Analyzing brain patterns may help scientists increase people’s confidence, reduce fear
Credit: Stuart Wolpert/UCLA A new technique of analyzing brain patterns appears to help people overcome fear and build self-confidence. The...
Finnish researchers correct Parkinson’s motor symptoms in mice
(University of Helsinki) A research group led by University of Helsinki Docent Timo Myöhänen has succeeded in correcting the motor...
Ultra-high-speed optical fiber sensor enables detection of structural damage in real time
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Aging degradation and seismic damage of civil infrastructure pose a serious problem for society. One...
MIT Energy Initiative report provides guidance for evolving electric power sector
Credit: MIT Energy Initiative / Opus Design CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Distributed energy resources -- relatively small-scale power technologies such as...
More exact, ethical method to tell the sex of baby chickens
Thanks to an imaging technique called optical spectroscopy, it is possible for hatcheries to accurately determine the sex of a...
Microseeding: A new way to overcome hemihedral twinning?
Credit: Harada et al. Twinning is a crystal-growth disorder in which the specimen is composed of distinct domains whose orientations...
UMass Amherst and Boston-based PCL Inc. offer new tool for biotech research
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - A group of University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers who are stewards of the campus'...
Researchers achieve meter-scale optical coherence tomography for first time
Credit: James G. Fujimoto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology WASHINGTON -- An industry-academic collaboration has achieved the first optical coherence tomography...
First experimental evidence of 3-D aromaticity in stacked antiaromatic compounds
Credit: Nagoya University Nagoya, Japan - Aromatic molecules consist of planar carbon-based rings with alternating single and double (π) bonds....
The pill won’t kill your sexual desire, researchers say
Amsterdam, December 15, 2016 - Taking the pill doesn't lower your sexual desire, contrary to popular belief, according to research...
Inaugural Walter Kohn Prize awarded to Chinese physicist
The inaugural Walter Kohn Prize for quantum-mechanical materials and molecular modeling has been awarded to Professor Yanming Ma, a researcher...
Macromolecules: Light to design precision polymers
Credit: (Graphics: KIT) Chemists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have succeeded in specifically controlling the setup of precision polymers...
How brain tissue recovers after injury
Credit: Kobe University A research team led by Associate Professor Mitsuharu ENDO and Professor Yasuhiro MINAMI (both from the Department...
When horses are in trouble they ask humans for help
Credit: Kobe University Research Fellow Monamie RINGHOFER and Associate Professor Shinya YAMAMOTO (Kobe University Graduate School of Intercultural Studies) have...
Biodegradable polymer coating for implants
Credit: (Photo: KIT) Medical implants often carry surface substrates that release ac-tive substances or to which biomolecules or cells can...
Funding for new treatments for malnourished children
Almost half of child deaths around the world involve malnutrition, with the highest mortality for severe acute malnutrition (SAM). A...
Tracking down therapy-resistant leukemia cells
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Dr. Irmela Jeremias from Helmholtz Zentrum München and her colleagues...
Cancer registries in resource-constrained countries can inform policy to reduce cancer burden
Oxford, December 15, 2016 - Data from population-based cancer registries are vital for informing health programs, policies and strategies for...
Manchester set to get around £42 million boost for cancer research
(University of Manchester) Manchester is set to receive a major cash injection from Cancer Research UK.The charity plans to invest...
Specific ways in the body: New host for steroids
Credit: (Photo: Jacobs University/Khaleel Assaf) Synthetic hosts are to transport medical substances and hormones into the body and to release...