HarvestPlus recognized as global food innovator
Loading video... Credit: HarvestPlus HarvestPlus, along with its global partners, develops new, more nutritious varieties of sweet potatoes, beans, maize,...
Defense mechanism employed by algae can effectively inhibit marine fouling
Credit: ill./©: Tremel research group, JGU Chemists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have developed a method that reliably hinders...
ISBM releases the updated version of Immune Response Template
Credit: Institute for Systems Biology Moscow Drug development has always been an expensive and complicated. A number of therapies often...
TUD-scientist awarded most prestigious prize for science and technology by the Chinese State
(Technische Universität Dresden) For his outstanding commitment to the German-Chinese scientific exchange in the field of lightweight construction, the Chinese...
Online scrutiny is stressful for doctors
Online ratings and discussions about the quality of care American doctors provide can add to their stress levels. Patients, on...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Feb. 2017
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Toward all-solid lithium batteries
CAMBRIDGE, Mass -- Most batteries are composed of two solid, electrochemically active layers called electrodes, separated by a polymer membrane...
Three magnetic states for each hole
Credit: HZDR Nanometer-scale magnetic perforated grids could create new possibilities for Computing. Together with international colleagues, scientists from the Helmholtz...
Plan to reduce air pollution chokes in Mexico City
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY'S HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS--Decades ago Mexico City's air pollution was so poor, birds would fall out...
New route-finding tool lets pedestrians avoid hills, construction, accessibility barriers
Loading video... Credit: University of Washington Department of Computer Science & Engineering Transportation routing services primarily designed for people in...
HKU scientists utilise innovative neuroimaging approach to unravel complex brain networks
Credit: The University of Hong Kong A research team led by Professor Ed X. Wu of the Department of Electrical...
Oxford University Press to publish Biology of Reproduction
Oxford University Press (OUP) is pleased to announce its partnership with the Society for the Study of Reproduction to publish...
1000 times more efficient nano-LED opens door to faster microchips
Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology The electronic data connections within and between microchips are increasingly becoming a bottleneck in the...
Stress hormones underlie Indigenous health gap in Australia
James Cook University scientists have made a disturbing finding about some young Indigenous people's biological reaction to stress, but one...
Letting go — how dying cells detach from their neighbors
Credit: Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore Researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore (MBI) at the National University of Singapore...
Tail of stray black hole hiding in the Milky Way
Credit: Keio University It is difficult to find black holes, because they are completely black. In some cases black holes...
Quantum matter: Shaken, but not stirred
A team of researchers led by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich physics professor Immanuel Bloch has experimentally realized an exotic quantum...
Predator threat boosts friendships among guppies
Credit: University of Exeter Danger from predators causes animals to form stronger friendships, according to new research. Scientists from the...
Artificially introduced atomic-level sensors enable measurements of the electric field within a working semiconductor device
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Semiconductors lie at the heart of many of the electronic devices that govern our daily...
With mini-vessels, mini-brains expand research potential
Credit: Hoffman-Kim lab/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Scientists have recently made a wondrous variety of mini-brains -- 3-D cultures of...
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