Clemson researcher creating perennial grasses that need less water and are fuel source
Credit: Clemson College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina -- Clemson University College of Science Professor Hong Luo has received a $500,000 grant...
Warmer nights prompt forest birds to lay eggs earlier in spring
Credit: Gergana Daskalova As climate change continues to cause temperatures to rise, the breeding patterns of birds such as blue...
Mathematicians find gold in data
Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office Russian mathematicians and geophysicists have made a standard technique for ore prospecting several times more effective....
New human reference genome resources help capture global genetic diversity
Findings reported at ASHG 2019 Annual MeetingCredit: Karen Wong HOUSTON, Texas - Scientists have assembled a set of genetic sequences...
Computer models show clear advantages in new types of wind turbines
Researchers have modelled the fluid dynamics of multi-rotor wind turbines, and how they interact in wind farms; the research demonstrates...
Tailings dumped into Portmán Bay continue to release metals into the sea 25 years later
Credit: ICTA-UAB The waters of the Mediterranean Sea continue to receive dissolved metals from the mining waste deposited in Portmán...
Two Harvard researchers receive the 2019 Eni Award, the ‘Nobel Prize in Energy’
Their invention could help the energy industry prioritize renewable sources like solar and windCredit: Image courtesy of Roy Gordon On...
Surveying solar storms by ancient assyrian astronomers
Scientist at the University of Tsukuba studies ancient cuneiform records for evidence of unusual solar activity 2,700 years ago, and...
Reducing open-circuit voltage loss in organic solar cells
Credit: NINS/IMS The power conversion efficiencies of organic solar cells (OSCs) based on blends of electron donor (D) and acceptor...
Rice blast fungus discovery will drive crop innovation
Credit: Nick Talbot A secret weapon used by the killer rice blast fungus to infect host plants has been discovered...
New textbook explains human epigenetics to undergraduates
Credit: Springer The world's first undergraduate textbook on epigenetics focusing on humans has just been released by University of Eastern...
Findings bridge knowledge gap between pheromone sensitivity and courtship
Study in flies links fertility and the response strength of pheromone-sensing neuronsCredit: UC San Diego Just as humans use their...
Virtual walking system for re-experiencing the journey of another person
Illusory walking sensation through pre-recorded oscillating optic flow and synchronous foot vibrationCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS...
Distribution of highly radioactive microparticles in Fukushima revealed
Distribution and origin of highly radioactive microparticles in Fukushima revealedCredit: Satoshi Utsunomiya New method allows scientists to create a quantitative...
Livestream available: metal to metal oxide progression
Credit: OIST A catalyst's utility is influenced by its surface charge and how that charge is transferred. Until recently, studying...
Scientists discover method to create and trap trions at room temperature
A UMD-led team chemically engineered carbon nanotubes to synthesize and trap trions -- quasi-particles potentially useful in bioimaging, chemical sensing...
How hunger makes food tastier: a neural circuit in the hypothalamus
Researchers at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki identify the neural pathways that cause hunger-induced increases in the...
Factors that predict obesity by adolescence revealed
Credit: i-yunmai Three simple factors that predict whether a healthy weight child will be overweight or obese by adolescence have...
Seven Los Alamos scientists honored as 2019 Laboratory fellows
Brian Albright, Patrick Chain, Dana Dattelbaum, Michael Hamada, Anna Hayes-Sterbenz, Michael Prime and Laura Smilowitz become part of a prestigious...
Nanomesh drug delivery provides hope against global antibiotic resistance
The fight against antibiotic resistance takes a major step forward with scientists discovering a concept for fabricating nanomeshes as drug...
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