A new type of acoustic insulation enables sound to be concentrated in corners
UC3M researchCredit: Dolores Iglesias, Fundación Juan March The research falls within the field of study of the condensed matter physics, ...
Flexing for success from Saudi Arabia to Silicon Valley
Credit: © 2019 Wedyan Babtain Asrar Damdam is proving that nothing can stand in her way. The 26-year-old KAUST Ph.D. ...
Examination of conscience on the role of engineering in sustainable development
In a study conducted by 3 engineers, Josep Maria Basart (UAB), Mireia Farrús (UPF) and Montse Serra (UOC) presented in ...
MoveCare: First robots for the elderly coming soon
Credit: Università degli Studi di Milano MoveCare European project has entered its testing phase. MoveCare is part of the Horizon ...
Bird bacteria is key to communication and mating
Credit: Nicole M. Gerlach Birds use odor to identify other birds, and researchers at Michigan State University have shown that ...
MIB2 enhances inflammation by degradation of CYLD
E3 ubiquitin ligase MIB2 enhances inflammation by degrading the deubiquitinating enzyme CYLDCredit: Ehime University The tumor suppressor CYLD lysine 63 ...
Professor Fatima Cardoso wins Advanced Breast Cancer Award
Credit: Champalimaud Clinical Centre, Lisbon, Portugal The European School of Oncology (ESO), together with the Advanced Breast Cancer Global Alliance, ...
NUS researchers use light from nanoparticles to intricately control biological processes
New nanoparticles can adjust the beating speed of heart cells by emitting different colours of light. Light from nanoparticle clusters ...
PPPL findings: Discoveries from fusion to astrophysics at global gathering
Credit: Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. More than 155 researchers and students -- the largest delegation from the U.S. ...
Scientists invent animal-free testing of lethal neurotoxins
Credit: Scientistchic Animal testing will no longer be required to assess a group of deadly neurotoxins, thanks to University of ...
First structure of human cotransporter protein family member solved
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - Oct. 28, 2019 - In work that could someday improve treatments for epilepsy, UT Southwestern scientists ...
Ashes to concrete
Drexel researchers develop coal ash aggregate that helps concrete cureCredit: Drexel University Coal ash is the less notorious byproduct of ...
Teens with autism can master daily living skills when parents teach, reach for iPads
Study promotes daily living skills for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder via parent delivery of video promptingCredit: Florida Atlantic University ...
WSU study identifies potential new target for treatment of gout
Research team discovers alternate pathway by which MSU crystals trigger inflammationCredit: Photo by Cori Kogan, Washington State University Health Sciences ...
Faith, truth and forgiveness: How your brain processes abstract thoughts
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have leveraged machine learning to interpret human brain scans, allowing the ...
Red algae thrive despite ancestor’s massive loss of genes
Study may spawn ways to genetically alter and control red seaweedsCredit: Debashish Bhattacharya/Rutgers University-New Brunswick You'd think that losing 25 ...
Turning a dangerous toxin into a biosensor
Credit: Chan Cao, EPFL Some types of bacteria have the ability to punch holes into other cells and kill them. ...
Severe drought shuts down reproduction in copperhead snakes, study finds
Credit: Photo by Chuck Smith CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A long-term study of copperhead snakes in a forest near Meriden, Connecticut, ...
Scientists discover the implication of a new protein involved in liver cancer
The finding has a clear clinical relevance, since it will facilitate patient selection to offer a more specific therapyCredit: IDIBELL ...
Migratory birds are worse off in West Africa
Research undermines widely held idea that favorable conditions in winter habitat make up for the long, arduous migratory flightsCredit: Jeroen ...
