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Reducing down to one-third of thermal resistance by WOW technology for 3-D DRAM application
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Researcher team led by Professor Takayuki Ohba at Tokyo Institute of Technology, ICE Cube Center,...
Robot radiology: Low-cost AI could screen for cervical cancer better than humans
Artificial intelligence--commonly known as A.I.--is already exceeding human abilities. Self-driving cars use A.I. to perform some tasks more safely than...
New book on Ion Channels from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Cover images courtesy of Dorothy M. Kim and Crina M. Nimigean, and Thomas G. Oertner. The propagation of information...
New strategy produces stronger polymers
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Plastic, rubber, and many other useful materials are made of polymers -- long chains arranged in a...
Scientific discovery game significantly speeds up neuroscience research process
Loading video... Credit: University of Washington INFOBOX: To try your hand at reconstructing neurons for brain science, visit Mozak at...
West Virginia groundwater not affected by fracking, but surface water is
Credit: Avner Vengosh, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - Fracking has not contaminated groundwater in northwestern West Virginia, but accidental spills...
Does the microbiome play a role in the effectiveness of colorectal cancer treatment?
WORCESTER, MA - The bacteria residing in your digestive tract, or your gut microbiota, may play an important role in...
With $1 million gift, UCI aims to become first university to launch rocket into space
Credit: Jessica Mendoza Irvine, Calif., April 24, 2017 -- University of California, Irvine students will "shoot for the moon" thanks...
Researchers develop eco-friendly, 4-in-1 catalyst
Credit: Sun Lab / Seto Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. --Brown University researchers have developed a new composite catalyst...
Climate change predicted to increase Nile flow variability
The unpredictable annual flow of the Nile River is legendary, as evidenced by the story of Joseph and the Pharaoh,...
Prostate cancer screening rates appear to level after recent drop
Declines in prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing that came after changes in government screening guidelines have abated in recent years,...
Study identifies hundreds of genes that influence timing of puberty
The largest genomic analysis of puberty timing in men and women conducted to date has identified 389 genetic signals associated...
New function discovered for ADAR1 in protecting stressed cells from apoptotic death
PHILADELPHIA -- (April 24, 2017) -- The RNA editing protein ADAR1 was first discovered several decades ago. Now, scientists at...
Mayo research shows surgery adds years for kidney cancer patients
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that surgery could more than double life expectancy for many patients with...
A plastic-eating caterpillar
Credit: Federica Bertocchini, Paolo Bombelli, and Chris Howe Generally speaking, plastic is incredibly resistant to breaking down. That's certainly true...
A CSIC scientist discovers that wax worms eat plastic
Loading video... Credit: César Hernández/Ainhoa Goñi A research scientist at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Federica Bertocchini, has discovered...
Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting biodegradable solution to plastic pollution
Credit: César Hernández/CSIC Scientists have found that a caterpillar commercially bred for fishing bait has the ability to biodegrade polyethylene:...
Patients with drug-resistant malaria cured by plant therapy developed at WPI
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - When the standard malaria medications failed to help 18 critically ill patients,...
First-ever direct observation of chiral currents in quantum Hall atomic simulation
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois Using an atomic quantum simulator, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign...
Next-generation microscopy
Credit: Vladimer Gregory/CeMM (Vienna, April 24, 2016) Our immune system consists of a great variety of cell types fulfilling diverse...
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