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Social information from friends, experts could help reduce uncertainty in crowdfunding
BINGHAMTON, NY - Social information gathered from friends and experts, depending on the complexity of the product, can decrease uncertainty...
IURTC, Rose-Hulman Ventures collaborate on record number of technology projects in 2016
INDIANAPOLIS and TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. and Rose-Hulman Ventures have been partnering since 2010...
CubeSats: Shaping possibilities in space
Credit: NASA For more than a decade, CubeSats, or small satellites, have paved the way to low-Earth orbit for commercial...
The genetics behind being Not Like Daddy
Heidelberg, 22 February 2017 - A common strategy to create high-yielding plants is hybrid breeding - crossing two different inbred...
Widely accepted vision for agriculture may be inaccurate, misleading
Credit: Randy Kilmer "Food production must double by 2050 to feed the world's growing population." This truism has been repeated...
Study finds consumers willing to pay more for ‘all-natural’ labeled foods
CHICAGO - A study published in the Journal of Food Science found that expectations of product quality, nutritional content and...
CancerLinQ partners with premier radiation oncology society
Credit: ASCO ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 22, 2017 - CancerLinQ LLC and the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) are partnering...
Critters, plants and waste offer a more sustainable supply of catalysts
From earthworm guts to mining waste, scientists are exploring a wide range of new sources of catalysts that could help...
Asthma drugs could prevent prevent deadly form of pneumonia, research suggests
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System Two drugs used to treat asthma and allergies may offer a way to...
Researchers gain insight into a physical phenomenon that leads to earthquakes
Scientists have gotten better at predicting where earthquakes will occur, but they're still in the dark about when they will...
NASA spies Tropical Cyclone Bart’s end
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team NASA's Aqua satellite spotted Tropical Cyclone Bart as it was transitioning into...
High indoxyl sulfate levels caused by acute kidney injury damages lungs
Credit: Dr. Hideyuki Saito Acute kidney injury (AKI) is sudden kidney failure or damage lasting from a few hours to...
Study: Changing the environment within bone marrow alters blood cell development
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers at the University of Illinois report they can alter blood...
A close look at sharp vision in eye structure seen only in humans and other primates
Credit: Xiaoyun Wu/UW Medicine Vision scientists have uncovered some of the reasons behind the unusual perceptual properties of the eye's...