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...
Urban parks could make you happier
Credit: UAB Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Occupational Therapy have published new findings that suggest...
Scientists lay foundation for single-cell level understanding of DNA replication
In all living organisms, proliferating cells go through the fundamental process of DNA replication. Through this process, they faithfully duplicate...
Breakthrough shines light on disease-fighting protein
Credit: Grigore Pintilie / Stanford University X-ray and electron microscopy techniques help unfold the story of protein chaperones. A combination...
New skeletal disease found and explained
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new and rare skeletal disease. In a study published in the...
Federal fire grant spending could be more balanced, new model suggests
Alabama, Ohio and Pennsylvania received more than their fair share in 2014, according to new model, while Florida, Texas and...
Fetal growth inhibited by cocktail of chemicals in the mother
For the first time, researchers have shown that a combination of perfluorinated substances in the mother significantly inhibits child growth....
Over half of home health care clinicians say they lack adequate information from hospitals
CU Anschutz researchers say this can lead to potentially deadly medical errors AURORA, Colo. (Feb. 25, 2019) - A survey...
High CO2 levels can destabilize marine layer clouds
Loss of low-level clouds can lead to a spike in global warming, new study shows At high enough atmospheric carbon...
Researchers identify possible role of Foxp1 protein in control of autoimmune diseases
Scientists at the Higher School of Economics, the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBCh RAS),...
With nanotubes, genetic engineering in plants is easy-peasy
DNA riding on a nanotube easily slips into plant cells, allowing non-GMO modificationsCredit: UC Berkeley graphic by Ella Marushchenko Inserting...
Progress in stem cell science and regenerative medicine on tap in Los Angeles, June 26-29
World's largest meeting on stem cell science and its translation to medicine comes to LA Convention Center, showcasing groundbreaking research...
Bacteria walk (a bit) like we do
Credit: Laura Persat Do bacteria control their "walks" like we do? It might sound strange, but it's a fundamental question....
