Heavy metals make soil enzymes 3 times weaker, says a soil scientist from RUDN University
Credit: RUDN Heavy metals suppress enzyme activity in the soil by 3-3.5 times and have especially prominent effect on the...
NASA sees typhoon Bavi from one million miles away
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA Typhoon Bavi is a large storm moving through the Yellow Sea. A NASA camera captured an image...
NASA’s orbital views of a strengthening, dangerous major hurricane Laura
Credit: Credit: NASA/Chris Cassidy Astronauts aboard the International Space Station provided images of Hurricane Laura as it continues to strengthen...
University of Illinois to lead two of seven new national artificial intelligence institutes
NSF- and USDA-NIFA-funded institutes will each receive about $2 millionM over 5 yearsCredit: Photo courtesy University of Illinois Board of...
Consuming your own fecal microbiome when dieting may limit weight regain — Ben-Gurion University
Injesting frozen capsules as part of a green-mediterranean diet supplemented with MankaiCredit: Ben-Gurion U. BEER-SHEVA, Israel...August 26, 2020 - People...
COVID-19 — Scenarios for the post-lockdown period in Italy
Infection has been reduced up to 70% as of May 1st. Thanks to developed model, scenarios can be drawn regarding...
Natural radiation can interfere with quantum computers
Study shows the need to shield qubits from natural radiation, like cosmic rays from outer spaceCredit: Timothy Holland, PNNL RICHLAND,...
Scientists to discover the unique ductile properties of aluminum
During experiments on high-performance wire arc additive manufacturing researchers produced a metal with unique ductilityCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic...
Samara Polytech scientists studied a new compound for lithium and sodium-ion batteries
The sample was first obtained by quenchingCredit: @SamaraPolytech Cathode materials based on sodium and d-metals fluorophosphates are in great demand...
UC Riverside researcher awarded NIH grants to study mental health and opioid use
Andrew Subica will focus his research on marginalized US populationsCredit: UCR School of Medicine. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Grants from the...
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Novel alkaline hydrogel advances skin wound care
Scientists, including an undergraduate student, develop a novel method to produce an alkaline hydrogel that could be applied to healing...
Atmospheric scientists study fires to resolve ice question in climate models
Credit: Gregory Schill When fossil fuel or biomass burns, soot - also known as black carbon - fills the air....
Sm(Fe0.8Co0.2)12 with a lean rare earth content exhibits superb magnetism
Compound may magnetically outperform neodymium magnetsCredit: NIMS NIMS and Tohoku Gakuin University have developed a boron-doped anisotropic Sm(Fe0.8Co0.2)12 thin film...
Changing ties that naturally bind
How are information, disease, and social evolution linked?Credit: Kyoto University/Andrew MacIntosh Changing ties that naturally bind How are information, disease,...
Tailored hardening of ZrCuAl bulk metallic glass induced by 2D gradient rejuvenation
Credit: Tohoku University A team at Tohoku University have perfected a new heat treatment technique with rapid heating and asymmetrical...
Immune protein IL-17A responsible for lethal side effects of gastric cancer
Researchers from Kanazawa University find that as gastric cancer spreads throughout the peritoneal cavity, inflammatory protein IL-17A induces tissue fibrosis,...
NTU Singapore scientists use fruit peel to turn old batteries into new
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a novel method of using fruit...
$20 million NSF grant for new artificial intelligence institute for molecule synthesis
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer A team led by Steven L. Miller Chair professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the...
UC Davis to lead new artificial intelligence institute for next generation food systems
Credit: UC Davis The University of California, Davis, has been awarded $20 million as part of a multi-institutional collaboration to...
