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Rice engineer wins grant to study temperature and coronavirus
National Science Foundation backs Daniel Preston research on PPE sterilizationCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (May 14, 2020) - Daniel Preston,...
First look: NASA’s James Webb space telescope fully stowed
Credit: Credits: ArianeSpace.com NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been successfully folded and stowed into the same configuration it will...
Compact electronic nose to identify human lung diseases
Credit: Sonia Freddi et al / Advanced Healthcare Materials Researchers from Russia and Italy have proposed a compact sensor system...
Study identifies group of genes with altered expression in autism
The dysregulation appeared to affect communication among neurons in the subjects of the study, which was conducted in Brazil. The...
UMD researchers seek to reduce food waste and establish the science of food date labeling
New study highlights the importance of interdisciplinary collaborations to reduce global food waste due to date labelingCredit: Mohamed Mahmoud Hassan...
Geography of childhood cancer in Switzerland studied
Credit: International Journal of Health Geographics, 2020 While cancer is rare in children, it is, nevertheless, the second most common...
Clever new robot rover design conquers sand traps
Credit: hristopher Moore, Georgia Tech) RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Built with wheeled appendages that can be lifted, a new...
Catnip’s chemical attractant is new twist on old family tradition
Credit: Alex Abair GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Catnip is most famous for its ability to launch felines into a euphoric frenzy,...
Satellites eye typhoon Vongfong landfall in the Philippines
Credit: Credit: NOAA/William Straka III, Univ. of Wisconsin Madison NASA and NOAA satellites have been providing forecasters with satellite data...
New study to assess the efficacy of ivermectin against COVID-19
Clínica Universidad de Navarra and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health launch a clinical trial to determine the efficacy of...
BladeSense research advances rotor blade health monitoring
UK Government-funded helicopter project yields promising resultsCredit: Airbus Helicopters in the UK Airbus Helicopters in the UK is exploring future...
Coping after breast cancer
UD researchers study how fear of cancer recurrence impacts a couple's quality of lifeCredit: Illustration by Jeffrey Chase To recur...
KIT procures new supercomputer
'Horeka' hybrid system expected to be among ten most powerful computers in Europe in 2021Credit: Graphics: SCC/KIT From the energy...
Digital health in the COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 13, 2020--Artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, and other key digital...
The carnivorous plant lifestyle is gene costly
Credit: (Picture: Dirk Becker and Sönke Scherzer / University of Würzburg) Plants can produce energy-rich biomass with the help of...
Making quantum ‘waves’ in ultrathin materials
Study co-led by Berkeley Lab reveals how wavelike plasmons could power up a new class of sensing and photochemical technologies...
Critical window for re-infection with HIV after stem cell transplantation
Credit: NIAID Some people with HIV need to undergo an allogeneic stem cell transplantation in order to treat different types...
Beads made of boa bones identified in lesser Antilles
The first identifications of Boa on Martinique, Basse-Terre and La Désirade islands point to the snake's significance for pre-Columbian AmerindiansCredit:...
Unlocking the gate to the millisecond CT
Credit: Tohoku University Many will undergo a CT scan at some point in their lifetime - being slid in and...
Patients prefer their consent to share their data and to manage it digitally
Credit: Dovetail/WMG, University of Warwick A group of patients with diabetes were surveyed on their understanding of the consent process...
