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GRT Group and EPFL create the world’s first formic acid-based fuel cell
Credit: EPFL/GRT Group Orbe (CH), 19 March 2018 - Clean energy will cost equal or less than fossil fuels by...
Designing diamonds for medical imaging technologies
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 19, 2018 -- Japanese researchers have optimized the design of laboratory-grown, synthetic diamonds. This brings the new...
So close, yet so far: Making climate impacts feel nearby may not inspire action
ITHACA, N.Y. - Although scientists warn that urgent action is needed to stop climate change, public engagement continues to lag....
Siblings of cot death victims have four-fold cot death risk
Barcelona, Spain - March 19, 2018: Siblings of cot death victims have a four-fold higher risk of cot death, according...
Suicide risk for youth sharply higher in the months after self-harm
New York, NY (March 19, 2018)--A study led by Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) revealed that young Americans had...
Environmentally friendly cattle production (really)
Credit: MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Three hundred years ago, enormous herds of bison, antelope and elk roamed North America,...
Wolovick: Geoengineering polar glaciers to slow sea-level rise
Credit: Michael Wolovick Targeted geoengineering to preserve continental ice sheets deserves serious research and investment, argues an international team of...
Research with made-in-Canada molecule targets fungal infections worldwide
Credit: Photo credit: University of Toronto. People whose immune systems are compromised from illnesses such as cancer can also fall...
New EHRA Practical Guide on non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants launched
Barcelona, Spain - March 19, 2018: A new version of the EHRA Practical Guide on the use of non-vitamin K...
Deeper insight into viral infections
An infection with cytomegalovirus is usually harmless for adults. However, during pregnancy the virus can be transmitted to the unborn...
Ocean acidification: Herring could benefit from an altered food chain
As soon as they start life, it's all about survival for juvenile young fish. They must learn to catch prey...
Detection, deterrent system will help eagles, wind turbines coexist better
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers have taken a key step toward helping wildlife coexist more safely with wind power generation by...
TGen tests ultrasound as way to enhance cancer drug delivery
PHOENIX, Ariz. and OSLO, Norway -- March 19, 2018 -- For decades, ultrasound has been used to image organs such...
Visual recognition: Seeing the world through the eyes of rodents
Man or woman, happy or sad. Sometimes a glance is enough to say it. Yet, the visual process that allows...
Climate change threatens world’s largest seagrass carbon stores
Credit: Paul Lavery In the summer of 2010-2011 Western Australia experienced an unprecedented marine heat wave that elevated water temperatures...
Historians to climate researchers: Let’s talk
Credit: Princeton Avkat Archaeological Project History can tell us a lot about environmental upheaval, say Princeton University historians John Haldon...
Scientists discover new causes of cellular decline in prematurely aging kids
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- In a recent paper published in Cell Reports, Saint Louis University researchers have...
The use of immunotherapy to treat metastatic breast cancer
Breast cancer, in the stage with distant metastases, is an incurable disease with a 5 years survival rate of about...
Insulin pump known to be effective in adolescents, adults also benefits children
CHICAGO--The MiniMed™ 670G insulin pump system (Medtronic, Northridge, California) can improve glycemic outcomes in children with type 1 diabetes as...
Scientists invented method of catching bacteria with ‘photonic hook’
Credit: ITMO University An international research team discovered a new type of curved light beams, dubbed a "photonic hook". Photonic...
