Protein shapes matter in Alzheimer’s research
Credit: Ashutosh Tiwari/Michigan Tech Sometimes proteins misfold. When that happens in the human brain, the pileup of misfolded proteins can...
Field courses boost student success, support STEM diversity efforts, study reveals
Hands-on field learning key to retention, success of underrepresented biology studentsCredit: Mickie Tang The challenge of diversifying STEM fields may...
Scientists use light to accelerate supercurrents, access forbidden light, quantum world
Credit: Image courtesy of Jigang Wang/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Scientists are using light waves to accelerate supercurrents and...
MUSC researchers link gene mutation to autism behaviors
Credit: Sarah Pack/MUSC A collaboration between scientists at the Medical University of South Carolina and clinicians at the Greenwood Genetic...
Statistical approach to COVID-19 clinical trials aims to accelerate drug approval process
Credit: By doomu Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 2020 - In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute...
NASA examines tropical storm Arthur’s rainfall as it transitions
Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL When the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite passed over the western North Atlantic Ocean, it...
NASA-NOAA satellite sees Amphan’s eye obscured
Credit: NASA/NOAA/UWM-CIMISS, William Straka III Early on May 18, 2020, Tropical Cyclone Amphan was a Category 5 storm in the...
Data science researchers receive over $1 million in grants
Seed funding from UC Davis IMPACT center will go toward high-impact, multidisciplinary researchCredit: UC Davis The UC Davis Center for...
Professor Christoph Keplinger brings new generation of robots to Germany
Soft Robotics -- artificial muscles that can heal themselves -- opens new perspectives for medicineCredit: University of Colorado Boulder The...
Electrons break rotational symmetry in exotic low-temp superconductor
Scientists previously observed this peculiar behavior in other materials whose ability to conduct electricity without energy loss cannot be explained...
Continuously tracking fear response could improve mental health treatment
UH researcher develops method to track arousal from sweat, heart rate togetherCredit: University of Houston Assistant professor of electrical and...
New study confirms important clues to fight ovarian cancer
Researchers examine proteins to identify what is 'broken' in tumor cellsCredit: Lenetstan/Shutterstock RICHLAND, Wash. -- The rogue cellular engine that...
Ecosystem diversity drives the origin of new shark and ray species
How oceanographic conditions in the Gulf of California and the Baja California Peninsula influenced formation of new species of sharks...
Observing the freely behaving brain in action
Scientists have developed a head-mounted miniature microscope, the so-called fiberscope, that is capable of imaging all cortical layers of a...
How does an increase in nitrogen application affect grasslands?
Credit: © H. Vincent Virtually all of the grasslands in Europe are managed by farmers and whilst traditional management involved...
Advanced X-ray technology tells us more about Ménière’s disease
Credit: Nordström et al. The organ of balance in the inner ear is surrounded by the hardest bone in the...
New analytic tool designed to help guide precision oncology discovery and treatments
Researchers can use this model to identify pre-clinical systems or potential treatments for multiple cancer typesCredit: University of Michigan Rogel...
Galactic cosmic rays now available for study on Earth, thanks to NASA
Credit: Image courtesy of NASA To better understand and mitigate the health risks faced by astronauts from exposure to space...
MIT engineers propose a safer method for sharing ventilators
Suggested design could make it easier to divide air flow for Covid-19 patients in emergencies when no other options are...
London’s CO2 emissions cut by almost 60% during lockdown
Measurements from BT Tower observatory show impact of reduced activity in UK's capital due to COVID-19 pandemicCredit: UKCEH A new...
