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Study shows how skates, rays and sharks sense electrical fields
Credit: Julius Lab, UCSF Sharks, rays and skates can hunt for prey hidden in the sandy sea floor by "listening"...
Tree growth model assists breeding for more wood
PULLMAN, Wash. - A meeting in a forest between a biologist and a mathematician could lead to thicker, faster growing...
NASA takes a double-look at Tropical Cyclone Blanche
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team Tropical Cyclone Blanche formed on March 5 near Australia's Top End, and...
Cosmic environments and their influence in star formation
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The scaffolding that holds the large-scale structure of the universe constitutes galaxies, dark matter...
A new approach to improving lithium-sulfur batteries
Credit: Kathy F. Atkinson/University of Delaware Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are the power behind most modern portable electronics, including cell phones,...
Fighting blindness: TSRI scientists bring a key protein into focus
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered how a...
New types of structures for cage-like clathrates
Cage-like compounds called clathrates could be used for harvesting waste heat and turning it into electricity. UC Davis chemists just...
Boosting your own defenses against heart disease
Credit: Chris Glembotski A protein found in the heart that is known to be involved in cellular stress responses in...
Star clusters discovery could upset the astronomical applecart
Credit: Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Meixner (STScI) & the SAGE Legacy Team. The discovery of young stars in old star clusters could...
Head injuries can alter hundreds of genes and lead to serious brain diseases
Credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA Head injuries can harm hundreds of genes in the brain in a way that increases people's risk...
Breakthrough in live coral imaging
Corals are calcifying animals and are the prime architects of the most diverse marine ecosystem, the coral reefs. The coral...
Turning food waste into tires
Credit: Photo by Kenneth Chamberlain, courtesy of The Ohio State University. WOOSTER, Ohio--Tomorrow's tires could come from the farm as...
NASA sees powerful Tropical Cyclone Enawo threatening Madagascar
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce Tropical Cyclone Enawo has continued to intensify while moving toward Madagascar. NASA's Aqua...
Paleolake deposits on Mars might look like sediments in Indonesia
Credit: Goudge et al. and GSA Bulletin Boulder, Colo., USA: In their GSA Bulletin article published online last week, Timothy...
Flashy first images arrive from NOAA’s GOES-16 lightning mapper
Credit: Credits: NOAA/NASA Detecting and predicting lightning just got a lot easier. The first images from a new instrument onboard...
Computational method makes gene expression analyses more accurate
PITTSBURGH--A new computational method can improve the accuracy of gene expression analyses, which are increasingly used to diagnose and monitor...
World’s largest autism genome database shines new light on many ‘autisms’
NEW YORK (March 6, 2017) - The newest study from the Autism Speaks MSSNG project - the world's largest autism...
New blood test could help detect and locate cancer early on
Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new blood test that could detect cancer -- and...
New method rescues donor organs to save lives
Loading video... Credit: Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--March 6, 2017--A multidisciplinary team led by Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Mikati Foundation Professor...
One-two punch may floor worst infections
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (March 6, 2017) - McMaster University researchers have found a new way to treat the...
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