Measuring neutron star squeezability
NICER collaboration, NASA astronaut reveal size of most massive neutron star, highlight Space Station scienceCredit: NASA / Walt Feimer A ...
Medically savvy smartphone imaging systems
Development of smartphone-based imaging systems for medicine and healthcare can be optimized by newly published guidelines for holistic assessmentCredit: Hunt ...
AI pinpoints local pollution hotspots using satellite images
Technique could help find sources of heavy air pollution and allow researchers to better study its effects on human health ...
From smoky skies to a green horizon: Scientists convert fire-risk wood waste into biofuel
A simplified new process transforms wood waste from agriculture and forest management into ethanolCredit: Berkeley Lab Reliance on petroleum fuels ...
Southeast Regional Sun Grant Center announces grant recipients
Supporting innovation in sustainable, bio-derived productsCredit: Image courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Southeast Regional Sun Grant Center at the ...
$3M awarded to orthopedics researcher to study role of gut microbiome on osteoarthritis
Michael Zuscik, Ph.D., says the research could lead to the first disease-modifying treatment for patients with osteoarthritisCredit: Michael Zuscik, PhD ...
Agricultural trade across US states can mitigate economic impacts of climate change
Credit: University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - Agricultural producers deal firsthand with changing weather conditions, and extreme events such as ...
Understanding the growth of disease-causing protein fibres
UK researchers from the University of Bath and the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source have developed a method to directly ...
FSU engineers improve performance of high-temperature superconductor wires
Credit: Mark Wallheiser/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Florida State University researchers have discovered a novel way to improve the performance of ...
UGA to establish national NIH-funded center to fight flu
Credit: Peter Frey/UGA The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Georgia a contract to establish the Center ...
Microorganisms on the Rio Grande Rise are a basis for life and a possible origin of metals
Researchers conducted the first large-scale survey of the microbiota present in the seamount's ferromanganese crusts, describing bacteria and archaea involved ...
New NASA visualization probes the light-bending dance of binary black holes
Credit: Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Jeremy Schnittman and Brian P. Powell A pair of orbiting black holes millions of ...
Process simultaneously removes toxic metals and salt to produce clean water
Adding absorbent nanoparticles to polymer membranes simplifies desalinationCredit: UC Berkeley photos courtesy of Adam Uliana University of California, Berkeley, chemists ...
Study: New approach may boost prostate cancer immunotherapies
Strategy focuses on reprogramming tissues surrounding the tumor to help the body's immune system attack the cancerCredit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES ...
Worm infestation in intestine has a remote effect on viral defenses
Helminths impair immune response in the female genital tract, study by Universities of Cape Town and Bonn showsCredit: © Pia ...
Environmental protection could benefit from ‘micro’ as well as ‘macro’ thinking
Credit: Luke Holman Scientists at the University of Southampton have conducted a study that highlights the importance of studying a ...
Oxygen migration enables ferroelectricity on nanoscale
Credit: University of Groningen Hafnium-based thin films, with a thickness of only a few nanometres, show an unconventional form of ...
Japanese-European research team discovers novel genetic mitochondrial disorder
Team of Japanese and European scientists identify a novel genetic mitochondrial disorder by analyzing DNA samples from three distinct familiesCredit: ...
Plastics could see a second life as biodegradable surfactants
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Scientists at the Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP), an Energy Frontier ...
Long-term survival rates for immunotherapies could be misinterpreted
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Immune checkpoint inhibitors have transformed cancer care to the point where the popular Cox proportional-hazards ...
