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Study discusses model for understanding nutrition and brain development
Credit: Photo courtesy of University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. -Pediatric nutrition research has sh own the important effects of early-life...
UTA works with Boeing, NASA, MIT to improve online students’ completion rates
Credit: UTA Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington are working with Boeing, NASA and Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
New smartwatch application for accurate signature verification developed by Ben-Gurion U
BEER-SHEVA, Israel...January 19, 2017 - An innovative, new system that uses smartwatch devices and software to verify handwritten signatures and...
Theorists propose new class of topological metals with exotic electronic properties
Credit: Lukas Muechler Researchers at Princeton, Yale, and the University of Zurich have proposed a theory-based approach to characterize a...
Making AI systems that see the world as humans do
Credit: Ken Forbus A Northwestern University team developed a new computational model that performs at human levels on a standard...
USDA announces $18.9 million available to support agricultural education at 1890s land-grant institutions
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced...
NIFA announces $1.85 million for potato breeding research
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced...
Climate change prompts Alaska fish to change breeding behavior
Credit: Jason Ching/University of Washington One of Alaska's most abundant freshwater fish species is altering its breeding patterns in response...
New study will help find the best locations for thermal power stations in Iceland
Credit: Erik Sturkell A new research article, with lead authors from the University of Gothenburg, gives indications of the best...
Quality control inside the cell
The ability to dispose of proteins that are either aberrant or (in the worst case) toxic is fundamental to a...
Great differences in the view of withdrawing futile intensive care
(Umea University) The views among physicians and the general public when it comes to deciding whether to withhold or withdraw...
One in 5 adults secretly access their friends’ Facebook accounts
Most people are concerned about the prospect of their social media accounts being hacked, but a new study finds that...
Motors matter: From DVD players to robotic surgeons
The same mechanical principles underlie whether the DVD player skips and whether the most advanced surgical robot will rotate its...
CRISPR meets single-cell sequencing in new screening method
Credit: Wolfgang Däuble / CeMM (Vienna, 19 January 2017) Genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9 "gene scissors" is a powerful tool for...
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