Why some cities turn off the water pipes at night
A new paper from University of Toronto Engineering researcher outlines a simple, yet powerful model to understand why some water...
Concussion rates are nearly double what we thought — and summer is prime injury time
(TORONTO, Canada - July 2, 2019) - With concussions seeming more common than ever before, researchers at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute...
Tiny motor can ‘walk’ to carry out tasks
Mobile motor could pave the way for robots to assemble complex structures -- including other robotsCredit: Will Langford CAMBRIDGE, MA...
Measuring the laws of nature
A physical constant, which is of great importance for basic research, has now be re-measured, with much higher precision than...
Personalized medicine software vulnerability uncovered by Sandia researchers
Discovery led researchers to software fixCredit: Brent Haglund LIVERMORE, Calif. -- A weakness in one common open source software for...
IU-connected startup enabling precision medicine for mental health, pain
Credit: Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS -- A new startup company founded on science developed at Indiana University is working to enable...
High brightness mid-infrared laser expands horizon of spectroscopic analytical technique
Quantum cascade laser-based infrared spectroscopic ellipsometry could offer real-time monitoring for industrial and scientific applications WASHINGTON -- Researchers have used...
The secret of mushroom colors
Mushrooms: Darker fruiting bodies in cold climates The fly agaric with its red hat is perhaps the most evocative of...
Study: Brain injury common in domestic violence
Advocates say lasting 'invisible' injuries often go unrecognized COLUMBUS, Ohio - Domestic violence survivors commonly suffer repeated blows to the...
Getting more heat out of sunlight
Material developed at MIT can passively capture solar heat for home heating or industrial applicationsCredit: Lin Zhao CAMBRIDGE, MA --...
Remote but remarkable: Illuminating the smallest inhabitants of the largest ocean desert
Scientists make an inventory of microbial life in the world's most remote ocean region, the South Pacific GyreCredit: Tim Ferdelman...
Atmosphere of mid-size planet revealed by hubble and spitzer
Credit: NASA, ESA, and L. Hustak (STScI) Two NASA space telescopes have teamed up to identify, for the first time,...
Parasitology — On filaments and fountains
Microbiologists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have shown that Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that is responsible for toxoplasmosis, utilizes at...
Redefining the limits of measurement accuracy
Researchers at Leibniz University Hannover and Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt develop more sensitive quantum sensorsCredit: Fabian Wolf For centuries, humans have been...
Dose-dependent effects of esmolol-epinephrine combination therapy in myocardial ischemia
The article by Dr. Tobias Eckle et al. is published in Current Pharmaceutical Design, Volume 25, 2019 Epinephrine has been...
New chemical tools to modify and study biomolecules
Credit: J. Waser/B. Fierz (EPFL) Understanding the structure and metabolism of cells and living organisms is essential for the development...
HIV eliminated from the genomes of living animals
Temple, UNMC collaborate on study detailed in Nature CommunicationsCredit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University In a major...
Holy crocodiles
Credit: Yusuke Fukuda East Timor's origin is shrouded in myth. The Southeast Asian island is said to have formed from...
Future Drug Discovery publishes its first issue
Future Science Group (FSG) is pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of its new open access journal,...
CU Anschutz researchers win grant to commercialize miniature microscope
The tiny microscope allows scientists to peer inside the living brain AURORA, Colo. (July 2, 2019) - A team of...
