Dartmouth engineers partner with arctic residents to bolster resilience and sustainability
$2.6 million NSF grant to fund four-year projectCredit: Hunter Snyder Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth has been awarded a ...
New Pitt research finds carbon nanotubes show a love/hate relationship with water
Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (Nov. 12, 2019) -- Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are valuable for a wide variety of applications. ...
AI-driven single blood cell classification
New method to support physicians in leukemia diagnosticsCredit: ©Helmholtz Zentrum München / Carsten Marr Every day, millions of single blood ...
Listening to music while driving reduces cardiac stress
A study by Brazilian researchers suggests that cardiac overload due to the stress of driving in heavy traffic can be ...
Novela neurotech begins testing wireless, read-write capable brain prosthesis in animals
Credit: Novela Neurotech Toronto, ON--To further develop its wireless electrode for reading from and writing into the brain, Novela Neurotech ...
$1.85 million NIH grant to study sepsis
Credit: Virginia Tech One drop of blood contains 5,000 neutrophils, the most abundant type of white blood cell that is ...
First evidence of feathered polar dinosaurs found in Australia
Credit: Peter Trusler A cache of 118 million-year-old fossilized dinosaur and bird feathers has been recovered from an ancient lake ...
Fishmeal developed for sustainable aquaculture
Credit: Linda Svanberg Aquaculture in Sweden could be more sustainable if by-products from industrial feed production were used instead of ...
New exploration method for geothermal energy
International research team presents combination of mapping of underwater structures and geochemical measurementsCredit: CC BY 4.0: Maren Brehme; DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-52638-z Where ...
Applying biodiversity conservation research in practice
Credit: © Marcos Uzquiano The world's population is growing - and with it the need for natural resources. This calls ...
Ivan Biaggio elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America
Credit: Photo courtesy of Lehigh department of physics Ivan Biaggio, professor physics at Lehigh University, joined a distinguished group of ...
Nitrous oxide emissions set to rise in the Pacific Ocean
Credit: © EPFL Today's rising CO2 emissions are changing oceans' pH levels, making them more acidic. We can already see ...
Researchers develop a new home-based app to better monitor Parkinson’s disease
Frequent daily evaluations at home using the SleepFit app can minimize risk of uncertain recallCredit: Swiss Parkinson Association Amsterdam, NL, ...
Employing dental informatics to improve oral health for better overall human health
Poised to impact people and populationsCredit: Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Dentistry INDIANAPOLIS - With the goal of ...
Using cardiac-specific biomarkers to predict cardiovascular disease risk early
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 12, 2019--A new review article provides valuable insights into how ...
New research suggests robots appear more persuasive when pretending to be human
When bots disclose their non-human nature, their efficiency is compromisedCredit: NYU Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, UAE - November 12, 2019: ...
Beware probiotics in ICU patients
Credit: Michael Goderre/Boston Children's Hospital It's become common for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), both children and adults, ...
Nuclear warheads? This robot can find them
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Trust, but verify. -- Ronald Reagan Picture a swarm of autonomous, three-foot rolling robots ...
Knowledge of the origin of the food makes it taste better
Well-known foods taste the best, but if we know where the food comes from and how it is made, it ...
Using sound waves to remotely target drugs to tumors
Researchers have combined an ultrafast ultrasound imaging system with ultrasonic tweezers to track, trap and target drug carriers within a ...
