Four Loko continues to wreak havoc among young drinkers
New studies from George Mason University show that young drinkers still dangerously underestimate alcohol contentCredit: George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)...
WPI wave motion research may lead to protections for police, missile silos and satellites
Funding from the National Science Foundation will support research of a new class of granular materials that should provide shock...
Tau-mediated RNA splicing errors linked to Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A collaborative study published today in the journal Cell Reports provides evidence for a new...
Study reveals limitations of method for determining protein structure
Researchers used a powerful supercomputer to run continuous, rapid computations simulating the molecular dynamics of a specific protein.Credit: Image by...
Sweet corn growers, processors could dramatically increase yield, profit
Credit: Martin Williams, USDA ARS and University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - In an industry struggling to maintain profitability, it's...
SU2C congratulates Dr. William Kaelin, SU2C scientific leader for 2019 Nobel Prize
Dr. William G. Kaelin, Jr., member of SU2C Scientific Advisory Committee, recognized for discovering how cells sense and adapt to...
Exploring mysteries of the universe
Engineering Prof. Swati Singh uses quantum systems to study astrophysical phenomenaCredit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson From gravitational waves to...
Believing in climate change doesn’t mean you are preparing for climate change, study finds
Credit: University of Notre Dame Believing in climate change has no effect on whether or not coastal homeowners are protecting...
SwRI cell expansion research receives additional $5.3 million in funding
MTEC, FDA projects to develop new tool for stem cell, CAR T-cell manufacturingCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Oct....
WVU-led study reveals uptick in suicide and fatal drug overdoses among blacks, Hispanics, women
Credit: Jennifer Shephard/West Virginia University To classify a death as a suicide, medical examiners and coroners rely on hard evidence,...
Nanostics expands ClarityDX prostate clinical study into the United States
Nanostics is expanding its ClarityDX Prostate clinical validation study into the US by opening the Florida-based Century Clinical Research Inc....
Cooling nanotube resonators with electrons
Credit: © ICFO/ C. Urgell & W. Yang Mechanical resonators have been used with great success as new resources in...
Forward or backward? New pathways for protons in water or methanol
Credit: MBI A collaborative ultrafast spectroscopy and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations study shows that proton vacancies in the form...
Rice irrigation worsened landslides in deadliest earthquake of 2018 finds NTU study
Credit: Gilles Brocard/University of Sydney Irrigation significantly exacerbated the earthquake-triggered landslides in Palu, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, in...
A close up on the real world —- atomic migration under ambient conditions
Researchers from Osaka University take a closer look at electrostatically driven reactions at metal surfaces under atmospheric conditionsCredit: Osaka University...
BioAlchemy: Treating wastewater at the point of production
Credit: OIST Treating wastewater is an arduous process relying on complex sewage systems and treatment plants. While this is easier...
EU-Japan project explores faster and safer ways to locate victims trapped under rubble
Credit: CURSOR In the wake of major disasters, where structures collapse or people get trapped in hazardous situations, the first...
New approach for modern power grids that increases efficiency, reduces cost
SUTD worked with International Researchers to develop a novel approach to allow for a small, well-defined risk of constraint violation...
Smaller than a coin
Credit: ETH Zurich / Pascal A. Halder Nowadays, a mobile phone can do almost anything: take photos or video, send...
A simple way to control swarming molecular machines
Credit: Daisuke I. et al., ACS Nano. October 4, 2019 The swarming behavior of about 100 million molecular machines can be...
