Neuro Kinetics announces another breakthrough in eye tracking assessment and technology
PITTSBURGH, PA (April 5, 2017) -- Neuro Kinetics, Inc. (NKI), the global leader in clinical eye tracking and neural functional...
Study examines effects of spaceflight on immune system
Credit: NASA Getting sick isn't fun for anyone, but it could be especially taxing for crew members aboard the International...
USDA announces $6.3 million in available funding to combat childhood obesity
WASHINGTON, D.C. April 5, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
USDA announces $1.2 million to support aquaculture research projects
WASHINGTON, D.C. April 5, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Stanford study explores risk of deforestation as agriculture expands in Africa
Next time you bite into a chocolate bar, think of Africa. The continent produces nearly 70 percent of the world's...
Lego figures don’t stand a chance against time reversal
Credit: Brigham Young University A crowd of 29 stands still, positioned as lookouts in various directions. A chirp punctuates the...
NJIT engineer wins an NSF CAREER grant to advance next-generation batteries
Credit: NJIT Mechanical engineer Siva Nadimpalli is targeting a key roadblock in the development of high-capacity, affordable and long-lived batteries...
A one-two punch hits pancreatic cancer where it hurts
Loading video... Garvan Institute researchers used cutting-edge intravital microscopy techniques to peer directly into pancreatic tumors inside a living animal,...
When the doctor recommends against the surgery a breast cancer patient wants
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan - More women with breast cancer are electing to have both breasts removed, even...
Biomarker could lead to personalized therapies for prostate cancer
COLUMBIA, Mo. - In 2016, more than 181,000 new cases of prostate cancer were reported in the U.S., according to...
Deep sleep may act as fountain of youth in old age
Credit: Courtesy of Matthew Walker and Bryce Mander As we grow old, our nights are frequently plagued by bouts of...
Peering into black holes using an Earth-sized telescope
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Turning the Earth into one giant telescope by coordinating observations from instruments arrayed around...
Unexpected protein structure findings could lead to new therapies
Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Scientists have determined unexpected characteristics of a key protein linked to blood pressure control...
Artificial topological matter opens new research directions
Credit: Image credit: I. Belopolski, Princeton University An international team of researchers have created a new structure that allows the...
Linguistic and cultural knowledge affect whether languages are identified correctly
Credit: Skirgård et al (2017) A popular online game shows how linguistic and cultural knowledge may affect whether players can...
NASA’s Aqua satellite spots development of Tropical Storm 14P in South Pacific Ocean
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed cloud top temperatures in newly formed Tropical Cyclone 14P in the Southern Pacific...
Catch shares slow the ‘race to fish’
DURHAM, N.C. -- A detailed analysis of 39 U.S. fisheries by Duke University economists offers strong new evidence that catch...
Plants have been helping to offset climate change, but now it’s up to us
Credit: Image credit: NASA and UC Merced. Washington, DC -- Plants are currently removing more CO2 from the air than...
Powers of attraction could decimate deadly starfish
Credit: Australian Institute of Marine Science. An American who fell in love with both the Great Barrier Reef and his...
Into the DNA of a coral reef predator
Loading video... Credit: Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) The Crown-of-Thorns Starfish - or COTS - is a familiar sight...
