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Ants: Jam-free traffic champions
Credit: Emmanuel PERRIN/CRCA/CNRS Photothèque Whether they occur on holiday routes or the daily commute, traffic jams affect cars as well...
Neural network technique identifies mechanisms of ferroelectric switching
Credit: Joshua C. Agar and Joshua Willey Innovations in material science are as essential to modern life as indoor plumbing...
Machine learning’s next frontier: Epigenetic drug discovery
Sanford Burnham Prebys scientists create a machine-learning algorithm that automates high-throughput screens of epigenetic medicinesCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA,...
Transient and long-term disruption of gut microbes after antibiotics
Antibiotic treatment can disrupt the gut microbiome at the strain level, with changes lasting as long as 6 monthsCredit: UAB...
Kirigami inspires new method for wearable sensors
Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering. As wearable sensors become more prevalent, the need...
Women less likely to receive Canadian federal research funding
Credit: stevepb, Pixabay Women are significantly less likely than men to be awarded grants and New Investigator personnel awards from...
New way to wrap liquid drops could improve drug delivery
Credit: BRIAN CALDWELL Researchers have developed a faster, cheaper way to coat liquid medication, an invention that could improve how...
Novel study documents marked slowdown of cell division rates in old age
Clearer understanding of lower cell replication rates in old age may have implications for preventing cancer and slowing agingCredit: Justin...
Oncolytics Biotech® and PrECOG announce study in metastatic breast cancer
The BRACELET-1 (PrE0113) study seeks to confirm predictive and prognostic biomarkers demonstrating pelareorep can expand application of checkpoint inhibitors in...
Fish more tolerant than expected to low oxygen events
Credit: University of Exeter Fish may be more tolerant than previously thought to periods of low oxygen in the oceans,...
Simple test predicts dangerous pregnancy disorder
Credit: Edith Cowan University Australian researchers have developed a way to predict the onset of a deadly pregnancy condition that...
IOF report underscores urgent need to maintain mobility in the world’s older population
Launched for World Osteoporosis Day, a new edition of the IOF Compendium of Osteoporosis highlights alarming increases in dependency ratios...
$2.3 million DOE grant to advance ethanol fuel research
Grant supports mathematical modeling of biomass movement in large fermentation facilitiesCredit: Purdue University/Michael Ladisch WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Imagine trying...
Glucose wears down circadian clocks in obesity, may drive cardiovascular risk
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 22, 2019) - High glucose in obesity appears to gum...
Gift to UT Austin will advance programs in biodiversity, establish fellowship program
Credit: University of Texas at Austin A generous estate gift to The University of Texas at Austin from alumna and...
City of Hope’s Betty Ferrell, Ph.D., elected to esteemed National Academy of Medicine
Membership into this academy is one of the highest honors in health and medicineCredit: City of Hope DUARTE, Calif. --...
Replacing coal with gas or renewables saves billions of gallons of water
Switch to natural gas would save 12,000 billion gallons a year by 2030; switching to solar or wind power would...
SwRI-led Lucy mission completes critical design review
NASA mission to the Trojan asteroids enters construction phaseCredit: NASA/Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. 21, 2019 -- The...
Humpback whale population on the rise after near miss with extinction
Credit: L. Candisani/Courtesy Insituto Aqualie A population of humpback whales in the South Atlantic has rebounded from the brink of...
Top prize in Nikon Small World Contest goes to MBL Embryology course image
Credit: Teresa Zgoda and Teresa Kugler WOODS HOLE, Mass.--A vibrantly colored image of a turtle embryo taken by two members...
