Month: June 2020

FAU's College of Engineering and computer science machine learning project receives NSF rapid grantCredit: Florida Atlantic University Researchers from Florida ...

Medicinal cannabis may reduce behavioral problems in kids with intellectual disabilities

Credit: Tatevosian Yana Cannabidiol, a type of medicinal cannabis, may reduce severe behavioural problems in children and adolescents with an ...

Countries with early adoption of face masks showed modest COVID-19 infection rates

Credit: ATS June 24, 2020 - Regions with an early interest in face masks had milder COVID-19 epidemics, according to ...

Scientists uncover new genetic mutations linked to autism spectrum disorder

Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and Radboud University Medical Center ...

Samsara, Evotec, KCK launch Autobahn Labs, a novel early stage drug discovery incubator

Autobahn Labs and UCLA announce strategic collaborationCredit: Autobahn Labs PALO ALTO, CA and HAMBURG, Germany (June 24, 2020) -- Samsara ...

Food-grade wheatgrass variety released for public use

Credit: Brett Heim Wheatgrass is packed with beneficial nutrients, which makes the crop a popular superfood. And now, more farmers ...

KIST develops eco-friendly, flame-retardant carbon plastic ideal for recycling

Non-toxic, flame-retardant composite material based on bio-epoxy made from plant-source tannic acid. 99% eco-friendly recycling within tens of minutes merely ...

Australian awarded Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science, Royal Society of Chemistry

FLEET/UNSW's Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh awarded prestigious prizeCredit: UNSW FLEET CI Professor Kourosh Kaantar-zadeh (UNSW Sydney) has been awarded the prestigious 2020 ...

Inspiring innovative solutions to protect the planet

26 teams from across the world are developing solutions to make artisanal mining more responsibleCredit: Amy Richards / Guy Loftus ...

NASA satellite gives a hello to tropical storm Dolly

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview During the morning of June 23, the fourth system in the Northern Atlantic Ocean was a ...

Rice professor attracts grant to study magnetism

DOE Early Career award to physicist Ming Yi backs experiments on 2D materialsCredit: Jeff FItlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 23, ...

Introducing a new isotope: Mendelevium-244

Berkeley Lab-led team creates a new, lighter form of the element mendelevium in experiments at the 88-Inch CyclotronCredit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley ...

Simple device monitors health using sweat

Credit: Jennifer M. McCann/ Penn State A device that monitors health conditions in the body using a person's sweat has ...

Using chaos as a tool, scientists discover new method of making 3D-heterostructures

Credit: U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and their collaborators from ...

Laser allows solid-state refrigeration of a semiconductor material

Credit: Anupum Pant To the general public, lasers heat objects. And generally, that would be correct. But lasers also show ...

Innovative smartphone-camera adaptation images melanoma and non-melanoma

Innovative research published in SPIE's Journal of Biomedical Optics suggests low-cost, accessible diagnostic tool for skin cancerCredit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington, ...

Slow-growing rotavirus mutant reveals early steps of viral assembly

Credit: CDC Rotavirus is responsible for more than 130,000 deaths in infants and young children younger than five years, every ...

NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite captures 63 mile smoke trail from bush fire

Credit: NASA Worldview NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured this image of the Bush Fire on June 22, 2020 showing clouds ...

Experts identify steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response

NIH workshop attendees review capabilities, limits of SARS-CoV-2 serology testingCredit: NIAID WHAT: More than 300 scientists and clinicians from the ...

NYU Dentistry awarded $2 million to train dentists to treat people with disabilities