‘Tweezer clock’ may help tell time more precisely
Credit: Caltech Atomic clocks are used around the world to precisely tell time. Each "tick" of the clock depends on...
California’s stricter vaccine exemption policy and improved vaccination rates
Credit: kfuhlert, Pixabay California's elimination, in 2016, of non-medical vaccine exemptions from school entry requirements was associated with an estimated...
Obesity is a risk factor for cardiotoxicity in chemotherapy-treated patients with breast cancer
Credit: OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay Anthracyclines remain a cornerstone of breast cancer therapy in combination with new-generation targeted drugs such as trastuzumab....
The global reef expedition: French Polynesia
Scientists complete largest comprehensive study of French Polynesia's coral reefsCredit: ©Michele Westmorland/iLCP Scientists have released their findings from the largest...
NASA analyzes Tropical Cyclone Phanfone’s water vapor concentration
Credit: NASA/NRL When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean, water vapor data provided information about the intensity...
OU geoscientists document 300 million year old atmospheric dust
OU geoscientists document the role of atmospheric dust on marine ecosystems 300 million years agoCredit: University of Oklahoma Dust plays...
Scientists develop gentle, microscopic hands to study tiny, soft materials
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Handling very soft, delicate items without damaging them is hard enough...
Scientists create thin films with tantalizing electronic properties
As predicted by theorists, experiments show that barium zirconium sulfide thin films hold great promise for solar cells, LEDsCredit: Credit:...
Climate change not the only threat to vulnerable species, habitat matters
UMass Amherst ecologist and team: Madagascar's rainforest could be lost this century, threatening endangered lemursCredit: Andrea Baden/Hunter College AMHERST, Mass....
Buckyballs release electron-positron pairs in forward directions
Theoretical calculations reveal that when impacted by positrons of particular energies, spherical nanoparticles release unstable electron-positron pairs, with signals dominating...
Overuse of herbicides costing UK economy £400 million per year
Widespread use of herbicides leading to resistant black-grass is costing UK millions in profitCredit: Helen Hicks Scientists from international conservation...
Capturing CO2 from trucks and reducing their emissions by 90%
Credit: EPFL / François Maréchal In Europe, transport is responsible for nearly 30% of the total CO2 emissions, of which...
Where do baby sea turtles go? New research technique may provide answers
Credit: G. Stahelin A team of Florida researchers and their collaborators created a first-of-its-kind computer model that tracks where sea...
Computing with molecules: A big step in molecular spintronics
International research team lead by Kiel University developed more stable spin statesCredit: © Jan-Simon von Glasenapp and Rainer Herges Spintronics...
Gone fishin’ — for proteins
Credit: Amélie Robert (IRCM) Using a new microscopic "fishing" technique, scientists at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) and Université...
A new tomato ideal for urban gardens and even outer space
Credit: Lippman lab/CSHL, 2019 Farmers could soon be growing tomatoes bunched like grapes in a storage unit, on the roof...
Could higher magnesium intake reduce fatal coronary heart disease risk in women?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 23, 2019--A new prospective study based on data from the...
Plant-rich diet protects mice against foodborne infection, UTSW researchers find
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - Dec. 23, 2019 - Mice fed a plant-rich diet are less susceptible to gastrointestinal (GI) infection...
Injection of virus-delivered gene silencer blocks ALS degeneration, saves motor function
Novel spinal therapy/delivery approach prevented disease onset in neurodegenerative ALS disease model in adult mice and blocked progression in animals...
Home for the holidays — But will grandpa remember me?
Now there's hope; Hebrew University team finds TB vaccine lowers rates of Alzheimer's disease in cancer patientsCredit: Lior Mizrahi Holidays...
