species can harm ...
Intelligent control of mode-locked femtosecond pulses by time-stretch-assisted spectral analysis
Credit: by Guoqing Pu, Lilin Yi, Li Zhang, Chao Luo, Zhaohui Li and Weisheng Hu Because pulse trains achieve excellent ...
New chip brings ultra-low power Wi-Fi connectivity to IoT devices
Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering More portable, fully wireless smart home setups. Lower power wearables. Batteryless ...
Researchers apply new technology to identify plant pathogen strains in Virginia
Credit: Alex Crookshanks for Virginia Tech When emerging plant pathogens go undetected, they have the potential to negatively affect food ...
Tailoring spontaneous infrared emission of HgTe quantum dots with laser-printed plasmonic arrays
Credit: by A.A. Sergeev, D.V. Pavlov, A.A. Kuchmizhak, M.V. Lapine, W.K. Yiu, Y. Dong, N. Ke, S. Juodkazis, N. Zhao, ...
UTA’s Konsta-Gdoutos elected fellow of European Academy of Sciences
Civil engineering professor and cementitious expert honored by prestigious academyCredit: UT Arlington Maria Konsta-Gdoutos of The University of Texas at ...
How gliding animals fine-tuned the rules of evolution
Credit: Terry Ord A study of gliding animals has challenged the idea that evolutionary innovations - adaptations that bring new ...
Creating custom light using 2D materials
Researchers from UNIGE and the University of Manchester have discovered structures based on two-dimensional materials that emit tailor-made light in ...
In acoustic waves, engineers break reciprocity with ‘spacetime-varying metamaterials’
The NSF-sponsored research could have implications in communications, medicine and other fieldsCredit: Douglas Levere BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Reciprocity isn't always ...
USask study reveals origin of endangered Colombian poison frog hybrids
Credit: Jose Andres The origin of an understudied hybrid population of poisonous frogs--highly endangered colorful animals that live deep in ...
Empowering the cell’s disposal system to deal with disease-prone garbage
PROXIDRUGS project led by Goethe University included in concept phase of 'Clusters4Future' program - search for novel active components for ...
University of Illinois researchers demonstrate new capability for cooling electronics
Air jet impingement cooling of electronic devices using additively manufactured nozzlesCredit: Bill King, Mechanical Science & Engineering, Grainger Engineering For ...
Research team works to develop new ways to detect air pollutants
Credit: Greg Atkins for Virginia Tech Hazardous air pollutants like benzene found in gasoline have been linked to cancer, asthma, ...
Rice University bioscientist Rosa Uribe wins NSF CAREER Award
Five-year grant will support study of neural crest cell developmentCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Feb. 18, 2020) -- Rice ...
Light-sheet fluorescence imaging goes more parallelized
Credit: Y.-X. Ren, J. Wu, Q. T. K. Lai, H. M. Lai, D. M. D. Siu, W. Wu, K. K. ...
