A promising breakthrough for a better design of electronic materials
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Migration routes of one of Britain’s largest ducks revealed for the first time
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Comparative adjuvant trial evaluates Army-developed ALF in HIV vaccine regimens
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University of Utah scientists plumb the depths of the world’s tallest geyser
Credit: Courtesy of Sin-Mei Wu/University of Utah When Steamboat Geyser, the world's tallest, started erupting again in 2018 in Yellowstone ...
Exercise during pregnancy may save kids from health problems as adults
Parental obesity predisposes children to develop diabetes, metabolic issuesCredit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Exercise during pregnancy may let mothers ...
Lessons learned in Burkina Faso can contribute to a new decade of forest restoration
In 2018, the West African nation decided to restore 5 million hectares of degraded land by 2030. New research shows ...
Internet-access spending improves academic outcomes, according to study of Texas public schools
Credit: 123RF.com/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 15, 2021) - Increased internet-access spending by Texas public schools improved academic performance but ...
Cancer immunotherapy approach targets common genetic alteration
Engineered T cells can recognize and destroy cells with loss of one gene copyCredit: Elizabeth Cook Researchers developed a prototype ...
Discovery of ‘knock-on chemistry’ opens new frontier in reaction dynamics
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Crucial step in formation of deadly brain diseases discovered
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When ‘eradicated’ species bounce back with a vengeance
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Of mice and men and their different tolerance to pathogens
A mouse intestine-on-chip discovery platform enables the modeling of host-microbiome relations, infectious disease modeling, and the identification of tolerance-promoting speciesCredit: ...
NASA partners with companies to test satellite fixtures for robotic grappling
Credit: NASA NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has chosen three companies to participate in a new partnership ...
NASA images reveal important forests and wetlands are disappearing in Belize
Credit: Image from the Landsat 8 archive, NASA/USGS. AUSTIN, Texas -- Using NASA satellite images and machine learning, researchers with ...
Making women’s football a level playing field
A new project is aiming to break the last taboos in women's football from periods to pregnancy.Credit: Staffordshire University A ...
Faster drug discovery through machine learning
New technique speeds up calculations of drug molecules' binding affinity to proteins.Credit: Image courtesy of MIT News, Xinqiang Ding and ...
There might be many planets with water-rich atmospheres
UChicago study finds way that hot, rocky planets in other systems could form and keep atmospheresCredit: Engine House VFX, At-Bristol ...
Twisting, flexible crystals key to solar energy production
Researchers show how shapes and movements of halide perovskites create desirable renewable energy propertiesCredit: ORNL/Jill Hemman DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers ...
Story tips: Urban climate impacts, materials’ dual approach and healing power
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Could we recycle plastic bags into fabrics of the future?
Engineers have developed self-cooling fabrics from polyethylene, a material commonly used in plastic bagsCredit: Image courtesy of Svetlana Boriskina In ...
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