Bees required to create an excellent blueberry crop
Southeern blueberry bees are the bestCredit: Photo credit Blair Sampson, ARS. BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, June 17, 2019--Getting an excellent rabbiteye...
Antioxidant puts up fight, but loses battle against protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease
AMES, Iowa - New research may explain why an antioxidant that protects the brain is also associated with deterioration in...
Frontera named 5th fastest supercomputer in the world
TACC's leadership-class system tops all academic supercomputers, achieves 23.5 PetaFLOPS on Top500 benchmarkCredit: Jorge Salazar, TACC The Frontera supercomputer at...
Meteors help Martian clouds form
How did the Red Planet get all of its clouds? CU Boulder researchers may have discovered the secret: just add...
Research highlights possible targets to help tackle Crohn’s disease
The research has focused on different types of cells called macrophages, and how they work when bacteria are presentCredit: University...
Dan M. Frangopol awarded 2019 George W. Housner Structural Control and Monitoring Medal
American Society of Civil Engineers honor recognizes impact of Lehigh University professor's pioneering work in integrating structural health monitoring in...
‘Self-healing’ polymer brings perovskite solar tech closer to market
Solar cell coating minimizes leakage of pollutantsCredit: OIST A protective layer of epoxy resin helps prevent the leakage of pollutants...
U of Guelph study finds health professionals need to be cautious on social media
For health professionals, posting a single negative comment to their Facebook profiles may hinder their credibility with current or potential...
Your circle of friends, not your Fitbit, is more predictive of your health
Credit: Photo by Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame. Wearable fitness trackers have made it all too easy for us to...
Researchers from IKBFU study nanoparticles synthesized by method of electric explosion
Credit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Physicists from the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University conduct a study on nanomaterials that...
Study underscores role of menthol cigarettes in smoking cessation
African-American menthol smokers are 12% less likely to quitCredit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- For decades, Big Tobacco has...
A single gut enterotype linked to both inflammatory bowel disease and depression
In 2012, Professor Jeroen Raes (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology) launched the Flemish Gut Flora Project. Sequencing fecal samples of...
Robotic fish to replace animal testing
Scientists are developing alternative methods for assessing the fish-friendliness of hydroelectric power plantsCredit: Jana Dünnhaupt The artificial fish surrogates should...
Young adults who live near medical marijuana dispensaries use more often
Density of dispensaries also linked to more-positive views Young adults who live in neighborhoods with more medical marijuana dispensaries use...
A new 2D magnet draws future devices closer
We are all familiar with the image of electrons zipping around an atom's nucleus and forming chemical bonds in molecules...
Topical cream shows promise in treatment of skin pigmentation disease, vitiligo
Nearly 50% of patients in national clinical trial saw significant improvement in skin condition that affected Michael Jackson, impacts millions...
Tuning into the LCDs of tomorrow: Exploring the novel IGZO-11 semiconductor
Scientists synthesize IGZO-semiconductor that can improve the speed, resolution, and size of flat-panel displays In 1985, Noboru Kimizuka of the...
Most metastatic colorectal cancers have spread before diagnosis, Stanford researchers say
Up to 80% of metastatic colorectal cancers are likely to have spread to distant locations in the body before the...
VINO’s O2Amp Oxy-Iso glasses ineffective at curing colour-blindness
Credit: University of Granada The study is part of a wider project being conducted at the Department of Optics of...
Science snapshots: New nitrides, artificial photosynthesis, and TMDC semiconductors
Credit: Wenhao Sun/Berkeley Lab Groundbreaking Study Maps Out Paths to New Nitride Materials Formed by elements combining with nitrogen, nitrides...
