Magnetic mirror could shed new light on gravitational waves and the early universe
Credit: Giampaolo Pisano, Cardiff University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have created a new magnetic mirror-based device that could one day help...
Revolutionary image-guided device targets brain regions associated with neuropsychiatric disorders
Credit: Soterix Medical Inc The EEG-Guided High-Definition tES (HD-tES) system is a breakthrough in allowing identification of brain regions associated...
NASA communications network to double space station data rates
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Amber Jacobson, producer Life aboard the International Space Station depends upon massive...
Sugar and sweeteners — how do they affect our appetite?
What should healthy young men who want to watch their weight and manage their blood sugar levels drink? Can they...
Supercomputer simulation reveals 2-D glass can go infinitely soft
Credit: Hayato Shiba Scientists in Japan have revealed that if a glassy solid possesses a planar (sheet-like) structure, it can...
Lehigh University’s Dr. Nelson Tansu elected Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Credit: Lehigh University Professor Nelson Tansu of Lehigh University's P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science has been named...
Are we running out of vanilla? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2016 -- Vanilla is more than a standby ice cream flavor. It's...
NIFA announces $4 million in funding for biotechnology risk assessment research
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced...
The delights of dirt
Credit: Springer Soil can be beautiful, odiferous, slimy or sublime. It provides simple pleasures, such as its rich earthy scent...
Forming a second line of plant defense — capturing disease-resistant DNA
Credit: Earlham Institute RenSeq (1) is the method to sequence Resistance (R) genes that confer disease resistance in plants. Each...
New wheat crops as an alternative to a gluten-free diet
Wheat, one of the most widely consumed grains in the world, contains gluten, a mixture of proteins that can be...
Mutations acquired trans-Pacific may be key to changes in Zika severity
Credit: Daniel Janies The Zika virus remains a mystery. Isolated from macaque monkeys in the Ziika Forest in Uganda in...
Drugs from nature: Big effects of multiple compounds in small amounts
FRANKFURT. Nature often produces a whole weaponry of active ingredients to ensure it is well prepared for any scenario that...
Using herpes drugs to slow down Alzheimer’s disease could become reality
(Umea University) The first clinical study to investigate if herpes virus drugs can have an effect on fundamental Alzheimer's disease...
Scientists redefine horned dinosaur relationships by naming 2 new ceratopsian tribes
Cleveland, Ohio . . . Scientists have named two new clades, or tribes, of horned dinosaurs (ceratopsians) based on fossils...
Salmon, blue mussel, eider, and eel die from the same vitamin deficiency
Deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine) in wildlife is previously known as a problem among certain species within relatively limited geographical...
Energy cascades in quasicrystals trigger an avalanche of discovery
Credit: Amanda Petford-Long/Argonne National Laboratory Most materials, when viewed at the atomic level, come in one of two types. Some...
New study seeks to use human serum to detect heart attacks
Credit: UNIST Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. Therefore, a fast and reliable...
Personalizing chemotherapy to treat pediatric leukemia
A team of UCLA bioengineers has demonstrated that its technology may go a long way toward overcoming the challenges of...
Hands-free just as distracting as handheld mobile phone use behind the wheel
Talking hands-free on a mobile phone while driving is just as distracting as a conversation using a hand-held phone, despite...
