‘Sneezing’ plants contribute to disease proliferation
Credit: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech researchers discovered that wheat plants "sneezing" off condensation can vastly impact the spread of spore-borne...
Brains of pairs of animals synchronize during social interaction
Credit: Dean Ishida/UCLA FINDINGS UCLA researchers have published a Cell study showing that the brains of pairs of animals synchronize...
Keeping children safe in the ‘Internet of Things’ age
Credit: Micro:Bit Educational Foundation Children need protection when using programmable Internet computing devices - and Lancaster University scientists have drawn...
Exposure to others’ suffering even worse than being shot at
Being exposed to life-threatening situations results in less PTSD than seeing others sufferCredit: Thorbjørn Kjosvold / Norwegian Armed Forces We...
Researchers discover traditional fluid flow observations may miss the big picture
Credit: FIGURE ADAPTED with permission from the cover of J. Phys. Chem. B 2019, 123, 21, 4587-4593. Copyright © 2019...
Deaths from cardiovascular diseases attributable to heat and cold down 38% in Spain
Temperature-related mortality has been decreasing in Spain over the past four decades, according to a new study led by the...
Kessler Foundation receives New Jersey Health Foundation grants for MS and stroke research
Drs. Shenoy Handiru and Lancaster will study novel ways to improve rehabilitative care for disabilities caused by stroke and multiple...
Innovalia Group joins co-creation laboratory 5TONIC
Exploring the use of 5G for metrology applicationsCredit: © IMDEA Networks Institute The objective of this collaboration is the experimentation...
B chromosome first — mechanisms behind the drive of B chromosomes uncovered
The specific number of chromosomes is one of the defining characteristics of a species. Whilst the common fruit fly carries...
Neuroscience research questions current alcohol limit
Even one pint of beer can compromise a person's feeling of being in control New research by neuroscientists from the...
Detecting problems of the anti-bleeding system in 60 minutes
Researchers from the Universities of Geneva and Franche-Comté have developed an innovative device that investigates a patient's platelet capacity in...
Discovery of the cell fate switch from neurons to astrocytes in the developing brain
Credit: Kanazawa University Background Neurons1 and astrocytes2 are prominent cell types in the cerebral cortex. Neurons are the primary information...
Scientists make a discovery that may explain some forms of stroke
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered a novel behaviour of the blood vessels of the brain in zebrafish...
Newly discovered immune cells at the frontline of HIV infection
New cells are more susceptible to HIV infection and transmit virus to other cellsCredit: The Westmead Institute for Medical Research...
Ice lithography: opportunities and challenges in 3D nanofabrication
Credit: ©Science China Press Nanotechnology and nanoscience are enabled by nanofabrication. Electron-beam lithography (EBL), which makes patterns down to a...
Media alert: New articles in The CRISPR Journal from MIT, Harvard, Editas, and others
The CRISPR Journal announces the publication of its June 2019 issue. The Journal is dedicated to validating and publishing outstanding...
Mondavi Center receives grant to integrate the arts, humanities and science in new courses
Partnership is with the UC Davis Humanities Institute, University Honors and First-Year Seminars programsCredit: UC Davis Photo by Gregory Urquiaga...
Shaken and stirred: Scientists capture the deformation effect of shock waves on a material
Credit: Scientific Reports Understanding how shock waves affect structures is crucial for advancements in material science research, including safety protocols...
The pressure difference and vortex flow of blood in the heart chambers may signal heart dysfunction
Credit: FIGURE ADAPTED FROM Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 316: H882-H888, 2019. Copyright © 2019 the American Physiological Society...
PSI imaging helps with rocket launches
Credit: Copyright ESA/CNES/ARIANESPACE-Service Optique CSG; JM Guillon Rockets from the European Space Agency ESA fly into space with support from...
