Army converts heat into electricity to power autonomous robots for months
Credit: CCDC Army Research Laboratory photo ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- An energy-efficient generator intended to power private residences could ...
Month: April 2020
New study finds biases against physically dirty people take root as early as age 5
Biases against the physically unclean extend to the sick, holding implications in the COVID-19 eraCredit: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology ...
Study reveals important flowering plants for city-dwelling honey bees
Credit: Douglas Sponsler, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Trees, shrubs and woody vines are among the top food sources ...
Hubble watches comet ATLAS disintegrate into more than 2 dozen pieces
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI and D. Jewitt (UCLA) These two Hubble Space Telescope images of comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), taken ...
Harnessing psyllid peptides to fight citrus greening disease
BTI, USDA and UW researchers identified 122 peptides that could be used to as insecticides to halt a disease that ...
Hubble captures breakup of comet ATLAS
Credit: NASA, ESA, D. Jewitt (UCLA), Q. Ye (University of Maryland) The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided astronomers with ...
Startups develop system that detects fever remotely in people near hospital front desks
AI-based technology developed by a startup supported by FAPESP is in use at Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital, in São Paulo, ...
Gold standard force fields help identify promising peptides to disrupt COVID-19
University of Utah researchers rapidly generate molecular models of compounds relevant for COVID-19Credit: Cheatham Lab Drug discovery is arduous, expensive, ...
Spinal cord gives bio-bots walking rhythm
Credit: Image courtesy Collin Kaufman CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Miniature biological robots are making greater strides than ever, thanks to the ...
Scientists explore the power of radio waves to help control fusion reactions
Credit: Photo and composite by Elle Starkman. A key challenge to capturing and controlling fusion energy on Earth is maintaining ...
Agricultural pickers in US to see unsafely hot workdays double by 2050
Credit: Tigchelaar et al./Environmental Research Letters The global pandemic has put a focus on essential workers, those we rely on ...
Entos Pharmaceuticals partners with EpiVax to develop a pan-coronavirus DNA vaccine
Credit: Michael Wong EDMONTON, Alberta, April 28, 2020 -- Entos Pharmaceuticals (Entos), a healthcare biotechnology company that develops next generation ...
Making transitions from nursing home to hospital safer during COVID-19 outbreak
Advance care planning even more important during pandemicCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted nursing home ...
Study reveals pharmacy-level barriers to treatment for opioid use disorder in Appalachian Kentucky
Credit: Pete Comparoni, University of Kentucky Public Relations & Strategic Communications LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 28, 2020) - A new study ...
Ayurveda and yoga for COVID-19 prevention
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 28, 2020--Experts in Indian traditional medicine, including the chair of ...
Glacier detachments: A new hazard in a warming world?
New study published in GeologyCredit: Photo credit: Mylène Jacquemart. Boulder, Colo., USA: On the evening of 5 August 2013, a ...
Scientists recreate DNA damage caused by toxins from smoking
Scientists recreate DNA damage caused by toxins from smoking in a bid to understand more about the causes of bladder ...
Study indicates artificial intelligence could help stem tide of school violence
Natural language processing already used to predict mental health risksCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - By leveraging the basics of artificial ...
Shrinking instead of growing: how shrews survive the winter
Even at sub-zero temperatures, common shrews do not need to increase their metabolismCredit: Christian Ziegler Last year, about 30 common ...
Understanding deer damage is crucial when planting new forests
Credit: Crown Copyright, Forestry Commission Scientists at the University of Southampton and Forest Research say understanding the risk of damage ...
