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Credit: Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen With a study of the network between nerve and muscle cells in turtles,...

Plasma flow near sun’s surface explains sunspots, other solar phenomena

Credit: NASA/Goddard/SORCE For 400 years people have tracked sunspots, the dark patches that appear for weeks at a time on...

Artificial materials reconstruct the porpoise’s echolocation

Credit: ©Science China Press Over millions of years, porpoises have developed powerful biosonar with high accuracy and intelligence to detect...

A new approach to touch-screen set-up position for best physical workload and visibility

Credit: Kanazawa University Recent improvement of touch screens has allowed a wide range of applications due to their convenience of...

Circulating molecules in blood may be stepping stone for type 1 diabetes early prediction

Credit: Image by: University of Turku Researchers from the Turku Bioscience Centre in Finland have found changes in molecules in...

Stem cells with ‘dual identity’ linked to loss of smell from sinus inflammation

Credit: Andrew Lane In experiments with mice and human tissue samples, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report evidence that neuronal stem...

Sound of the future: A new analog to quantum computing

University of Arizona engineers are using soundwaves to search through big data with more stability and easeCredit: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch...

DGIST achieves the highest efficiency of flexible CZTSSe thin-film solar cell

Credit: DGIST DGIST announced on Tuesday, September 10 that Dr. Jin-Kyu Kang's research team in Division of Energy Technology achieved...

Earth Commission to identify risks, guardrails, targets for entire planet

First holistic attempt to identify scientific risks, guardrails -- akin to a 2C rise for climate -- to create targets...

Did a common childhood illness take down the neanderthals?

A 21st century nuisance for parents may have proved deadly to early manCredit: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University BROOKLYN, NY...

Nano bulb lights novel path

Rice University engineers create tunable, nanoscale, incandescent light sourceCredit: The Naik Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 19, 2019) - What...

CPS Energy supports clean energy and grid cybersecurity research at UTSA

Credit: UTSA Beginning in the Fall of 2019, faculty members at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will...

For people with pre-existing liver disease, toxic algae may be more dangerous

UToledo research adds to evidence that new exposure guidelines for microcystin may be needed for those with liver disease or...

NASA sees heavy rainfall occurring in strengthening Tropical Storm Mario

Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL When the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean, it flew...

Unlock your smartphone with earbuds

Novel biometric tool, EarEcho, uses sound waves to identify the ear canal's unique geometryCredit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. --...

Shape-shifting robots built from smarticles could navigate Army operations

Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech) RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- A U.S. Army project took a new approach to developing...

WSU grizzly research reveals remarkable genetic regulation during hibernation

Credit: Photo by Henry Moore Jr. BCU/WSU PULLMAN, Wash.--Being a human couch potato can greatly increase fat accumulation, hasten the...

Study explores how rock expands near soil surface in Southern Sierra Nevada

Credit: Russell Callahan A University of Wyoming researcher and his team discovered that weathering of subsurface rock in the Southern...

UW receives $15.8 million NSF grant for instrumentation for new King Air research aircraft

Credit: University of Wyoming The University of Wyoming received a $15.8 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that will provide...

Coral reefs and squat lobsters flourished 150 million years ago