Ankle exoskeleton fits under clothes for potential broad adoption
Credit: Matthew Yandell A new lightweight, low-profile and inexpensive ankle exoskeleton could be widely used among elderly people, those with...
Powerful Tropical Cyclone Veronica eyes Australia’s Pilbara Coast
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/UWM-CIMSS, William Straka III Tropical Cyclone Veronica continued to move toward Australia's Pilbara Coast in Western Australia. NASA-NOAA's...
Key evidence associating hydrophobicity with effective acid catalysis
Quantitative analysis of dense siloxane gels shows water can hinder catalytic activityCredit: Hiroki Miura Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo...
Breakthrough in air purification with a catalyst that works at room temperature
Turning ammonia into harmless substances using gold nanoparticles on a metal oxide frameworkCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers...
Study shows how electricity-eating microbes use electrons to fix carbon dioxide
Credit: Image courtesy Bose laboratory, Washington University New research from Washington University in St. Louis explains the cellular processes that...
Squishing blood stem cells could facilitate harvest for transplants
Knockout of Ptpn21 alters deformabilityCredit: From Ni et al Cell Stem Cell (2019) Scientists at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory...
UAlberta paleontologists report world’s biggest Tyrannosaurus rex
Nicknamed 'Scotty,' the record-breaking rex is also the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in Canada.Credit: Amanda Kelley University of Alberta...
Like mountaineers, nerves need expert guidance to find their way
Salk scientists discover that motor neurons receive a multitude of cues to successfully navigate to their destinations in the bodyCredit:...
Energy monitor can find electrical failures before they happen
Sensor can monitor wiring in a building or ship, and signal when repairs are needed A new system devised by...
Anti-TB drugs can increase risk of TB re-infection
Treatment leads to changes in gut bacteria, compromising immunity Current treatments for tuberculosis (TB) are very effective in controlling TB...
Understanding how people respond to symptoms of a brain tumor
A recent study from King's College London and Cambridge University highlighted that people may experience multiple subtle changes before being...
PLOS Special Collection launch: Shaping novel TB treatments
Credit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention- Medical Illustrator, Public Health Image Library (PHIL) / https://phil.cdc.gov/details_linked.aspx?pid=16881 To commemorate World...
Danish biotech company announce the completion of a €5.5 million seed investment
The big Chinese fine chemical company Zhejiang NHU invest €5.5 million in the biotech start-up CysBio to develop new and...
Chemicals induce dipoles to damp plasmons
Rice University-led study finds molecules alter gold nanoparticles' electronic propertiesCredit: Alese Pickering/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 22, 2019) - The...
Radioactive material detected remotely using laser-induced electron avalanche breakdown
New method developed by UMD researchers could be scaled up to improve security at ports of entryCredit: R. Schwartz/H. Milchberg/U....
X-rays reveal termites’ self-cooling, self-ventilating, self-draining skyscrapers
Many species of termites, whose societies are built on hierarchies of kings, queens, workers, and soldiers, live in towering nests...
Scaling forward
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Argonne scientist's approach to molecular modeling may accelerate the development of new organic materials for electronics....
How the ‘good feeling’ can influence the purchase of sustainable chocolate
Göttingen agricultural economists study the effect of the 'warm glow of giving'Credit: Jacqueline Macou via Pixabay More and more products...
Obese mouse mothers trigger heart problems in offspring
Effects of high-fat, high-sugar diet on heart passed down three generations A diet high in fats and sugars is known...
JAMA viewpoint: Physicians’ trust in one another is a care safety and quality issue
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - While the importance of trusted relationships between patients and their physicians is taken for granted,...
