Researchers receive $7.7 million grant to study West Nile and Zika viruses
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A Georgia State University researcher, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Florida...
Polymer pioneer
Taking a transformative approach to functional materials, a UC Santa Barbara polymer chemist has created innovative results that feature new...
For older adults, antibiotics may not be appropriate treatment for some UTIs
In a new research paper published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Thomas E. Finucane, MD, of the...
New model deepens understanding of the dynamics of quark-gluon plasmas
Credit: Researcher's archive Quark-gluon plasmas are among the subjects that have been most extensively researched by physicists in recent times....
Meet the most nimble-fingered robot ever built
Loading video... Credit: Adriel Olmos, CITRIS Media Grabbing the awkwardly shaped items that people pick up in their day-to-day lives...
Wayne State professors receive $500k from NSF to enhance computational research
DETROIT - A team of researchers from Wayne State University's College of Engineering recently received nearly $500,000 from the National...
Smithsonian scientists release frogs wearing mini radio transmitters in Panama
Credit: Brian Gratwicke/Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Ninety Limosa harlequin frogs (Atelopus limosus) bred in human care are braving the elements...
Stony corals more resistant to climate change than thought, Rutgers study finds
Credit: Kevin Wyman/Rutgers University Stony corals may be more resilient to ocean acidification than once thought, according to a Rutgers...
Five years before brain cancer diagnosis, changes detectable in blood
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Changes in immune activity appear to signal a growing brain tumor five years before symptoms arise, new...
‘Instantly rechargeable’ battery could change the future of electric and hybrid automobiles
A technology developed by Purdue researchers could provide an "instantly rechargeable" method that is safe, affordable and environmentally friendly for...
How the Nazis invented nerve agents like sarin (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 1, 2017 -- Nerve agents are arguably the most brutal chemical weapons. These...
What’s powering your devices?
Credit: StockSnap/Jason Blackeye PULLMAN, Wash. - Do Americans want to use more renewable energy? Yes they do - regardless of...
Why antibiotics fail
When a patient is prescribed the wrong antibiotic to treat a bacterial infection, it's not necessarily the physician who is...
Prevention to precision, SWOG presents a raft of research at ASCO 2017
PORTLAND, OR - Researchers from SWOG, a cancer clinical trials group funded by the National Cancer Institute, will participate in...
Get to know the omentum: The apron of fat that protects your abdomen
The quirkiest organ in the human body may be a large sheet of fat that stretches over the intestines, liver,...
Why was a teenager with bone cancer buried on Witch Hill in Panama?
(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) Likely the first bone tumor from an ancient skeleton in Central America is reported by Smithsonian...
Rice U. scientists slash computations for deep learning
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Rice University computer scientists have adapted a widely used technique for rapid data lookup to slash...
RIT scientists measure black hole’s tilt and spin for clues to how massive stars die
Rochester Institute of Technology researchers continue to make significant contributions to gravitational wave astronomy, with the third detection of gravitational...
Flying metal detectors? Navy tests new unmanned mine-detection system
Credit: (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released) ARLINGTON, Va.--During a recent technology demonstration at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton,...
Muon magnet’s moment has arrived
Credit: Reidar Hahn/Fermilab What do you get when you revive a beautiful 20-year-old physics machine, carefully transport it 3,200 miles...
