Sponge bacterium found to encapsulate arsenic drawn from environment
Arsenic is the leading freshwater contaminant on the planet, affecting millions of people worldwide and causing an untold number of ...
First evidence of rocky planet formation in Tatooine system
Evidence of planetary debris surrounding a double sun, 'Tatooine-like' system has been found for the first time by a UCL-led ...
Study opens new questions on how the atmosphere and oceans formed
Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU A new study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found seawater cycles throughout the ...
Effects of genes often influenced by network
When many genes regulate a single trait, they commonly work together in large clusters or 'networks'. Taking this into account ...
How donut-shaped fusion plasmas managed to decrease adverse turbulence
Fusion research has been dominated by the search for a suitable way of ensuring confinement as part of the research ...
How protein misfolding may kickstart chemical evolution
Alzheimer's disease, and other neurodegenerative conditions involving abnormal folding of proteins, may help explain the emergence of life -- and ...
Bioinspired process makes materials light, robust, programmable at nano- to macro-scale
Credit: Silk Lab / Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (February 27, 2017, 11 a.m. EST) -- Researchers at Tufts University's School ...
What’s really in the water
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering/Ric Evans PITTSBURGH (February 27, 2017) ... U.S. beaches and waterways are often closed to human ...
Coming soon: Oil spill-mapping swarms of flying drones
Loading video... Credit: University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Thousands of ants converge to follow the most direct path from ...
It may not have been too late to save ‘extinct’ pigeon
The Passenger Pigeon, a species of pigeon that died out in the early years of the 20th century, could have ...
Smart multi-layered magnetic material acts as an electric switch
The nanometric-size islands of magnetic metal sporadically spread between vacuum gaps display unique conductive properties under a magnetic field. In ...
Stanford scientists develop new tool to reduce risk of triggering manmade earthquakes
Credit: Courtesy Rall Walsh A new, freely available software tool developed by Stanford scientists will enable energy companies and regulatory ...
Investigating star formation is UMass Amherst researcher’s mission
Credit: UMass Amherst/ Robert Gutermuth AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts Amherst astrophysicist Stella Offner, who has received a five-year, ...
New technology offers fast peptide synthesis
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Manufacturing small proteins known as peptides is usually very time-consuming, which has ...
Genetic variant of p53 gene linked to breast cancer risk in premenopausal African American women
PHILADELPHIA -- (Feb. 27, 2017) -- Scientists at The Wistar Institute in collaboration with Roswell Park Cancer Institute found a ...
Largest study of factors affecting African-Americans with cancer announced in Detroit
DETROIT - The Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University School of Medicine will launch the nation's largest study of ...
Who gets sunburned? Survey finds risk is greater for young adults with melanin-rich skin
CHICAGO-February 27, 2017--Results from a study published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association point to an urgent need ...
Tracking the movement of cyborg cockroaches
Credit: Edgar Lobaton New research from North Carolina State University offers insights into how far and how fast cyborg cockroaches ...
3-D-printed bioabsorbable scaffold for ACL reconstruction with bone regeneration
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 27, 2017--Researchers have designed a 3D-printed porous scaffold for use ...
Angiography: Miniature particle accelerator saves on contrast agents
(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) The most prevalent method for obtaining images of clogged coronary vessels is coronary angiography. For ...
