Computer scientists predict lightning and thunder with the help of artificial intelligence
Credit: Oliver Dietze At the beginning of June, the German Weather Service counted 177,000 lightning bolts in the night sky...
Cascade exacerbates storage diseases
Researchers at the University of Bonn show that a defective degradation enzyme triggers a series of consequential damagesCredit: (c) Photo:...
Immunological discovery opens new possibilities for using antibodies
Credit: Ruth Fair-Mäkelä Many of the immune defence reactions are launched in the lymph nodes. For instance, small, foreign molecules...
Significant UK air quality improvements over past 40 years cut death rates
Policies to improve air quality in the UK over the past 40 years have led to significant reductions in pollution...
Older adults’ independence is most significant factor for vulnerability in hot weather
Efforts to support older people during extreme heat should focus on those who lack independence or have pre-existing health issues,...
The observation of topologically protected magnetic quasiparticles
Credit: J-PARC(KEK/JAEA) A team of researchers from Tohoku University, J-PARC, and Tokyo Institute of Technology conducted an in-depth study of...
ASPB names 2019 recipient of Leadership in Science Policy Public Service Award
Honor to be presented at Plant Biology 2019 in San Jose, California ROCKVILLE, MD - The American Society of Plant...
ALMA pinpoints the formation site of planet around nearest young star
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tsukagoshi et al. Researchers using ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) found a small dust concentration in the...
Unlocking secrets of the ice worm
Credit: Photo by Trinity Hamilton The ice worm is one of the largest organisms that spends its entire life in...
New biomaterials inspired by nature’s stickiest creatures are on the horizon
NYU Tandon's Jin Kim Montclare wins Department of Defense funding for her work with wet adhesion BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday,...
Bleach-induced transformation for humidity-durable air filters
Credit: DGIST Adding hydroquinone, a skin-bleaching ingredient, to a well-known 'metal organic framework' changes its copper ions in a way...
Muscling in on the role of vitamin D
Research shows vitamin D signaling is needed for normal muscle size and strengthCredit: The Westmead Institute for Medical Research A...
Exercise science student is first undergrad to win national sports medicine award
Credit: The University of Texas at Arlington An exercise science student at The University of Texas at Arlington has become...
Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging announces 2019 Fellows
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging recognized 13 new SNMMI Fellows on Monday, June 24, during the Monday...
Methylmercury precipitates heart failure by increasing Drp1-mediated mitochondrial fission
Researchers from National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan identify the mechanism underlying environmental stress-induced cardiac vulnerability to hemodynamic load...
SNMMI Image of the Year: Novel radiotracer detects 28 cancer types
Credit: Image created with contributions from Clemens Kratochwil, Paul Flechsig, Thomas Lindner, Labidi Abderrahim, Annette Altmann, Walter Mier, Sebastian Adeberg,...
Frontline heroes hailed in the war against devil cancers
Residents of Tasmania's D'Entrecasteaux Channel Peninsula, Kingborough and Huon Valley communities are being hailed as the frontline heroes in the...
Factors orthopaedic surgeons should consider when prescribing opioids
Orthopaedic surgeons are the third-highest physician prescribers of opioids, writing more than 6 million prescriptions a year. Because over-dispensing of...
FAU receives $1.5 million to train veteran nursing students to care for other veterans
Project funded by HRSA will serve veterans in rural, underserved communitiesCredit: Florida Atlantic University Florida is home to approximately 1.5...
Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists announces 2019 National Laureates
An ecologist from Stony Brook University, a theoretical physicist from University of Colorado Boulder and a chemical biologist from Harvard...
