‘Grand Challenge’ review stresses global impact of microplastics
Credit: Chris Pallister/GoAK.org. Professor Rob Hale of William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science is lead author of a ...
USask computer-based simulator tests insects for effects of new pesticide
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TMS shows promise in treating stroke, dementia and migraines
Credit: Loyola Medicine MAYWOOD, IL. - Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has shown significant efficacy in treating major depressive and obsessive ...
How cancer cells stiff-arm normal environmental cues to consume energy
Credit: uTSW DALLAS - Feb. 24, 2020 - Using human lung cancer cells, UT Southwestern researchers have uncovered how cells ...
PA school nurses on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (February 24, 2020) - As opioid overdoses continue to grab headlines, more states are providing their ...
APS tip sheet: Listening to bursting bubbles
Sound signatures from violent fluid events, like bubbles bursting, can be used to measure forces at work during these eventsCredit: ...
APS tip sheet: The neutron’s electric dipole moment
Techniques for studying the neutron's electrical charges have reached a new level of sensitivityCredit: C. Abel et al., Physical Review ...
Simple blood test could help reduce heart disease deaths
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Isabelle Guyon, Bernhard Schölkopf and Vladimir Vapnik win the BBVA Frontiers Award in ICT
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Ancient DNA from Sardinia reveals 6,000 years of genetic history
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Google Award for next generation Deep Learning education
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Technology in higher education: learning with it instead of from it
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Having an eye for colors: Printable light sensors
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Immunotherapy combo effective for patients with high-grade neuroendocrine cancer
Credit: SWOG Cancer Research Network Many patients with rare, fast-growing neuroendocrine tumors respond well to a common immunotherapy drug combination, ...
Oldest reconstructed bacterial genomes link farming, herding with emergence of new disease
Scientists present the first ancient DNA that links the spread of farming culture in ancient Eurasia to the emergence of ...
ETRI develops optical communications technology to double data transfer speed
Credit: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) Researchers in South Korea have developed a new optical communications technology that can ...
How the urban environment affects the diet of its citizens
A participatory study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has resulted in proposals for action to improve the urban ...
Climate change will cause a loss of olive production in Andalusia
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba We do not have to look as far away as the glaciers in Norway, the fires ...
Hospital admission & neurological consultations associated with improved TIA care quality
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Camera trap study captures Sumatran tigers, clouded leopards, other rare beasts
Credit: Photo courtesy Max Allen CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists deployed motion-sensitive camera traps across a 50-square-mile swath of Bukit Barisan ...
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