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Island volcano monitoring system tested at Nishinoshima
Credit: Kobe University During the October cruise of KS16-16 (1) a research team with members from the Kobe University Graduate...
UNIST engineers thermoelectric material in paintable liquid form
Credit: UNIST A new study, led by Professor Jae Sung Son of Materials Science and Engineering at UNIST has succeeded...
Not free agents? Could human decisions actually be products of deterministic forces?
Credit: World Scientific Decisions are not random. They are a connected network rippling from the past into the future. Is...
Search engines ‘could help young people find best mental health resources’
Search engines and content providers could have a role to play in helping young people find the most reliable mental...
Optical probes overcome light scattering in deep-brain imaging, says Neurophotonics report
Credit: The authors: doi:10.1117/1.NPh.4.1.011002 BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA, and CARDIFF, UK -- The ability to stimulate neural circuits with very high...
Scientists unlock genetic code of diseased lung cells to find new treatments for IPF
CINCINNATI - Researchers cracked the complete genetic code of individual cells in healthy and diseased human lung tissues to find...
Going with the flow: Facile synthesis of a complex biologically active oligopeptide
Credit: Nature Communications The research community and pharmaceutical industry have had a long-standing interest in developing peptide-based therapeutics owing to...
Role of protein in pancreatic secretion suggests potential method for treating diabetes
Credit: Osaka University Research reveals opposing roles for SNAP23 protein in the enzyme- and hormone-secretion functions of the pancreas; SNAP23...
Insomnia prevalent in patients with asthma
A team of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh has found that insomnia is highly prevalent in adults with asthma...
New study shows contact lens therapy effective in slowing myopia progression in children
Myopia (nearsightedness) prevalence continues to grow and affect children worldwide CooperVision reports interim two-year data from its Clinical Evaluation of...
Amateur astronomer helps uncover secrets of unique pulsar binary system
Credit: NASA TORONTO A professional astrophysicist and an amateur astronomer have teamed up to reveal surprising details about an unusual...
New study finds mammals during age of dinosaurs packed a powerful bite
Credit: Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture Seattle - Move over, hyenas and saber-toothed cats; there's a mammal with...
Scientists track chemical and structural evolution of catalytic nanoparticles in 3-D
Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY- Catalysts are at the heart of fuel cells-devices that convert hydrogen and oxygen to...
Scientists examine bacterium found 1,000 feet underground
Hamilton, ON Dec. 8, 2016 -- Pioneering work being carried out in a cave in New Mexico by researchers at...
Oxygen can wake up dormant bacteria for antibiotic attacks
Credit: Miquel Pons, University of Barcelona Bacterial resistance does not come just through adaptation to antibiotics, sometimes the bacteria simply...
Will Earth still exist 5 billion years from now?
Credit: © ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) What will happen to Earth when, in a few billion years' time, the Sun is a...
Contraception influences sexual desire in committed relationships
Sex is quite wonderful when the goal is to have children. But sex can also serve as a "glue" in...
WSU study finds people willing to pay more for new biofuels
PULLMAN, Wash. - When it comes to second generation biofuels, Washington State University research shows that consumers are willing to...
DNA methylation biomarker for prostate cancer shows promise for accurately determining patient risk
Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 8, 2016 - Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and other biomarkers are essential tools for diagnosing and monitoring prostate...
Dipole orientation: New dimension in super-resolution microscopy
Recently, a new polarization-dipole azimuth-based super-resolution technique has been proposed by a group of researchers in Peking University (China), Tsinghua...
