Laser drill leads to world record in plasma acceleration
Novel concept marks milestone for future applications of compact particle accelerators Using a laser to drill through a plasma, scientists...
India’s integrated child development program increases educational attainment
Supplemental nutrition and other health services during the first 3 years of life led to the completion of 0.1-0.3 more...
People with chronic pain are coping with the help of Pinterest, new study reveals
The study by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University also suggests that Pinterest could be a valuable tool for health care...
The secret behind witchweed’s devastating ability to steal nutrients from crops
Hopes for developing a new method to control the parasitic Striga weedCredit: Kobe University Commonly known as "witchweed", the parasitic...
Elevation matters when it comes to climate change, deforestation and species survival
Credit: George Sandler TORONTO, ON (Canada) - University of Toronto student George Sandler was shocked to see the rainforest floor...
Researchers discover ‘chromosome scanner’ that protects against cancer
DNA In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have identified one of the main mechanisms behind the...
Laser ‘drill’ sets a new world record in laser-driven electron acceleration
Scientists working at Berkeley Lab's BELLA Center nearly double their previous record set in 2014Credit: Carlo Benedetti/Berkeley Lab Combining a...
Uncovering the origins of cultivated strawberries
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Until now, little has been known about the evolutionary origins of the...
Pitt engineer receives $500K award to investigate potentially harmful man-made chemicals
Carla Ng will use the NSF CAREER award to study the health and environmental impact of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl...
An easier way to engineer plants
MIT-led team uses nanoparticles to deliver genes into plant chloroplastsCredit: The researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT researchers have developed a...
Salisbury Award launched by National Foundation for Cancer Research
New program widens NFCR's translational research scope, honors family's contributions ROCKVILLE, MD - The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR)...
Documenting and decoding the dynamics between work and pain
A special issue of WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation looks at factors around the experience and management...
Super Typhoon Wutip’s 25 mile-wide eye seen by NASA-NOAA satellite
Credit: NOAA/NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Wutip has strengthened into a powerful super...
High-powered fuel cell boosts electric-powered submersibles, drones
Credit: McKelvey School of Engineering The transportation industry is one of the largest consumers of energy in the U.S. economy...
New protein ‘switch’ could be key to controlling blood-poisoning and preventing death
Scientists at the University of British Columbia have discovered a new protein "switch" that could stop the progression of blood-poisoning,...
A new spin in nano-electronics
HZDR researchers succeed in controlling extremely short-wavelength spin wavesCredit: HZDR / Juniks In recent years, electronic data processing has been...
Bristol undergraduate reconstructs the skulls of 2 species of ancient reptile
Credit: Image by Sophie Chambi-Trowell. Using two partially fragmented fossil skulls, a student at the University of Bristol has digitally...
UVA discovers secret to making immune cells better cancer killers
Finding could also let doctors predict how patients will respond to treatmentCredit: Dan Addison | University Communications Scientists at the...
Physicists from ITMO University experimentally investigated new class of resonators
The physicists from ITMO University, Ioffe Institute and the Australian National University examined a new mechanism of realization of high-quality...
A very human machine
New brain implants disguise as neurons, offering a potentially safer way to study and treat the brainCredit: Xiao Yang (Lieber...
