Why does the moon smell like gunpowder? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 20, 2019 -- After walking on the moon, astronauts hopped back into their...
Measles vaccination linked to health & schooling benefits among children in LMICS
Researchers at CDDEP, Johns Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania, RTI International, and Harvard assessed the long-term associations of measles vaccination and...
A chemical approach to imaging cells from the inside
Researchers develop a new microscopy system for creating maps of cells, using chemical reactions to encode spatial informationCredit: Weinstein et...
Perovskite solar cells tested for real-world performance — in the lab
Credit: Wolfgang Tress (EPFL) It was only ten years ago that metal-halide perovskites were discovered to be photovoltaic materials. Today,...
Texas A&M researchers study super-repellent surfaces for safer fruits, vegetables
Credit: COLLEGE STATION -- Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, TEES, were recently awarded a...
A study from IRB Barcelona describes the reaction mechanism of DNAzymes
Credit: Juan Aranda, IRB Barcelona A study from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) has published a study...
Artificial intelligence identifies ‘kissing bugs’ that spread Chagas disease
Credit: Khalighifar, et al LAWRENCE -- New research from the University of Kansas shows machine learning is capable of identifying...
Frustrated fish give up thanks to glia, not just neurons
Credit: Ahrens Lab/Janelia Research Campus Secured in place in a virtual-reality-equipped chamber, frustrated zebrafish just didn't want to swim anymore....
Magnetic field model with simpler means
GFZ researcher wins $20,000 prize in ideas competition to improve the global magnetic field model GFZ scientist Jürgen Matzka is...
‘DNA microscopy’ offers entirely new way to image cells
Credit: J. Weinstein et al./Cell 2019 Microscopy just got reinvented - again. Traditionally, scientists have used light, x-rays, and electrons...
Plants’ oil-production accelerator also activates the brakes
Scientists discover seemingly paradoxical mechanism for regulating oil synthesisCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Scientists studying plant biochemistry at the U.S....
Psoriasis patients turn to alternative medicine when traditional treatments fail
A team of researchers at GW published their survey findings on the uses of complementary and alternative medicine by psoriasis...
Self-healing software project — NSF career award
Credit: Virginia Tech For Na Meng, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering, a...
God doesn’t play dice — does cancer?
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The saying "God doesn't play dice" is meant to suggest that nothing happens by...
Researchers find a mechanism to improve pancreatic islet transplantation in type 1 diabetes
Credit: Figueiredo et al. The first cause of the loss of functionality in transplanted pancreatic islets is the low capacity...
Multi-mobile (M2) computing system makes android & iOS apps sharable on multiple devices
The M2 system integrates cameras, displays, microphones, speakers, sensors, and GPS to improve audio conferencing, media recording, and Wii-like gaming,...
A new way for machines to process visual information based on human sight
NSF awards $500,000 to Pitt researchers to create neuromorphic vision system mimicking human sight PITTSBURGH (June 20, 2019) -- Self-driving...
Researchers find link between exposure to world trade center dust and prostate cancer
(New York, NY - June 20, 2019) -- World Trade Center (WTC) responders with prostate cancer showed signs that exposure...
KIST gets robot to trap ball without coding
Robots learn to imitate human movements from surface electromyograms of muscles; robots successfully learn to trap a dropped ball like...
Why climate change means a rethink of coffee and cocoa production systems
Credit: Bioversity International/K.DeSousa Global demand for coffee and cocoa is on the rise. Yet across the equatorial belt where these...
