The future of biofuels in the dark
Fellowship funds experiments in growing algae without sunlightCredit: Elizabeth Hann/UCR Algae could compete with petroleum as the fuel of the ...
Florida State-led team offers new rules for algae species classification
Credit: Photo by Sophie McCoy. FSU Assistant Professor of Biological Science Sophie McCoy and her team are proposing formal definitions ...
Human activities promote disease-spreading mosquitoes; more study needed for prevention
Credit: Courtesy Dr. Brianna Beechler, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Disease-spreading mosquitoes may be more likely to occupy areas ...
Innovative approaches to stabilizing bridges, highway slopes
UTA civil engineer using recycled plastic pins to stabilize bridges and highway slopesCredit: UT Arlington A civil engineering professor at ...
CCNY engineer Xi Chen and partners create new shape-changing crystals
Credit: Image courtesy: Tong Wang Imagine harnessing evaporation as a source of energy or developing next generation actuators and artificial ...
Virtual reality trains public to reverse opioid overdoses
Credit: Penn Nursing The United States has seen a 200% increase in the rate of deaths by opioid overdose in ...
Toxic metals can affect student health performance, say scientists from RUDN university
Credit: RUDN Univeristy A group of medical and environmental researchers from RUDN University evaluated the level of heavy metals in ...
Henry ford study finds certain immuno suppressing drugs do not increase risk for COVID-19
Not taking their medication out of fear presents a greater risk to patients' healthCredit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT - ...
The road to cheaper electric vehicles
UD Prof. Koffi Pierre Yao earns $1 million grant to develop a better lithium ion batteryCredit: Photo by Evan Krape ...
NASA catches development of eastern Atlantic’s tropical storm Vicky
Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed a low-pressure area in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean, and it ...
Fighting breast cancer with nanotech, immunotherapy
Researcher takes aim at hard-to-treat metastatic cancers by using new method to unlock 'cold tumors' for successful treatmentCredit: No credit ...
Cool eyes on fever screening: Optimizing infrared thermography
Full-face readings can optimize fever screening with infrared thermographsCredit: Image credit Q. Wang Thermography has been a hot topic this ...
How do giraffes and elephants alter the African Savanna landscape?
Credit: Duncan Kimuyu As they roam around the African savanna in search for food, giraffes and elephants alter the diversity ...
Wistar appoints Ami Patel as Caspar Wistar Fellow
Caspar Wistar Fellowship launches the careers of up-and-coming biomedical researchers as top scientific leaders.Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. ...
Researchers receive $45 million grant to study health disparities in Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers seek to understand the biological framework of Alzheimer's disease in multi-ethnic populations and how it differs from that of ...
Substance use disorders linked to COVID-19 susceptibility
NIH research finds higher risk and worse outcomes for those with addictionCredit: NIAID A National Institutes of Health-funded study found ...
Immune system affects mind and body, study indicates
Immune cells produce molecule that influences vigilance, alertness in miceCredit: Kalil Alves de Lima and Mackenzie Lemieux New research at ...
Global study reveals time running out for many soils – but conservation measures can help
A major new international study has provided a first worldwide insight into how soil erosion may be affecting the longevity ...
Gentle probes could enable massive brain data collection
National Institutes of Health backing Rice's Chong Xie to refine flexible nanoelectronics threadCredit: Xie Laboratory/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 14, ...
Animals’ magnetic ‘sixth’ sense may come from bacteria, new paper suggests
The question is one that has been unresolved despite 50 years of researchCredit: Photo credit: Gustavo Stahelin/University of Central Florida ...