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Six Argonne researchers receive DOE Early Career Research Program awards
Credit: Mark Lopez, Argonne National Laboratory Argonne scientists Michael Bishof, Maria Chan, Marco Govoni, Alessandro Lovato, Bogdan Nicolae and Stefan...
Air pollution, smoking and built environment are associated with an increase risk of childhood obesity
173 exposures analysed in first major study to assess risk of obesity in childhood using an exposome-wide approachCredit: ISGlobal How...
Imaging magnetic instabilities using laser accelerated protons
An international team of researchers highlighted two variants of Weibel's instabilityCredit: David Tordeux The magnetic structures resulting from a plasma...
Four new species of giant single-celled organisms discovered on Pacific seafloor
Credit: Jennifer Durden and Craig Smith, DeepCCZ Project. Two new genera and four new species of giant, single-celled xenophyophores (protozoans...
Researchers design COVID-19 knowledge base and risk assessment tool powered by AI
FAU's College of Engineering and computer science machine learning project receives NSF rapid grantCredit: Florida Atlantic University Researchers from Florida...
Medicinal cannabis may reduce behavioral problems in kids with intellectual disabilities
Credit: Tatevosian Yana Cannabidiol, a type of medicinal cannabis, may reduce severe behavioural problems in children and adolescents with an...
Countries with early adoption of face masks showed modest COVID-19 infection rates
Credit: ATS June 24, 2020 - Regions with an early interest in face masks had milder COVID-19 epidemics, according to...
Scientists uncover new genetic mutations linked to autism spectrum disorder
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and Radboud University Medical Center...
Samsara, Evotec, KCK launch Autobahn Labs, a novel early stage drug discovery incubator
Autobahn Labs and UCLA announce strategic collaborationCredit: Autobahn Labs PALO ALTO, CA and HAMBURG, Germany (June 24, 2020) -- Samsara...
Food-grade wheatgrass variety released for public use
Credit: Brett Heim Wheatgrass is packed with beneficial nutrients, which makes the crop a popular superfood. And now, more farmers...
KIST develops eco-friendly, flame-retardant carbon plastic ideal for recycling
Non-toxic, flame-retardant composite material based on bio-epoxy made from plant-source tannic acid. 99% eco-friendly recycling within tens of minutes merely...
Australian awarded Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science, Royal Society of Chemistry
FLEET/UNSW's Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh awarded prestigious prizeCredit: UNSW FLEET CI Professor Kourosh Kaantar-zadeh (UNSW Sydney) has been awarded the prestigious 2020...
Inspiring innovative solutions to protect the planet
26 teams from across the world are developing solutions to make artisanal mining more responsibleCredit: Amy Richards / Guy Loftus...
NASA satellite gives a hello to tropical storm Dolly
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview During the morning of June 23, the fourth system in the Northern Atlantic Ocean was a...
Rice professor attracts grant to study magnetism
DOE Early Career award to physicist Ming Yi backs experiments on 2D materialsCredit: Jeff FItlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 23,...
Introducing a new isotope: Mendelevium-244
Berkeley Lab-led team creates a new, lighter form of the element mendelevium in experiments at the 88-Inch CyclotronCredit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley...
Simple device monitors health using sweat
Credit: Jennifer M. McCann/ Penn State A device that monitors health conditions in the body using a person's sweat has...
Using chaos as a tool, scientists discover new method of making 3D-heterostructures
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and their collaborators from...
Laser allows solid-state refrigeration of a semiconductor material
Credit: Anupum Pant To the general public, lasers heat objects. And generally, that would be correct. But lasers also show...
Innovative smartphone-camera adaptation images melanoma and non-melanoma
Innovative research published in SPIE's Journal of Biomedical Optics suggests low-cost, accessible diagnostic tool for skin cancerCredit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington,...
