Mapping food color regulations in the EU and the US
New study suggests that EU and the US companies and consumers have much to gain from closer cooperation on food ...
Researchers find mushrooms may hold clues to effect of carbon dioxide on lawns
Credit: Michael Kuo DURHAM, N.H. - Since the Industrial Revolution, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has rapidly ...
Are wolves becoming domesticated again?
Credit: Unknown, American Institute of Biological Sciences The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological ...
From opioid-free to long-term user, in one operation: Study shows key role of surgery
ANN ARBOR, MI - Having surgery always comes with risks. But a new study suggests a new one to add ...
The most accurate measurement of rare meson decay confirms modern physics
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN / CERN / The LHCb Collaboration Cracow, 12 April 2017 All physical theories are to a ...
A whiff of warning at the pool
More building blocks, more toy cars, more dolls: the German toy sector is constantly growing. Simultaneously, hundreds of toys are ...
How some battery materials expand without cracking
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- When you charge a battery, or when you use it, it's not just electricity but also matter ...
Baraniuk elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (April 12, 2017) -- Rice University professor and engineer Richard Baraniuk has been elected ...
Polar glaciers may be home to previously undiscovered carbon cycle
Credit: Christine Foreman, Montanan State University Microbes in streams flowing on the surface of glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic ...
Collisions generate gas in debris disks
Credit: RIKEN Many young stars, as well as more middle-aged stars like our sun, have "debris disks"--like the Oort Cloud ...
Algal residue — an alternative carbon resource for pharmaceuticals and polyesters
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Microalgae have received much attention in biomass production due to many strains having a high ...
Nuclear transfer of mitochondrial DNA in colon and rectal cancer
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Patients with colon and rectal cancer have somatic insertions of mitochondrial DNA into the nuclear ...
Is there something up with stinky inflatable pool toys?
Inflatable toys and swimming aids, like bathing rings and arm bands, often have a distinctive smell which could indicate that ...
um-Palmitoylethanolamide can slow down Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson disease (PD) is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. First ...
KTU’s unique material for new generation solar cells 1 step closer to market
Credit: KTU The team of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) together with Swiss physicists had synthesised unique material ...
Potential new applications stem from controlling particles’ spin configurations
Fermions are ubiquitous elementary particles. They span from electrons in metals, to protons and neutrons in nuclei and to quarks ...
Embryo development, gene scissors and self-squeezing sponges
The European Research Council funds three TU Dresden scientists with ERC Advanced Grants, the most highly-endowed individual grants on a ...
AMIA announces partnership with Dryad Digital Repository
To launch the partnership, AMIA is connecting the Dryad resource to the publication of a new Journal of the American ...
Technology to improve rockfall analysis on cliffs could save money, lives
Credit: (Image by Matt O'Banion, courtesy of Oregon State University) CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers in the Pacific Northwest have developed ...
Evaluating cultural value of landscapes using geotagged photos
Credit: Yoshimura N. and Hiura T., Ecosystem Services, February 28, 2017 Researchers have developed a new method for assessing the ...
