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IUPUI maps genome of black blow fly; may benefit human health, advance pest management
Credit: Charity Owings, School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS -- Researchers at the School of Science at Indiana...
American Indian engineers present inaugural award to Sandia diversity specialist
Credit: Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Introducing the first recipient of the Blazing Flame Award from the American Indian Science...
Artificial-intelligence system surfs web to improve its performance
Of the vast wealth of information unlocked by the Internet, most is plain text. The data necessary to answer myriad...
Plant-species hotspot maps identify priority conservation areas of tropical Africa
Credit: Jan Wieringa, Naturalis Biodiversity Center Identifying critical areas for global biodiversity is an important step when prioritising areas for...
‘Exceptional’ nanosensor architecture based on exceptional points
Credit: UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Researchers from the University of California San Diego have developed a novel...
RIT professor images David Livingstone diaries, gives talks in UK
Credit: Livingstone Spectral Imaging project Multispectral imaging technology continues to recover new insights from the field diaries of 19th-century explorer...
UCR researchers discover new method to dissipate heat in electronic devices
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Controlling the flow of heat through semiconductor materials is an important challenge in developing...
The self-driving microscope
Credit: MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Light-sheet microscopy is one of the most powerful method for imaging the...
International engineering team develop self-powered mobile polymers
Credit: Jeong Jae Wie, Inha University/AFRL PITTSBURGH (Nov. 10, 2016) ... One of the impediments to developing miniaturized, "squishy" robots...
A new behavioural variant in wild chimpanzees: Algae fishing in Bakoun, Guinea
Credit: MPI-EVA, PanAf Chimpanzees often use tools to extract or consume food but which tools they choose for which purpose...
Making the most of clean energy
Credit: Lehigh University, P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science Recent years have witnessed the rise of an economic...
Die another day: How the immune system keeps ‘traitor cells’ in lockdown
(Garvan Institute of Medical Research) Australian researchers have uncovered how our immune system strikes a balance between attacking invaders and...
Higher vitamin D levels associated with better outcomes in breast cancer survivors
(Kaiser Permanente) Women with higher vitamin D levels in their blood following a breast cancer diagnosis had significantly better long-term...
Possible reason for carcinogenicity of silica dust found
Credit: Courtesy of MIPT & Skoltech Scientists from LPI RAS, Skoltech, and MIPT led by Skoltech Professor Artem Oganov and...
Scientists come up with light-driven motors to power nanorobots of the future
Credit: Image courtesy of the MIPT press office. Scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Semenov Institute...
Predators can drive increase in virus populations, new study shows
Credit: John DeLong/Biological Sciences/University of Nebraska-Lincoln The transparent belly of a tiny beast has revealed how algae-infecting chloroviruses bloom in...
Mirroring a drop in emissions, mercury in tuna also declines
For years, public health experts have warned against eating certain kinds of fish, including tuna, that tend to accumulate mercury....
Louisiana Tech University research series welcomes precision medicine, health-care expert
RUSTON, La. - Tim Cooley, former executive vice president of operations for molecular health and former director for health outcomes...
Veterans served by nation’s community health centers increased by 43 percent
Credit: Milken Institute School of Public Health and Community Health Foundation WASHINGTON, DC and NEW YORK, NY (November 10, 2016)...
Sensor for blood flow discovered in blood vessels
Physical forces like blood pressure and the shear stress of flowing blood are important parameters for the tension of blood...
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