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Jean-Pol Dodelet is elected a Fellow of the AAAS
Honorary Professor Jean-Pol Dodelet, of Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the...
Power savings: ONR research helps Navy curb kilowatts
Credit: Photo: Bryce Vickmark ARLINGTON, Va.--With support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of...
Our closest worm kin regrow body parts, raising hopes of regeneration in humans
Credit: Shawn Luttrell/University of Washington What if humans could regrow an amputated arm or leg, or completely restore nervous system...
Diane Spatz receives Lifetime Achievement Award from National Assoc. of Neonatal Nurses
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (November 28, 2016) - Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, Professor of Perinatal Nursing and the...
Optimizing fertilizer rates for wild blueberry
KEMPTOWN, NOVA SCOTIA - The authors of a study in HortScience (September 2106) say that wild blueberry nutrient management varies...
Program helps teens ‘get the message’ about distracted driving
November 28, 2016 - A program to educate teens about distracted driving--including a tour of a hospital trauma center and...
Handheld, mobile data technologies compared for turfgrass
ATHENS, GA - Performance testing of natural turfgrass sports fields requires sampling to obtain information on surface properties (e.g., soil...
Compost establishes growing media pH similar to limestone
KENNETT SQUARE, PA - As concerns increase about the environmental impacts of harvesting peat and the rising costs of peatmoss...
Most people at risk for osteoporisis fractures are not evaluated and treated
MAYWOOD, IL - Osteoporosis is preventable and treatable, but only a small proportion of people at risk for fractures are...
Missed connections
Credit: UCSB Studies of brain activity typically draw their findings from measurement averages across entire groups of subjects. But new...
How crop load density affects apple juice, hard cider quality
Credit: Photo courtesy of Gregory Peck. ITHACA, NY - Hard cider, an alcoholic beverage produced from fermented apple juice or...
Survey of New York City soil uncovers medicine-making microbes
Credit: Zach Veilleux/The Rockefeller University Microbes have long been an invaluable source of new drugs. And to find more, we...
Researchers propose low-mass supernova triggered formation of solar system
A research team led by University of Minnesota School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Yong-Zhong Qian uses new models and...
Inside tiny tubes, water turns solid when it should be boiling
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- It's a well-known fact that water, at sea level, starts to boil at a temperature of 212...
Aircraft inspectors have new Sandia course to help detect composite material damage
Credit: Dennis Roach, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- As manufacturers build more wings, fuselages and other major commercial aircraft...
Taste bud maintenance in mice requires Hedgehog signaling
Credit: Charlotte M. Mistretta and colleagues. Disruptions in the Hedgehog signaling pathway can interfere with taste bud maintenance in mice,...
Many primary care doctors are reluctant to talk about medical errors, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--While most primary care physicians would provide some information about a medical error, only a minority...
UT professor develops algorithm to improve online mapping of disaster areas
Credit: Yingjie Hu KNOXVILLE--When an 8-magnitude earthquake struck Yingjie Hu's home province of Sichuan, China, in 2008, he was more...
It takes less than a second to tell humans from androids
It can be hard to tell the difference between humans and androids in such sci-fi TV shows as "Westworld." But...
DOE funds advanced manufacturing of superconductor wire for next generation machines
Credit: University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering With their potential for big savings through increased energy efficiency and reduced...
