Which came first: Brain size or drinking propensity?
New research challenges traditional idea about relationship between alcohol use and brain sizeCredit: Washington University For years, researchers have observed...
EMPOWER for health act highlights rare, important bipartisan priority: Care as we age
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society Among several legislative proposals slated for a vote today in the U.S. House of...
Mclean’s brain bank receives new contract from NIH
The McLean Hospital Brain Bank is proud to be 1 of 6 brain banks that are part of the NIH...
Salt helps proteins move on down the road
Rice chemists identify hidden aspects of protein-separation process to simplify drug manufactureCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 28, 2019)...
Compact depth sensor inspired by spiders
Metalens sensor could be used for microrobotics, augmented reality, wearable devicesCredit: (Video courtesy of Qi Guo and Zhujun Shi/Harvard University)...
NASA finds Arabian sea tropical cyclone Kyarr’s heavy rainfall
Credit: Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL Tropical Cyclone Kyarr is moving through the central Arabian Sea and NASA provided forecasters with an analysis...
DESI points 5,000 robotic ‘eyes’ at the sky to explore dark energy
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument begins final testing, setting the stage for a 5-year survey that will analyze the light...
Hyperfine introduces world’s first point-of-care MRI system at the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Scientific Assembly 2019
Credit: Hyperfine Guilford, CT - October 28, 2019 - Hyperfine Research Inc. is introducing the world's first low-cost, point-of-care (POC)...
Extinction of cold-water corals on the Namibian shelf due to low oxygen contents
New study now published in the journal GeologyCredit: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen They were...
NASA tracking Eastern Atlantic’s late season Tropical Storm Pablo
Credit: NASA Worldview Pablo is a tropical cyclone that formed late on Oct. 25 and strengthened into a hurricane for...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Olga merge with a cold front
Credit: NASA Worldview Tropical Depression 17 strengthened briefly into a tropical storm on the same day it formed, Oct. 25....
Let there be…a new light
Scientists synthesized light with new intrinsic chirality to tell mirror molecules apartCredit: Steven Roberts Light is the fastest way to...
Soft double gyroids are unique, but imperfect, crystals
Rice materials scientists detail unexpected distortions in self-assembling polymersCredit: Tommy LaVergne/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 28, 2019) - What appears...
Financial incentives plus information decrease patient preference for diagnostic testing
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- Providing financial incentives to...
Topological nanoelectronics
Credit: Picture: Christoph Fleckenstein / University of Wuerzburg Topological insulators are materials with astonishing properties: Electric current flows only along...
New study points to another possible correlation between sleep and overall good health
NSU study shows that your gut microbiome and quality sleep are interconnectedCredit: Nova Southeastern University FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. - As...
DESI’s 5000 eyes open as Kitt Peak Telescope prepares to map space and time
Installation of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument nears completionCredit: DESI Collaboration; Legacy Surveys; NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA; NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory...
Genetics reveal Pacific subspecies of fin whale
New findings highlight diversity of marine mammalsCredit: Paula Olson/NOAA Fisheries New genetic research has identified fin whales in the northern...
UV satellite will open new view on exploding stars and black holes
DESY to build 100-megapixel camera for Israeli space telescopeCredit: DESY, Sven Stein A new space telescope will open up an...
Make fungi think they’re starving to stop them having sex, say scientists
Newly characterised receptors that repress sexual reproduction in fungi could be targeted to slow down their evolutionCredit: Brown and Goldman...
