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Sleep-inducing herb: The key component identified
Credit: University of Tsukuba Can't sleep? Your sleep problems may be improved if you try an Indian herb, Ashwagandha. Researchers...
Melting sea ice may lead to more life in the sea
Credit: Heidi Louise Sørensen/SDU When spring arrives in the Arctic, both snow and sea ice melt, forming melt ponds on...
Lung probe that spots infections aims to cut antibiotic overuse
A new imaging tool that rapidly diagnoses bacterial lung infections could help prevent unnecessary use of antibiotics in intensive care...
Follow-up study suggests group meditation reduced murder rates in large US cities
Credit: Maharishi University of Management Following up on a 2016 study on group meditation that found a 21.2% reduction in...
CARB-X injects up to $48 million to accelerate first Powered by CARB-X projects
(WASHINGTON, D.C./ LONDON, U.K.) - The Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator, or CARB-X, announced today it is investing US$24...
Link between common prostate cancer treatment, dementia detailed in new Penn study
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A new analysis of patients who have undergone treatment for prostate cancer shows a connection...
Engineer patents waterlike polymer to create high-temperature ceramics
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Ceramic textiles, improved jet engine blades, 3-D printed ceramics and better batteries may...
UTSA professors receive grant to create water-purifying nanomaterial
Heather Shipley, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Burzik Professor in Engineering Design at The University...
What happens in the living cell?
The plasma membrane serves as a major hub for signal cascades to control crucial cellular processes. But it is a...
Researchers watch blood vessels develop in whole Zebrafish embryos
Credit: Lei Xi, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China WASHINGTON -- For the first time, researchers have followed...
PolyU develops accurate contactless 3-D fingerprint identification system
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The research team of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a system...
Ludwig scientists reveal new advances in cancer research at 2017 AACR annual meeting
MARCH 29, 2017, NEW YORK, NY - Ludwig Cancer Research released today the full scope of advances to be presented...
Book pays homage to August Vollmer, father of American policing
Credit: Harriet McHale/SHSU HUNTSVILLE, TX (3/30/17) -- After 10 years of research and a bookcase full of documents, Professor Willard...
Lighter, more efficient, safer lithium-ion batteries
Credit: UC3M Electric batteries are electrochemical devices that convert chemical energy stored in electricity. They consist of one or several...
Sensor warns when engine oil in CHP plant is no longer up to the job
Credit: Photo credit: Oliver Dietze Thanks to a new sensor system developed collaboratively by Professor Andreas Schütze and his research...
Baraniuk wins Defense Department’s Vannevar Bush Fellowship
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Rice University compressive-sensing pioneer Richard Baraniuk has won one of the Defense Department's most coveted basic...
Graphene mobile innovation wows at the GSMA Mobile World Congress
Credit: GF/R.Josa Held over four days in Barcelona, Mobile World Congress 2017 attracted over 108,000 visitors, all with the desire...
Beyond graphene: Advances make reduced graphene oxide electronics feasible
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a technique for converting positively charged (p-type) reduced graphene oxide (rGO) into...
£3m awarded to Oxford-led consortium for national machine learning computing facility
(University of Oxford) A consortium of eight UK universities, led by the University of Oxford, has been awarded £3 million...
Finding faces in a crowd: Context is key when looking for small things in images
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH-- Spotting a face in a crowd, or recognizing any small or distant object within a...
