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‘Personalized dj’ music playlist algorithm matches songs to listeners’ changing moods
Credit: Lauren Gerson, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas -- Imagine having a disc jockey...
Preaching the benefits of vaccination in an increasingly skeptical world
During IDWeek2019, an annual gathering, infectious disease gurus present research insights about measles, Zika, influenza and other emerging infectious agents...
NASA examines extra-tropical large Lorenzo’s rainfall
Credit: Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL Lorenzo is still at hurricane force in the eastern North Atlantic has now transitioned to an extra-tropical...
Stanford-made exhibit plunges people in the world of microbes
Credit: ©Exploratorium, www.exploratorium.edu Wandering through the exhibits of the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco in spring 2018, visitors had...
Study: Biomarker in urine may offer noninvasive detection of prostate cancer
Credit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT - A research study published in the journal Neoplasia and led by principal investigator...
Inadequate control of thyroid hormones sensitizes to hepatocarcinogenesis and unhealthy aging
The cover features Figure 7 'Schematic representation of the effects of the modulation of THs levels in healthspan and lifespan...
Fossil fish gives new insights into the evolution
'An experiment of nature' after the end-Cretaceous mass extinctionCredit: © Giuseppe Marramà An international research team led by Giuseppe Marramà...
Tunable optical chip paves way for new quantum devices
Researchers demonstrate first fully integrated silicon carbide optical switch that can be thermally tuned for different functionsCredit: Ali Adibi, Georgia...
USDA grant to study transport of pollen from hemp and genetically engineered switchgrass
Credit: Virginia Tech A new season is often marked by the eruption of pollen into the air. As these invisible...
Structural color printing of 3D microscale objects by shrinking photonic crystals
Credit: SUTD In a report recently published in Nature Communications, a research group led by Associate Professor Joel Yang from...
Quantum vacuum: Less than zero energy
Is it possible to borrow energy from an empty space? And if yes, do we have to give it back?...
African evidence support Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis
First African evidence to support hypothesis of an asteroid impact that contributed to the extinction of large animals 12,800 years...
Scientists improve pancreatic cancer diagnosis with multifunctional platinum nanoreactor
Credit: HUANG Lin Metabolic analysis involves ongoing biological pathways and can be more distal than proteomic/genomic approaches to in vitro...
Species could buffer reproduction against climate change through sperm and egg plasticity
Credit: University of East Anglia Beetles have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to reproduce despite warmer temperatures - according to new research...
Researchers study the mechanisms behind learning and long-term memory in the brain
Credit: Virginia Tech When we first purchase a smart phone, all of our settings and applications are the same. But...
Father’s obesity in puberty doubles the risk of asthma in his future offspring
A Norwegian study shows that boys who are obese in pre-puberty have an over two times higher risk of having...
Novel material with strong action against fungi and tumors was developed
Researchers have created a composite with antifungal properties that are 32 times greater than those of silver by irradiating a...
Scientists of the Samara Polytech sinter lunar soil in a microwave
Making bricks from a lunar soil simulator takes 40 minutesCredit: @SamaraPolytech A team of scientists led by an engineer, candidate...
Battling BPA with biofilms
Pitt researcher awarded $420,000 NSF grant to study growing biofilms on electrodes to degrade bisphenol ACredit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH...
Why some greens turn brown in historical paintings
Credit: Adapted from Inorganic Chemistry 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02007 Enticed by the brilliant green hues of copper acetate and copper resinate,...
