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Research sheds new light on forces that threaten sensitive coastlines
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Wind-driven expansion of marsh ponds on the Mississippi River Delta is a significant factor...
Quantum mechanics are complex enough, for now…
Credit: Copyright: MSc. Jonas Schmöle, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna Quantum mechanics is based on a set of mathematical...
Researchers receive $9 million grant for research on drug-resistant malaria
The University of Maryland School of Medicine has been awarded a $9 million seven-year grant by the National Institute of...
USDA announces $18 million to educate the future agricultural science workforce
WASHINGTON, D.C. April 21, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Two-dimensional melting of hard spheres experimentally unravelled after 60 years
Credit: Oxford University After extensive research, scientists from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford have found experimental...
LSUHealthNO research shows fish oil component helps damaged brain & retina cells survive
Credit: LSU Neuroscience Center of Excellence New Orleans, LA - A team of researchers led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD,...
New digital map shows changing racial diversity of America
Credit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Services A geography professor at the University of Cincinnati repurposed NASA maps to show the changing...
Sunflower seeds traced as source of toxic mold, potent liver carcinogen
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University researchers have shown that sunflower seeds are frequently contaminated...
UT Institute of Agriculture students win national dairy/food science competitions
Credit: Photo courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A group of students at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture are...
Report recommends ways to improve response to toxic inhalation disasters
Credit: ATS April 21, 2017--Better medical responses to the accidental or intentional release of inhaled toxic chemicals are being developed,...
Ethereum –Foundations of cryptocurrency and blockchain programming
Credit: apress Cryptocurrencies are on the rise, and blockchain protocols are taking the world by storm. Ethereum is an open-source...
New survey — Snapchat & Instagram are most popular social media platforms among American teens
A new nationally representative survey of American teenagers age 13-17 finds that teens have shifted their favored social media platforms...
New bone-in technique tests therapies for breast cancer metastasis
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A new laboratory technique developed by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions...
Atomic-level motion may drive bacteria’s ability to evade immune system defenses
Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A study from Indiana University has found evidence that extremely small changes in...
Hubble’s cosmic bubbles
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA This entrancing image shows a few of the tenuous threads that comprise Sh2-308, a faint and...
Saarland University professor receives top research award for improved image compression
Credit: Oliver Dietze According to the statistics portal statista.com , the amount of digital data created worldwide in 2015 was...
NASA and NOAA satellites watch Arlene, first Atlantic Tropical Storm of the season
Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA GOES Project The first tropical storm of the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season formed 40 days before the...
Renowned researchers present at ASN Scientific Sessions to advance the science of stevia
CHICAGO, IL, April 19, 2017 - To examine the latest scientific evidence related to non-caloric sweeteners, focused on stevia, the...
How Venus flytrap triggers digestion
Credit: (Picture: Sönke Scherzer/Dirk Becker) Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant. Catching its prey, mainly insects, with a...
Quantum mechanics is complex enough, for now…
Credit: Copyright: MSc. Jonas Schmöle, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna Quantum mechanics is based on a set of mathematical...
