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Your partner comes in and slams a door. What was that about? Something you did? What if you knew to...

Academia, industry collaborate on solutions to neural disease, injury

Neurological disorders like Parkinson's, the aftermath of stroke, limb loss and paralysis significantly diminish the length and quality of life...

‘Twist and shine’: Development of a new photoluminescent sensor material

Credit: OIST Stress sensors are important tools when it comes to evaluating the robustness of a material facing strong mechanical...

Washington State University physicists create ‘negative mass’

Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University physicists have created a fluid with negative mass, which is...

Nuclease-resistant hybrid nanoflowers

Credit: KAIST An eco-friendly method to synthesize DNA-copper nanoflowers with high load efficiencies, low cytotoxicity, and strong resistance against nucleases...

Low cervical cancer screening rates found among mentally ill

Women enrolled in California's Medicaid program (Medi-Cal) who have been diagnosed with severe mental illness have been screened for cervical...

Th17 cells could facilitate wider clinical use of adoptive immunotherapy

Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) investigators report that long-term expansion protocols for adoptive...

Drop of mock B61-12 is first of new flight tests

Credit: Sandia National Laboratories/Photo by James Galli ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- From a distance, the drop of a mock nuclear weapon...

Computers create recipe for two new magnetic materials

Credit: Pelin Tozman, AMBER and CRANN Institute, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland DURHAM, N.C. -- Material scientists have predicted and built...

3-D-printed model of stenotic intracranial artery enables vessel-wall MRI standardization

A collaboration between stroke neurologists at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and bioengineers at the University of Massachusetts...

SAVI camera ditches long lens for distant images

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 14, 2017) - A unique camera that can capture a detailed micron-resolution image...

Immunity against melanoma is only skin deep

Credit: Yina Huang In a newly published study, researchers at Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center find that unique immune cells,...

NASA sees central and south Philippines bracing for Tropical Depression 02W

Credit: Credits: NASA NASA's Terra satellite passed over newly developed Tropical Depression 02W as it formed east of the central...

New method for tapping vast plant pharmacopeia to make more effective drugs

Credit: Jennifer Wisecaver, Rokas Lab, Vanderbilt University Cocaine, nicotine, capsaicin. These are just three familiar examples of the hundreds of...

NASA examines New Zealand’s extreme rainfall as Cyclone Cook’s remnants move away

Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce Two extra-tropical cyclones recently dropped very heavy rain over New Zealand, Debbie and...

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