Mind the nanogap: Fast and sensitive oxygen gas sensors
Oxygen (O2) is an essential gas not only for us and most other lifeforms, but also for many industrial processes, ...
Lean and mean: Maximizing 5G communications with an energy-efficient relay network
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed a wirelessly powered relay network for 5G systems. The proposed ...
Biologists find invasive snails using new DNA-detection technique
Invasive species, beware: Your days of hiding may be ending. Biologists led by the University of Iowa discovered the presence ...
Light-shrinking material lets ordinary microscope see in super resolution
Electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a technology that improves the resolution of an ordinary light ...
Scientists say active early learning shapes the adult brain
Virginia Tech, Penn researchers show early learning shapes adult brain structure An enhanced learning environment during the first five years ...
Newly discovered African ‘climate seesaw’ drove human evolution
While it is widely accepted that climate change drove the evolution of our species in Africa, the exact character of ...
Emotional regulation technique may be effective in disrupting compulsive cocaine addiction
An emotion regulation strategy known as cognitive reappraisal helped reduce the typically heightened and habitual attention to drug-related cues and ...
Duetting songbirds ‘mute’ the musical mind of their partner to stay in sync
There's Simon and Garfunkel, Tina and Ike, and Armstrong and Fitzgerald. But now, nature's famed duet singers, the plain-tail wren, ...
Using fossil plant molecules to track down the Green Sahara
New publication: Researchers explain how vegetation was possible in the desert The Sahara has not always been covered by only ...
New ‘Swiss Army knife’ cleans up water pollution
First used to soak up oil in water, new sponge sequesters excess phosphate from water Phosphate pollution in rivers, lakes ...
Scientists discover a new genetic form of ALS in children
NIH- and USU- led study links ALS to a fat manufacturing gene and maps out a genetic therapy In a ...
Lundquist investigators in global study expanding genomic research of different ancestries
Paper in Nature Genetics: Genome-wide meta-analysis shows that research into different ancestries leads to better results and better care LOS ...
Isolating an elusive missing link
ICIQ scientists from the Lloret-Fillol group have, for the first time, isolated and fully characterised an elusive intermediate in the ...
Beer byproduct mixed with manure proves an excellent pesticide
Byproducts from the beer and agricultural industry have been shown to reduce numbers of root-knot nematodes and increase yields of ...
Ecole de technologie superieure welcomes two research chairs specialized in artificial intelligence applied to health
1.5 million in funding over three years from the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRSQ) Thanks to $1.5 ...
Less is more? New take on machine learning helps us “scale up” phase transitions
Features of large systems yielded from tiny simulations with super-resolution techniques Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have ...
Climate change-resistant corals could provide lifeline to battered reefs
Corals that withstood a severe bleaching event and were transplanted to a different reef maintained their resilient qualities, according to ...
UTA engineering professor honored by AAS for leadership, technical contributions
A UTA first: Subbarao named American Astronautical Society fellow Kamesh Subbarao, a professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) ...
Baylor study uses candy-like models to make STEM accessible to visually impaired students
Baylor researchers, led by Bryan Shaw, found oral tactile visualization of complex 3D structures to be as accurate as eyesight ...
Hollings Cancer Center scientist receives Melanoma Research Alliance grant
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher awarded Young Investigator Award to study the function of protein CDK6 in T-cells for melanoma ...