Discovering the basics of ‘active touch’
Credit: Daniel O'Connor, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Working with genetically engineered mice -- and especially their whiskers...
New research at Clemson University could help reduce fine-particle engine emissions
Credit: Clemson University New research at Clemson University could improve a technology that many experts see as crucial in helping...
NASA sees the end of ex-Tropical Cyclone 02W
Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite spotted the remnants of Tropical Cyclone 02W southeast of Taiwan in the Northwestern...
Bacteria used to fight antimicrobial contamination of soil and water
Credit: Photo courtesy of University of Nevada, Reno We all like to keep things clean, and disinfectants help that happen....
Finding order and structure in the atomic chaos where materials meet
Materials science researchers have developed a model that can account for irregularities in how atoms arrange themselves at the so-called...
New NSF special report released ahead of Earth Day
Credit: Center for Severe Weather Research/Robin Lorenson From flowers' microscopic cells to thunderstorms called supercells, researchers funded by the National...
Mapping DROSHA’s cleavage sites
Credit: IBS Each cell of our body is the result of an orchestra of sophisticated mechanisms that control which genes...
Bergamotene — alluring and lethal for Manduca sexta
Credit: Danny Kessler, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology The tobacco hawkmoth Manduca sexta is an important pollinator of the...
AGU journal commentaries highlight importance of Earth and space science research
WASHINGTON, DC -- The American Geophysical Union (AGU) today published a collection of 27 essays as commentaries in its scientific...
Second cancers deadlier in young patients
Credit: UC Davis Health Second cancers in children and adolescents and young adults (AYA) are far deadlier than they are...
Press invited to Europe’s leading paediatric gut health, nutrition & liver disease congress
The European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) Annual Meeting attracts over 4,000 experts from the field of...
Sandia honored for fighting Ebola, analyzing emerging biotechnologies
Credit: (Image courtesy Sandia National Laboratories) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The work of Sandia National Laboratories at the intersection of biology...
UAlberta-China partnerships bolster energy and environment research
Credit: University of Alberta The University of Alberta is teaming up with research partners in China to develop low-carbon, sustainable...
Building a better battery
Credit: Carlos Landa/University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering From portable electronics to transportation and sending satellites into space, the...
Majority of parents plan to use telemedicine for pediatric care
(Nemours) New findings released today by Nemours Children's Health System show 64 percent of parents polled have used or plan...
Can virtual reality help us prevent falls in the elderly and others?
Credit: Courtesy of the UNC/NC State Department of Biomedical Engineering CHAPEL HILL, NC - Every year, falls lead to hospitalization...
Climatic effect of irrigation over the Yellow River basin
Credit: Baidu Baike As the sensitive areas of global climate change, Yellow River basin, situated in arid and semiarid regions,...
Stink bug traps perform poorly during winter invasions
Annapolis, MD; April 14, 2017--Score one for the brown marmorated stink bug, again. Since the pernicious pest arrived in the...
Coral reefs struggle to keep up with rising seas, leave coastal communities at risk
Credit: Curt Storlazzi, USGS In the first ecosystem-wide study of changing sea depths at five large coral reef tracts in...
Open-source mungbean genetic information website enables better varieties
Credit: QUT Scientists and mungbean growers around the world now have access to an open-source website containing the latest genetic...
