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Credit: Hideaki Takahashi In ATP hydrolysis, water is used to split apart adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to create adenosine diphosphate (ADP)...

Visualizing nuclear radiation

Credit: Kyoto University/Eiri Ono Kyoto, Japan -- Extraordinary decontamination efforts are underway in areas affected by the 2011 nuclear accidents...

Optical tool monitors brain’s circulatory response to pain

Credit: Credit: the authors. BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA, and CARDIFF, UK -- Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), an optical imaging tool for...

Google Street View cars are eyes on the ground for urban methane leaks

Credit: EDF A set of Google Street View mapping cars, specially equipped with cutting-edge methane analyzers, are allowing Colorado State...

People afraid of robots much more likely to fear losing their jobs, suffer anxiety

"Technophobes" -- people who fear robots, artificial intelligence and new technology that they don't understand -- are much more likely...

Scientists partner with Google Earth Outreach to analyze methane leaks in US cities

Finding and fixing natural gas leaks is a persistent challenge for utilities across the country. In addition to the serious...

Rare-earths become water-repellent only as they age

Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Surfaces that have been coated with rare earth oxides develop water-repelling properties only...

Combating wear and tear

Credit: Dan Hixson/University of Utah College of Engineering By the time someone realizes they damaged a ligament, tendon or cartilage...

Significant increase in number of women tested for BRCA gene, but many high-risk patients still missing out

Ann Arbor, MI, March 22, 2017 - Discovery of the BRCA genetic mutation in the mid-90s represented a breakthrough in...

A new species of hard coral from the World Heritage-listed Lord Howe Island, Australia

Credit: Prof. Andrew Baird The discovery of a new species of hard coral, found on Lord Howe Island, suggests that...

430 million-year-old fossil named in honor of Sir David Attenborough

Credit: © Siveter et al An international team of scientists led by the University of Leicester has discovered a new...

Comet 67P full of surprises, says study led by CU Boulder

Credit: NASA March 21, 2017 Images returned from the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission indicate the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko...

‘Geofencing’ shows promise in tracking chronic care

Location-tracking apps on smartphones could be used to help track and manage care for thousands of patients who suffer from...

Scientists discover new ‘boat’ form of promising semiconductor GeSe

Credit: Cava lab Princeton researchers have discovered a new form of the simple compound GeSe that has surprisingly escaped detection...

Kavli Lectures: Physical chemistry of polymer networks, CRISPR systems for genome editing

WASHINGTON, March 21, 2017 -- Advances in understanding polymer networks and CRISPR-inspired genome engineering tools will be the topics of...

Could OTC medicines be the answer to alcoholism?

Researchers have long wondered if medications could treat alcohol abuse. Ihsan Salloum, M.D., chief of the Division of Alcohol and...

Cool capabilities: Sea hunter, tern on display at sea-air-space

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Advanced software that can transform existing medium-sized vessels into unmanned ships able to autonomously complete naval missions....

New drug strategy: Target the ribosome to halt protein production

Credit: Bhushan S, Hoffmann T, Seidelt B, Frauenfeld J, Mielke T, Berninghausen O, et al. (2011) doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000581 The discovery of...

New drug strategy: Target ribosome to halt protein production

Credit: Jamie Cate image. The discovery of a chemical compound that halts the production of a small set of proteins...

New plant research leads to discovery of a gene that increases seed yield in maize