Flexible ‘skin’ can help robots, prosthetics perform everyday tasks by sensing shear force
Credit: UCLA Engineering If a robot is sent to disable a roadside bomb -- or delicately handle an egg while...
USDA invests in research on next generation of agricultural technology
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 17, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Assessment shows metagenomics software has much room for improvement
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A recent critical assessment of software tools represents a key step toward taming the "Wild West" nature...
A new way to harness wasted methane
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Methane gas, a vast natural resource, is often disposed of through burning, but new research by scientists...
Tropical beetles face extinction threat
Climate change is putting many tropical high altitude beetles at risk of extinction, warn an international team of scientists. Research...
North American first: University of Guelph researchers publish scientific study on cannabis production
University of Guelph researchers have published what is believed to be the first scientific paper in North America on improving...
Scientists create most powerful micro-scale bio-solar cell yet
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York...
UMass Amherst tick testing lab receives grant to study new disease
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Taking advantage of its special expertise in identifying tick-borne, disease-causing pathogens, plus its access...
New imaging approach maps whole-brain changes from Alzheimer’s disease in mice
Credit: Jing Yuan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology WASHINGTON -- An estimated 5.5 million Americans live with Alzheimer's disease,...
Rivers carry plastic debris into the sea
Credit: Graphic: Susan Walter, UFZ In the meantime, minute plastic particles can be found in the water in virtually every...
Predicting how healthy your heart will be years down the road
Credit: University of Kentucky LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 17, 2017) -- Picture this: you're battling heart failure and meeting with your...
Resolving traffic jams in human ALS motor neurons
A team of researchers at VIB and KU Leuven used stem cell technology to generate motor neurons from ALS patients...
Need for speed makes genome editing efficient, if not better
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Rice University researchers have developed a computational model to quantify the mechanism by which CRISPR-Cas9 proteins...
Matchmaking with consequences
Credit: Graphic: team Gallant Most human tumours have one thing in common: They harbour drastically increased amounts of the so-called...
On-and-off fasting helps fight obesity
Up to sixteen weeks of intermittent fasting without otherwise having to count calories helps fight obesity and other metabolic disorders....
Yeast spotlights genetic variation’s link to drug resistance
Researchers have shown that genetic diversity plays a key role in enabling drug resistance to evolve. Scientists at the Wellcome...
New research opens the door to ‘functional cure’ for HIV
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - Oct. 17, 2017 - In findings that open the door to a...
DuPont Pioneer and Donald Danforth Plant Science Center collaborate
Credit: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center JOHNSTON, Iowa, and ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 17, 2017 - DuPont Pioneer and the...
Study links chocolate production to increased deforestation in poor nations
The costs of chocolate production around the world Every year, more than five million family farms in countries such as...
Fighting fires before they spark
Credit: Matthew Hurteau With warm, dry summers comes a deadly caveat for the western United States: wildfires. Scientists say the...
