Biology
New fabric coating could thwart chemical weapons, save lives
Credit: Credit: American Chemical Society Click here to download the image. Chemical weapons are nightmarish. In a millisecond, they can...
Cope’s gray treefrogs meet the cocktail party problem
You've been there: Trying to carry on a conversation in a room so noisy that the background chatter threatens to...
Turning car plastics into foams with coconut oil
End-of-life vehicles, with their plastic, metal and rubber components, are responsible for millions of tons of waste around the world...
Seismic CT scan points to rapid uplift of Southern Tibet
Credit: Image courtesy NASA Using seismic data and supercomputers, Rice University geophysicists have conducted a massive seismic CT scan of...
Ambiguous pledges leave large uncertainty under Paris climate agreement
Under the pledges made by countries under the Paris Agreement on climate change, greenhouse gas emissions could range from 47...
El Niño and global warming combine to cause record-breaking heat in Southeast Asia
(University of Texas at Austin) Scientists at The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) have found that a devastating...
Researchers identify a key controller of biological machinery in cell’s ‘antenna’
Credit: Peter Barta / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital molecular biologists have identified an enzyme...
Analysis of pathways activation landscape in oral squamous cell carcinoma and pre-neoplastic lesions
Credit: Insilico Medicine Summary: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) affects over 300,000 people worldwide each year, and most patients already...
Does the sex of a cell matter in research?
Credit: Paula Burch-Celentano/Tulane University Over the last decade, many drugs that have been pulled from the market due to toxicity...
What the hair of a fly tells us about cancer
Credit: © UNIGE / Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan Things couldn't be simpler at the start: the cells divide into two identical cells...
Variable speed limits could reduce crashes, ease congestion in highway work zones
Credit: Steve Schar COLUMBIA, Mo. - As the summer months approach, most people turn to thoughts of sunshine, outdoor barbecues...
New data for old bones: How the famous Cleveland-Lloyd dinosaur bone bed came to be
Credit: Wikipedia The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is the densest collection of Jurassic dinosaur fossils. Unlike typical Jurassic bone beds, it...
Living long and living well: Is it possible to do both?
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE - Exactly when does old age begin? Which health markers best predict who...
Genetic study shakes up the elephant family tree
Credit: Graphic by Asier Larramendi Eskorza and Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- New research reveals that a species of giant...
Hiding in plain sight: New species of flying squirrel discovered
Credit: Nick Kerhoulas. For hundreds of years, a species of flying squirrel was hiding right under (actually, above) our noses....
NIST upgrades widely used database of molecular ‘fingerprints’
Credit: NIST When scientists need to identify an unknown compound, they do what a police detective might do. They get...
Chemistry life hacks: Food edition (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 6, 2017 -- Reactions is back with another round of chemistry life hacks....
Brain State Technologies: Successful clinical trial shows reduction of insomnia symptoms
This figure shows brain electrical activity at the temporal lobes before and after HIRREM® sessions. Brain State Technologies: Successful Clinical...
Safety of gene transfer to treat heart failure supports further clinical development
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 6, 2017--Based on the encouraging safety data that has emerged...
What makes a reach movement effortful?
Credit: Thomas Steuer/ Pierre Morel When choosing between alternative actions, we have to compare the positive outcomes of those actions...