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EU-Japan project explores faster and safer ways to locate victims trapped under rubble
Credit: CURSOR In the wake of major disasters, where structures collapse or people get trapped in hazardous situations, the first...
New approach for modern power grids that increases efficiency, reduces cost
SUTD worked with International Researchers to develop a novel approach to allow for a small, well-defined risk of constraint violation...
Smaller than a coin
Credit: ETH Zurich / Pascal A. Halder Nowadays, a mobile phone can do almost anything: take photos or video, send...
A simple way to control swarming molecular machines
Credit: Daisuke I. et al., ACS Nano. October 4, 2019 The swarming behavior of about 100 million molecular machines can be...
Scientists have identified the presence of cancer-suppressing cells in pancreatic cancer
Credit: Yasuyuki Mizutani A research team led by Nagoya University has revealed that cells containing a protein called Meflin have...
When laying their eggs, tobacco hawkmoths avoid plants that smell of caterpillar feces
An olfactory co-receptor allows moths to avoid intraspecific competitionCredit: Danny Kessler, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Ovipositing insects use...
UMD discovers new mechanism in the liver that helps prevent invasive fungal infections
Findings have implications for treatment of a variety of fungal infections, including the main cause of meningitisCredit: Nephron As a...
Scientists discover new antibiotic in tropical forest
Findings may lead to 'plant probiotic' and new antibioticsCredit: Dmitrii Y. Travin Scientists from Rutgers University and around the world...
Thin to win
University of Utah engineers develop thin, lightweight lens that could produce slimmer camera phones, longer-flying dronesCredit: Dan Hixson/University of Utah...
NCI-sponsored trial explores better treatment for brain tumors in children
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 8, 2019) Children with recurrent brain tumors or newly diagnosed,...
The story of thalidomide continues
Molecular basis of drug's effects on limb and ear development revealedCredit: Nature Chemical Biology An international study co-authored by researchers...
Machine learning helps plant science turn over a new leaf
Salk scientists use machine-learning algorithms to help automate plant studiesCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(October 7, 2019) Father of genetics Gregor...
US firearm death rate rose sharply in recent years across most states & demographic groups
New analysis of 1999-2017 firearm deaths looks at changes in each state and within age, gender and racial/ethnic groupsCredit: Health...
Initiating breastfeeding in vulnerable infants
Credit: Eric Sucar of University Communications PHILADELPHIA (October 7, 2019) - The benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and child...
Modified quantum dots capture more energy from light and lose less to heat
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers discover a new approach for capturing energy from light-generated, 'hot' electrons, avoiding wasteful heat lossCredit:...
Artemis, meet ARTEMIS: Pursuing Sun science at the moon
Credit: E. Masongsong, UCLA EPSS By 2024, NASA will land astronauts, including the first woman and next man, on the...
Dual approach needed to save sinking cities and bleaching corals
Credit: The Ocean Agency / XL Catlin Seaview Survey / Richard Vevers DURHAM, N.C. - Local conservation can boost the...
Lyncean Technologies awarded 49M to provide world’s most advanced gamma-ray source
Credit: Photo by Adrian Sokolov Lyncean Technologies, a pioneer in compact accelerator-based light sources for use in science and industry,...
New silk materials can wrinkle into detailed patterns, then unwrinkle to be ‘reprinted’
Scientists engineer on-demand high resolution wrinkling for reversible printing and thermal regulationCredit: Fio Omenetto, Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (October 7,...
Mason scientists invent new technology to streamline drug discovery
Credit: Photo by Evan Cantwell Manassas, Va. - George Mason University researchers have discovered the exact location where two proteins...
