Design flaws create security vulnerabilities for ‘smart home’ internet-of-things devices
Researchers at North Carolina State University have identified design flaws in "smart home" Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices that allow third parties...
Dynamic checklist developed for web designers to work more efficiently, creatively
Credit: Virginia Tech According to the Checklist Manifesto, the New York Times bestseller by Atul Gawande, professionals who do highly...
Knit 1, purl 2: Assembly instructions for a robot?
Researchers make soft, actuated objects using commercial knitting machinesCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH-- Carnegie Mellon University researchers have used computationally...
New study targets breast cancer ‘double jeopardy’
Heart disease risks go under microscopeCredit: Photo: Flinders University An Australian study is set to deliver a world-first model of...
Researchers crack the peanut genome
New genome map sheds light on ancestry, diversity of today's peanutsCredit: Fábio de Oliveira Freitas Working to understand the genetics...
These trippy images were designed by AI to super-stimulate monkey neurons
Credit: Ponce, Xiao, and Schade et al./Cell To find out which sights specific neurons in monkeys "like" best, researchers designed...
Less-invasive mastectomy safe for more breast cancer patients, Mayo Clinic study finds
DALLAS -- A less-invasive mastectomy that leaves the surface of the breast intact has become a safe option for more...
Invasive beavers: Bad for the climate
Credit: Cristian Samper/WCS Scientists documented the effects of invasive North American beavers (Castor canadensis) on carbon sequestration of a riparian...
Researchers find gene for urethral obstruction
University of Bonn study shows BNC2 is involved in LUTOCredit: © Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn Even before birth, an obstructed...
Strathclyde Principal to receive Energy Institute award
Credit: University of Strathclyde The University of Strathclyde's Principal, Professor Sir Jim McDonald, is to receive a prestigious award in...
This hawk likes crab for dinner
Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS Red-shouldered hawks (Buteo lineatus) feed primarily on mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and invertebrates, the majority of which...
Aging baby boomers push sky high incidence of shingles of the eye
Kellogg Eye Center study shows cases of herpes zoster ophthalmicus tripled in 12 year time span, highest among older adults...
Arsenic-breathing life discovered in the tropical Pacific Ocean
Credit: Noelle Held/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Arsenic is a deadly poison for most living things, but new research shows that...
Chewing versus sex in the duck-billed dinosaurs
Evolutionary bursts led to weird and wonderful head crestsCredit: Albert Prieto-Márquez. The duck-billed hadrosaurs walked the Earth over 90-million years...
Young frogs that were stressed as tadpoles move less on land, putting their survival at risk
CORVALLIS, Ore. - New Oregon State University research shows that juvenile northern red-legged frogs that have experienced climate-related stress as...
Viral infections during pregnancy linked to behavioral abnormalities in offspring
Credit: University of Saskatchewan Male and female rats whose mother experienced a simulated viral infection during pregnancy behave abnormally, consistent...
Building better life support systems for future space travel
A new investigation aboard the International Space Station tests using the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris as a biological component of a...
Biomarker may predict if immunotherapy is right choice for colorectal cancer patients
City of Hope physician-scientist and his colleagues are looking for ways to provide cancer patients with options that yield better...
Machine set to see if lithium can help bring fusion to Earth
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Lithium, the light silvery metal used in everything from pharmaceutical applications to batteries that...
Seeking better detection for chronic malaria
Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett In people with chronic malaria, certain metabolic systems in the blood change to support a...
