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Researchers from Osaka University identify an enzyme that helps control vision in bright and dark spaces, with significant implications for...

4D imaging with liquid crystal microlenses

Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07104 Most images captured by a camera lens are flat and two dimensional....

Emissions from electricity generation lead to premature deaths for some racial groups

Credit: Rebecca Gourley/ University of Washington Air pollution doesn't just come from cars on the road, generating electricity from fossil...

The ever-changing brain: Shining a light on synaptic plasticity

Researchers study key neural receptor involved in learning and memoryCredit: OIST Synapses - specialized structures in neurons - allow these...

Leadership’s in the blood for tiny fish

Credit: Darren Croft Leadership during cooperation runs in the family for tiny fish called Trinidadian guppies, new research shows. University...

Breast cancer recurrence score has different implications for men

Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center The TAILORx study published last year offered good news for women with early-stage ER-positive breast...

Black carbon found in the Amazon River reveals recent forest burnings

International study quantified and characterized charcoal and soot produced by incomplete burning of trees and transported by river to the...

Outback telescope captures Milky Way center, discovers remnants of dead stars

Credit: Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker (ICRAR/Curtin) and the GLEAM Team A radio telescope in the Western Australian outback has captured a...

New water-based optical device revolutionizes the field of optics research

A new method of modulating light using water as a medium, called giant optical modulation, which is less expensive and...

Keck Medicine of USC announces launch of USC Epilepsy Care Consortium

Unique partnership of six independent epilepsy centers combines resources and expertise to treat underserved populationsCredit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES...

UTHealth student has research showcased at Neuroscience 2019

Credit: Photo by Rob Cahill/UTHealth Brain research by a student in a laboratory at McGovern Medical School at The University...

Endangered whales react to environmental changes

New study documents altered right whale movements in Massachusetts BayCredit: Susan Parks Ithaca, NY--Some "canaries" are 50 feet long, weigh...

NASA tracks Typhoon Kalmaegi affecting Northern Philippines

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of Typhoon Kalmaegi as it moved into the Luzon Strait...

Computer science and engineering professor receives $3.5 million NSF grant

Mahmut Kandemir will use the grant to improve widely used workflow management systemCredit: Penn State College of Engineering In order...

E-meditation: A new tool for an ancient technique

How a team of researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina is trying to take meditation practices into the...

When do alcohol-dependent mothers parent harshly?

Credit: Stephen Dow/University of Rochester, researchers Not surprisingly, parents with substance use disorders often struggle with parenting and frequently have...

Fly me (partway) to the moon

To measure the Moon's brightness, NIST scientists sent a telescope as high as planes can flyCredit: NASA photo/Ken Ulbrich Last...

Deep brain stimulation safer for patients with new MRI compatible electrode

Brain-computer interface advancementsCredit: SDSU Imagine having an electrode embedded in your brain in a surgical procedure that involves drilling holes...

NASA identifies new Atlantic Tropical Storm Sebastien

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of newly formed Tropical Storm Sebastien, located northeast of the...

Avoidance of apoptotic death via a hyperploid salvage survival pathway after platinum treatment in high grade serous carcinoma cell line models