Organic/inorganic sulfur may be key for safe rechargeable lithium batteries
Credit: Patrick Mansell, Penn State We have come a long way from leaky sulfur-acid automobile batteries, but modern lithium batteries...
Some plants grow bigger — and meaner — when clipped, study finds
Credit: Illustration by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Some plants behave like the mythical monster Hydra: Cut off their heads...
New NIH grant will study alcohol’s effects on the nervous system
Credit: Michigan Tech When a drink at the local watering hole turns into five or six, what are the effects...
Bycatch responsible for decline of New Zealand sea lion
Credit: Louise Chilvers Getting caught in fishing nets is a major cause of death for the increasingly endangered New Zealand...
Women seen as younger when eyes, lips and eyebrows stand out
Credit: Aurélie Porcheron Aspects of facial contrast, a measure of how much facial features stand out in the face, decrease...
UTokyo NY Conference to headline studies on deadly viruses, Alzheimer’s
Leading scientists from Japan in the fields of medical science and industrial science will speak at the UTokyo NY Conference...
A safe optical fiber for delivering light and drugs into the body
Credit: Dingying Shan / Chenji Zhang / Penn State A flexible, biodegradable optical fiber that can deliver light into the...
Springer Nature launches research solution for the life sciences
Protocols are "recipes" used in laboratory research to support the design and implementation of reproducible experiments. The step-by-step instructions help...
Kune Kune piglets possess social learning skills and have an astonishingly good memory
Credit: Vetmeduni Vienna Pigs are not commonly considered to be especially intelligent. Several individual trials, however, have shown them to...
New survey reveals concerns about impact of migraine on work productivity
ARLINGTON, Va.--October 11, 2017--A significant percentage of migraine sufferers as well as those without the disease are concerned that migraine...
Tracking the viral parasites of giant viruses over time
Credit: Image courtesy of Trina McMahon In freshwater lakes, microbes regulate the flow of carbon and determine if the bodies...
Where food is limited, guppy mothers gestate their young longer
Credit: Dial et. al. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Trinidadian guppy mamas can't swap links to maternity blogs or copies of pregnancy...
Beyond EPA’s Clean Power decision: Climate action window could close as early as 2023
ANN ARBOR--As the Trump administration repeals the U.S. Clean Power Plan, a new study from the University of Michigan underscores...
Watching wildfires
Credit: Michael Stambaugh, MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources A team of researchers from the University of Missouri...
Advance achieved in dry preservation of mammalian sperm cells
In a paper forthcoming in the November issue of the journal Theriogenology, a team of researchers from the University of...
Waste from paper industry supplies raw material for development of redox flow batteries
Credit: photo/©: Alexander Sell, JGU With the increasing use of renewable energies, stabilizing electricity networks is becoming an ever greater...
Unraveling the genetics of disc disease in dogs
Credit: Katy Robertson Since the early 1900s, veterinarians have observed intervertebral disc disease -- a common cause of back pain,...
Engineers identify key to albatross’ marathon flight
The albatross is one of the most efficient travelers in the animal world. One species, the wandering albatross, can fly...
NIFA invests in research to help boost organic farming, ranching
WASHINGTON, D.C. Oct. 11, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
UTA researcher earns grant to develop gas sensor to detect lung cancer from breath
Credit: UT Arlington Current methods of detecting lung cancer consist of imaging methods and invasive biopsies, which can be stressful...
