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PhD thesis offers a real-time alternative to dialysis quality monitoring by optical method
Credit: TalTech The primary function of kidneys is to filter blood, removing waste products that build up in a human...
HKU Professor Zheng Xiao GUO elected Member of Academia Europaea
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Professor Zheng Xiao GUO, Associate Dean for China & Global of Faculty of Science...
NUS Researchers propose new perspective in nurturing lattice Boltzmann methods
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) share their recent progress in constructing numerical models for fluid mechanics simulations...
City, University of London and Howden secure grant from the Royal Academy of Engineering
Project is targeted at reducing leakages in rotating machinery by 20% and improving the efficiency of oil free screw compressors...
Ocean algae get ‘coup de grace’ from viruses
Viruses don't immediately kill algae but live in harmony with themCredit: MODIS, NASA; Steve Gschmeissner, Photo Researchers Inc.; Kay Bidle...
Molecular basis underlying colorectal cancer revealed
Credit: Tadasuke Tsukiyama, et al., Nature Communications, September 15, 2020 A team of scientists has unraveled the molecular mechanism behind...
Robots to help children touch the outside world
UC team is developing better telepresence robots, equipped with robotic armsCredit: University of California Irvine A team of University of...
The future of biofuels in the dark
Fellowship funds experiments in growing algae without sunlightCredit: Elizabeth Hann/UCR Algae could compete with petroleum as the fuel of the...
Florida State-led team offers new rules for algae species classification
Credit: Photo by Sophie McCoy. FSU Assistant Professor of Biological Science Sophie McCoy and her team are proposing formal definitions...
Human activities promote disease-spreading mosquitoes; more study needed for prevention
Credit: Courtesy Dr. Brianna Beechler, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Disease-spreading mosquitoes may be more likely to occupy areas...
Innovative approaches to stabilizing bridges, highway slopes
UTA civil engineer using recycled plastic pins to stabilize bridges and highway slopesCredit: UT Arlington A civil engineering professor at...
CCNY engineer Xi Chen and partners create new shape-changing crystals
Credit: Image courtesy: Tong Wang Imagine harnessing evaporation as a source of energy or developing next generation actuators and artificial...
Virtual reality trains public to reverse opioid overdoses
Credit: Penn Nursing The United States has seen a 200% increase in the rate of deaths by opioid overdose in...
Toxic metals can affect student health performance, say scientists from RUDN university
Credit: RUDN Univeristy A group of medical and environmental researchers from RUDN University evaluated the level of heavy metals in...
Henry ford study finds certain immuno suppressing drugs do not increase risk for COVID-19
Not taking their medication out of fear presents a greater risk to patients' healthCredit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT -...
The road to cheaper electric vehicles
UD Prof. Koffi Pierre Yao earns $1 million grant to develop a better lithium ion batteryCredit: Photo by Evan Krape...
NASA catches development of eastern Atlantic’s tropical storm Vicky
Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed a low-pressure area in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean, and it...
Fighting breast cancer with nanotech, immunotherapyÂ
Researcher takes aim at hard-to-treat metastatic cancers by using new method to unlock 'cold tumors' for successful treatmentCredit: No credit...
Cool eyes on fever screening: Optimizing infrared thermography
Full-face readings can optimize fever screening with infrared thermographsCredit: Image credit Q. Wang Thermography has been a hot topic this...
How do giraffes and elephants alter the African Savanna landscape?
Credit: Duncan Kimuyu As they roam around the African savanna in search for food, giraffes and elephants alter the diversity...
