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PPPL-led fusion code selected for all three pre-exascale supercomputers.
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) high-performance computer sites have selected a dynamic fusion code,...
Researchers are first to see DNA ‘blink’
Credit: Northwestern University Many of the secrets of cancer and other diseases lie in the cell's nucleus. But getting way...
Congo river fish evolution shaped by intense rapids
Credit: Oliver Lucanus New DNA-based research provides compelling evidence that a group of strange-looking fish living near the mouth of...
Egg-free surrogate chickens produced in bid to save rare breeds
Credit: Norrie Russell, The Roslin Institute Hens that do not produce their own chicks have been developed for use as...
Disappointing Merck drug news underscores critical next steps in Alzheimer’s fight
Credit: UsAgainstAlzheimer's WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 17, 2017 -- The recent announcement that Merck is halting a Phase II/III study for...
System automatically detects cracks in nuclear power plants
Credit: (Image care of EPRI) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new automated system detects cracks in the steel components of...
UConn to speed human limb growth
Credit: G.J. McCarthy/UConn Foundation The University of Connecticut has joined the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute as a partner for the...
How humans bond: The brain chemistry revealed
In new research published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Northeastern University psychology professor Lisa...
Efficient power converter for internet of things
The "internet of things" is the idea that vehicles, appliances, civil structures, manufacturing equipment, and even livestock will soon have...
Hubble spotlights a celestial sidekick
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA This image was captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), a...
From mice, clues to microbiome’s influence on metabolic disease
Credit: Bryce Richter/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- The community of microorganisms that resides in the gut, known as the microbiome, has...
Designing new materials from ‘small’ data
Credit: James Rondinelli Finding new functional materials is always tricky. But searching for very specific properties among a relatively small...
Developing a catalytic conveyor belt
Credit: Oleg E. Shklyaev and Henry Shum PITTSBURGH (February 17, 2017) ... Capitalizing on previous studies in self-powered chemo-mechanical movement,...
Measuring pain: SLU scientist tests possible biomarkers
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- With new funding from The Mayday Fund, a Saint Louis University researcher will...