Virginia Tech receives 5 Department of Defense instrumentation awards
Credit: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech has received five Department of Defense awards that support the purchase of research equipment. Through ...
Common form of heart failure could be treated with already approved anticancer drug
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - When it comes to finding new treatments for ...
Tougher start could help captive-bred game birds
Credit: Martin Clay Tougher early lives could help captive-bred game birds develop survival skills for adulthood in the wild, new ...
Hybrid technique to produce stronger nickel for auto, medical, manufacturing
Credit: Qiang Li/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Nickel is a widely used metal in the manufacturing industry for both ...
Fungi as food source for plants
Biologists of the University of Bayreuth publish surprising findingsCredit: Photo: Philipp Giesemann. The number of plant species that extract organic ...
Scientists discover link between autism and cognitive impairment
Mouse study identifies a brain mechanism underlying social deficits and mental disability in a finding that could lead to new ...
ERA4TB to accelerate the development of comprehensive treatments against tuberculosis
The UC3M is coordinating the ERA4TB consortium, composed of more than 30 partners from 13 countriesCredit: ERA4TB With a team ...
It’s closeness that counts: how proximity affects the resistance of graphene
Research team led by the University of Göttingen observes greater variation than expectedCredit: Georg A Traeger/Anna Sinterhauf - University of ...
A nanoscale lattice of palladium and yttrium makes for a superlative carbon-linking catalyst
Credit: Nature Communications A group of materials scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology has shown that a palladium-based intermetallic electride, ...
Stress test reveals graphene won’t crack under pressure
Researchers have discovered that the carbon-based material can withstand more than one billion cycles of high stress before breakingCredit: Daria ...
Guardian angel of the eye
Protective protein in the eye lens affects protein oxidationCredit: Christoph Kaiser / TUM The lens of the human eye comprises ...
UVphotonics to showcase custom UV LEDs and modules at Photonics West
Credit: FBH/P. Immerz UVphotonics will present novel UV LED developments with emission wavelengths from 330 nm to as low as ...
To make amino acids, just add electricity
Researchers at Kyushu University achieve highly efficient amino acid synthesis from biomass-derivable acids and water using electric energyCredit: Szabolcs Arany, ...
UTEP introduces bachelor’s degree in ecology and evolutionary biology
Credit: UTEP Communications/Ivan Pierre Aguirre The University of Texas at El Paso's College of Science opened the spring 2020 semester ...