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ORNL study examines tungsten in extreme environments to improve fusion materials
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 7, 2017--A fusion reactor is essentially a...
Caffeine boosts enzyme that could protect against dementia, finds IU study
Credit: Image courtesy of the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A study by Indiana University...
New drug combination targets aggressive blood cancer
Credit: Van Andel Research Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (March 7, 2017)--A pair of drugs that may be a one-two punch...
A new way to reset gene expression in cancer cells shows promise for leukemia treatment
New findings from Rockefeller University researchers could guide the development of potent combination therapies that deliver more effective and durable...
Diabetes drug may be effective against deadly form of breast cancer, study suggests
Credit: Wu et al., 2017 Researchers in China have discovered that a metabolic enzyme called AKR1B1 drives an aggressive type...
Artificial intelligence in quantum systems, too
Unai Alvarez-Rodriguez is a researcher in the 'Quantum Technologies for Information Science (QUTIS)' research group, attached to the UPV/EHU's Department...
A backup copy in the central brain: How fruit flies form orientation memory
Credit: photo/©: AG Strauss, JGU Insects have a spatial orientation memory that helps them remember the location of their destination...
One step at a time
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (March 7, 2017) ... The promise of exoskeleton technology that would allow individuals with...
Computer linguists are developing an intelligent system aid for air traffic controllers
Credit: Oliver Dietze Together with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), computer scientists from Saarland University have now developed a new...
Chicago waterways — still flowing after over 100 years
Credit: University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - As the city of Chicago has grown in population and industry since it...
New design results in compact, highly efficient frequency comb
Northwestern University researchers have designed a quantum cascade laser (QCL) frequency comb that is dramatically more efficient than previous iterations....
Future climate change will affect plants and soil differently
Credit: Rachel Harvey A new European study has found that soil carbon loss is more sensitive to climate change compared...
Copper mining with bioactive substances derived from bacteria
Credit: C) HZDR / 3Dkosmos Chile is one of the most important suppliers of copper to German industry. Within the...
Understanding what’s happening inside liquid droplets
Credit: Credit: Georgia Tech For most people, the drip, drip, drip of a leaking faucet would be an annoyance. But...
$1.1 million grant funds study on why early pregnancy prevents breast cancer
Loading video... Credit: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso EL PASO, Texas - Biomedical scientist Rajkumar Lakshmanaswamy, Ph.D.,...
QUT joins new intelligent transport center
QUT will join a new research and development centre designed to deliver better transport systems for Australia, after today's announcement...
Growing Australian agriculture through the Internet of Food
QUT welcomes the $210 million Food Agility CRC announced today by the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Senator Arthur...
Designing the fuel-efficient aircraft of the future
Loading video... Credit: Sean Cunningham, TACC As much as we complain about air travel, the fact is, flying has gotten...
Urine-based biomarkers for early cancer screening test
Credit: UNIST A team of researchers, led by Professor Yoon-Kyoung Cho of Life Science at UNIST has recently developed a...
Hexagonal boron nitride enables the fabrication of 2-dimensional electronic memories
Credit: Copyright Wiley-VCH 2017. Reproduced with permission from the authors. The use of two dimensional (2D) layered materials to improve...
