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A sensor using quantum entanglement can determine if a single magnetic excitation is present in a millimeter-sized sphere. This moves ...

Tricky reaction sequence gets a major boost from a flow setup and statistics

Researchers from Osaka University optimize a complicated domino reaction in a flow system via machine learning to efficiently screen multiple ...

From obesity to liver cancer: Can we prevent the worst?

By identifying the role of a specific protein in the development of obesity-related liver diseases, UNIGE researchers pave the way ...

Neighborhood features and one’s genetic makeup interact to affect cognitive function

FAU study first to examine how neighborhood environment affects cognition based on one's genetic risk for Alzheimer's, dementiaCredit: Florida Atlantic ...

Prenatal phthalate exposure associated with autistic traits in young boys

UMass Amherst study found folic acid supplementation in early pregnancy protected against chemicals' effectsCredit: UMass Amherst Exposure in the womb ...

Sweet beaks: What Galapagos finches and marine bacteria have in common

Closely related, abundant clades of marine Polaribacter avoid competition during spring algae blooms via distinct sugar dietsCredit: Max Planck Institute ...

Time-resolved measurement in a memory device

Credit: IMEC At the Department for Materials of the ETH in Zurich, Pietro Gambardella and his collaborators investigate tomorrow's memory ...

Count me out of counting seeds

Credit: Matthew Bertucci One, two, three, four, five. One, two, three, four, five. Over and over and over. That's the ...

Mixed-signal hardware security thwarts powerful electromagnetic attacks

Purdue innovators are at Silicon Valley's premier chip-design conference to unveil technology that is 100 times more resilient to electromagnetic ...

Rice boosts ‘internet of things’ security — again

Engineers' custom circuits would make systems 14,000 times harder to crack than current techCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. ...

Improving the electrical and mechanical properties of carbon-nanotube-based fibers

Researchers recently developed a technique that can be used to build carbon-nanotube-based fibers by creating chemical crosslinks; the technique improves ...

IU researcher makes skin cancer discovery

Scientist identifies new areas in human genomes linked to riskCredit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana University cancer ...

Chemists use mass spectrometry tools to determine age of fingerprints

Credit: Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Fingerprints are telling us more and more about the people ...

Why Zika virus caused most harmful brain damage to Brazilian newborns

Findings help explain why microcephaly cases less common in other Zika outbreaksCredit: Kevin Noguchi Due to Zika virus, more than ...

Can metformin reduce obesity in children and adolescents?

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 18, 2020--A new study has shown metformin - a glucose-lowering ...

University of Utah Health launches fast DNA testing to speed care of critically-ill babies

Credit: Charlie Ehlert University of Utah Health today announced the launch of a project with a goal of quickly and ...

Targeting turncoat immune cells to treat cancer

Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research FEBRUARY 18, 2020, NEW YORK -- A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a mechanism by ...

Think all BPA-free products are safe? Not so fast, scientists warn

MU scientists find BPA alternative, bisphenol S, could negatively affect both a mother's placenta and potentially a developing baby's brainCredit: ...

Study reveals how low oxygen levels in the heart predispose people to cardiac arrhythmias

Discovery offers new targets for therapies aimed at preventing sudden death caused by heart attacksCredit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, ...

Study finds empathy can be detected in people whose brains are at rest