Army plans to license nanogalvanic aluminum powder discovery
Credit: US Army photo by David McNally ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (June 19, 2018) - The U.S. Army Research Laboratory...
Light pollution a reason for insect decline
Credit: Gabriel Singer/IGB Climate change, pesticides and land use changes alone cannot fully explain the decline in insect populations in...
Study: Climate action can limit Asia’s growing water shortages
Even "modest" action to limit climate change could help prevent the most extreme water-shortage scenarios facing Asia by the year...
UH scientist working toward a glaucoma cure
Credit: University of Houston UH College of Optometry biomedical engineer Vijaykrishna Raghunathan has received $765,000 from the National Institutes of...
New model for gauging ice sheet movement may improve sea-level-rise predictions
Credit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- A just-published paper in Science changes the formula scientists should use when estimating the...
An unlikely marriage among oxides
Credit: EMPA The term alloy usually refers to a mixture of several metals. However, other materials can also be alloyed....
Science writers: On your mark, get set, go to Indianapolis for 500 stories
Credit: The Geological Society of America Boulder, CO, USA: Media registration is now open for The Geological Society of America's...
Success of blood test for autism affirmed
Credit: Rensselaer Troy, N.Y. - One year after researchers published their work on a physiological test for autism, a follow-up...
Mild problem-solving task improves brain function after a concussion, new study suggests
Credit: (SMU) Concern is growing about the danger of sports-related concussions and their long-term impact on athletes. But physicians and...
Bees love blue fluorescent light, and not just any wavelength will do
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University have learned that a specific wavelength range of blue fluorescent light set...
Blue gene regulation helps plants respond properly to light
Credit: Public Domain Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) have discovered a process through which gene...
Scripps graduate student discovers world’s first known manta ray nursery
Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego A graduate student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University...
Cells can trap viruses in protein cage to stop their spread, study reveals
Credit: Pfanzelter et al., 2018 Researchers at The Francis Crick Institute in London have discovered that cells can trap viruses...
‘Smart stent’ detects narrowing of arteries
Credit: University of British Columbia For every three individuals who have had a stent implanted to keep clogged arteries open...
Low vitamin D levels associated with scarring lung disease
Reviewing medical information gathered on more than 6,000 adults over a 10-year period, Johns Hopkins researchers have found that lower...
Salk Institute’s Tony Hunter wins 2018 Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 19, 2018) Salk American Cancer Society Professor Tony Hunter has been awarded the 2018 Tang...
Breast cancer could be prevented by targeting epigenetic proteins, study suggests
Credit: Casey et al., 2018 Researchers at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto have discovered that epigenetic proteins promote...
Combining different malaria vaccines could reduce cases by 91 percent
(Imperial College London) Using two experimental anti-malarial vaccines, which work in different ways, can greatly reduce the number of malaria...
Children’s immune system could hold the key to preventing sepsis
(University of Sheffield) Scientists have identified the key response that children use to control infections.
Opioid dependence in patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis: More likely to occur before than after surgery
(Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group) Researchers investigated risk factors for the development of opioid dependence in patients undergoing surgery for...
