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National lab, municipal power utility test energy storage for small hydropower generation
Credit: INL photo by Chris Morgan Idaho National Laboratory has turned to its own backyard to test how small hydropower...
Moms–It’s OK to ask for help. Here’s how.
Proven psychological strategies for moms.Credit: Paul Gordon New York, NY--Every mom is a Wonder Woman, no doubt about it. But...
AGS honors Dr. Megan Huisingh-Scheetz with Arti Hurria Memorial Award
Credit: Megan Huisingh-Scheetz New York (April 26, 2021)--The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the AGS Health in Aging Foundation today...
Results of study could be biggest rehab advance in decades for patients after stroke
Patients who incorporated vagus nerve simulation during physical or occupational therapy showed 2-3 times the improvement in arm and hand...
What spurs people to save the planet? Stories or facts?
Johns Hopkins study finds it depends on whether you're Republican or DemocratCredit: Johns Hopkins University With climate change looming, what...
Hydrocracking our way to recycling plastic waste
UD researchers report possible solutions for hard-to-recycle plasticsCredit: Photo by Evan Krape Millions of tons of plastic end up in...
New study shows microbes trap massive amounts of carbon
Credit: Photo by Tom Owens. Violent continental collisions and volcanic eruptions are not things normally associated with comfortable conditions for...
2Exciting: Innovative training network for early career researcher education in 2D research
Credit: 2Exciting The trainees will study the fundamental physics of the light-matter interaction in two-dimensional semiconductor materials to develop innovative...
Scrubbing paleontological data
The winning entry of the Open Research Challenge (ORC) offers a solution for cleaning paleontological dataCredit: Picture: Joe Flannery Sutherland...
Mental health promotes children’s physical activity during lockdown
Study shows interrelation of psychic well-being, physical activity, and screen time for children and adolescentsCredit: Lydia Albrecht, KIT According to...
New testing strategy can speed up COVID-19 test results for healthcare workers
In The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics investigators share a new methodology for testing pooled samples that maximizes the proportion of...
Which Parkinson’s symptoms do patients most want to see improved by treatment?
A survey by Parkinson's UK identifies which aspects of the condition matter most to patients. These findings have implications for...
Brain changes following traumatic brain injury share similarities with Alzheimer’s disease
Using MRIs and machine learning, researchers mapped comparable degenerative changes in gray and white matter of the brainCredit: Kenneth Rostowsky,...
Blood transfusions in cats: A precious resource requiring a considered approach
Credit: Image: Samantha Taylor, BVetMed(Hons), CertSAM, DipECVIM-CA, MANZCVS, FRCVS Blood transfusions are a common procedure in medical practice in which...
Sounds familiar: A speaker identity-controllable framework for machine speech translation
Researchers propose a deep learning-based model for mimicking and continuously modifying speaker voice identity during speech translationCredit: Masato Akagi Ishikawa,...
Study evaluates biomarker criteria for assessing Alzheimer’s risk
Community-based autopsy study of well-characterized older adults provides valuable data on influential research toolCredit: Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) study...
How do slow anomalies beneath subducting slabs affect giant megathrust earthquakes?
Credit: IOCAS Earthquakes and volcanoes in subduction zones may cause great human catastrophe. Previous studies on subduction zone structure and...
Experimental proof for Zeeman spin-orbit coupling in antiferromagnetics
Credit: Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS A NUST MISIS professor was part of an international research team that has found evidence for...
Chinese hazelnut: The newest piece in the hazelnut genome puzzle
Scientists from China assembled a high-quality genome of Chinese hazelnut and were able to identify several genes of economic importanceCredit:...
Germany grants the Optics University Center and Campus at Leibniz University Hannover
German Science Council recommends an investment of 54.2 million Euro to build the research building OPTICUMCredit: HENN German companies have...
