Scientists track the source of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ in the brain
Scientists have identified mechanisms in the human brain that could help explain the phenomenon of the 'Uncanny Valley' - the...
Wake Forest Baptist awarded $1.6 million to test iPad colon cancer screening app
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 1, 2019 - Doctors know that screening for colorectal cancer reduces mortality. However, more than one-third...
‘Gentle recovery’ of Brazil’s leatherback turtles
Credit: Banco de Imagens Projeto TAMAR Brazil's leatherback turtles are making a "gentle recovery" after 30 years of conservation efforts,...
Glowing brain cells illuminate stroke recovery research
'Optochemogenetics' removes the fiber optic cableCredit: Shan Ping Yu A promising strategy for helping stroke patients recover, transplanting neural progenitor...
Physicists use light waves to accelerate supercurrents, enable ultrafast quantum computing
Credit: Jigang Wang/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Jigang Wang patiently explained his latest discovery in quantum control that could...
Noninvasive test improves detection of aggressive prostate cancer
50% of treatments could have been avoided using new tool, UCLA-led study finds A team of researchers from UCLA and...
Study finds electronic cigarettes damage brain stem cells
UC Riverside research on mouse neural stem cells has implications for nicotine useCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. --...
Good medicine depends on diversity
Columbia University leads a national study to facilitate greater inclusion of ethnic minorities in genetic studiesCredit: Photo courtesy of National...
‘Full of surprises’
Condensed matter theorist Cenke Xu receives 2019 Simons Investigator Award Not long ago, UC Santa Barbara condensed matter physicist Cenke...
Hubble captures the galaxy’s biggest ongoing stellar fireworks show
In the mid-1800s, mariners sailing the southern seas navigated at night by a brilliant star in the constellation Carina. The...
New study solves mystery of salt buildup on bottom of Dead Sea
Credit: NASA/Hubble WASHINGTON--New research explains why salt crystals are piling up on the deepest parts of the Dead Sea's floor,...
Researchers discover genetic mutation behind serious skull disorder
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A collaboration led by scientists at Oregon State University, the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom...
Scissors get stuck — another way bacteria use CRISPR/Cas9
Cas9 represses gene activity, important for virulence In biotech these days, CRISPR/Cas9 is a hot topic, because of its utility...
Transformer cells: Shaping cellular ‘behaviour’
Scientists listed the most promising technologies in cell therapy Scientists from the Sechenov University, conjointly with their fellow Chinese and...
Machine detection of human-object interaction in images and videos
Credit: Virginia Tech Jia-Bin Huang, assistant professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a faculty member...
$3.1 million NIH grant given to create universal flu vaccine
Credit: Virginia Tech In the race to create a universal flu vaccine not dependent on predicting strains of flu, the...
NASA finds winds tore Tropical Storm 04W apart
Credit: NASA/NRL Visible imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed Tropical Cyclone 04W had been torn apart from wind shear in...
Standard TB tests may not detect infection in certain exposed individuals
Study published in Nature Medicine CLEVELAND - An international collaboration of infectious disease experts has identified a large group of...
Treating cancer: 3D tumor models of triple-negative breast cancer improves drug testing
Dr. Hossein Tavana, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at The University of Akron (UA), has received a grant of...
NASA looks at Tropical Storm Barbara’s heavy rainfall
Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL Tropical Storm Barbara formed on Sunday, June 30 in the Eastern Pacific Ocean over 800 miles from the...
