Month: June 2020

Credit: ETH Zurich / Anne-Greet Bittermann Plants need nitrogen in the form of ammonium if they are to grow. In ...

Get excited by neural networks

Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, The ...

New method predicts spin dynamics of materials for quantum computing

Universal first-principles approach will accelerate the identification and design of materials for quantum information science and other spintronics applicationsCredit: Xinran ...

Wearable sensor may help to assess stress in healthcare workers

Credit: Emma Chapron, University of South Wales A wearable biosensor may help monitor stress experienced by healthcare professionals, according to ...

$2 million SBIR grant fast-tracks cancer drug platform technology

Credit: Herman O. Sintim/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive blood cancer, is one of ...

The nature of glass-forming liquids is more clear

Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Glass is such a common, everyday material that ...

Solving the mysteries of water and air underground

Credit: J.C. Fiola Stand outside and look underneath your feet. There, perhaps under some grass, is the soil. On a ...

‘Major gaps’ in understanding how land-use changes affect spread of diseases

Credit: Connor Butler The quest to discover how new diseases - such as Covid-19 - emerge and spread in response ...

UCI scientists engineer human cells with squid-like transparency

Bioinspired research project a first step toward intrinsically translucent tissueCredit: Atouli Chatterjee / UC Irvine, Calif., June 2, 2020 -- ...

Researchers find pronghorn exhibit little genetic variation despite landscape obstacles

Credit: Adele Reinking A University of Wyoming researcher led a study that showed Wyoming pronghorn exhibit little-to-no population genetic differentiation ...

New research deepens understanding of Earth’s interaction with the solar wind

Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications As the Earth orbits the sun, it plows through a stream of ...

Scientists detect crab nebula using innovative gamma-ray telescope

First-of-its-kind telescope promises to shed new light on the physics of high-energy phenomena, from supernovae to dark matterCredit: Photo: Amy ...

Study reveals continuous pathway to building blocks of life

Credit: Ruiqin Yi, ELSI Researchers have long sought to understand the origins of life on Earth. A new study conducted ...

How a fat cell’s immune response makes obesity worse

Credit: Cincinnati Children's When obesity occurs, a person's own fat cells can set off a complex inflammatory chain reaction that ...

Pulmonary embolism and COVID-19

Early detection led to swifter treatment, researchers sayCredit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT - Researchers at Henry Ford Health System ...

COVID-19, fake science, and conspiracy theories

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 22, 2020--What past scientific fraud is at the heart of ...

Human waste could help combat global food insecurity

Credit: Leilah Krounbi SASKATOON - Researchers from Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Canadian Light Source ...

Aluminum oxide crystal tested as a UV radiation sensor

Doped with carbon and magnesium, the material becomes thermoluminescent in response to UV radiationCredit: Neilo Marcos Trindade and his team ...

Exotic nanotubes move in less-mysterious ways

Rice scientists, engineers show boron nitride's promise for composites, biomedical applicationsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 2, 2020) - ...

Deep-sea study of the Earth’s crust receives $1.65 million NSERC-CREATE grant