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Pressure may be key to fighting climate change with thermoelectric generators
New way to use compression techniques to improves thermoelectric performance, bringing researchers closer to practical applications that could help fight...
Distributing essential medicines for free resulted in a 44% increase in adherence
Study also found some improved health outcomes with free distribution of essential medicinesCredit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO - A new...
China is on track to meet its ultra-low emissions goals for 2020
Credit: Ling Tang, Beijing University of Chemical Technology and Beihang University; Jiabao Qu, Ministry of Environmental Protection and HeBei University...
Rare ‘Lazarus superconductivity’ observed in promising, rediscovered material
In a uranium-based compound once dismissed as uninteresting, scientists watched superconductivity arise, disappear, then return under the influence of high...
UCI researcher receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award to study learning and memory
Study aimed at understanding and controlling memory as key to developing treatments for drug addiction, depression, anxiety and PTSDCredit: UCI...
Icaros: Flight simulator home trainer
The German Sport University carried out research to see whether full-body exergaming in virtual reality can be appropriately applied for...
Clinical research for PET imaging for prostate cancer begins at Osaka University Hospital
Credit: Giesel FL, et al. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2019 Osaka University Hospital began Japan's first clinical research for diagnosis...
Large, long-term study suggests link between eating mushrooms and a lower risk of prostate cancer
Credit: Mushroom Council Results from the first long-term cohort study of more than 36,000 Japanese men over decades suggest an...
University of Arizona Health Sciences’ Monica Kraft and Marti Lindsey receive AZBio Awards
Monica Kraft, MD, named 2019 Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year; Marti Lindsey, PhD, named 2019 Michael A. Cusanovich Arizona...
Military drills for robots
Army researchers test human-like robotsCredit: US Army photo ADELPHI, Md. -- Army researchers tested ground robots performing military-style exercises, much...
Computer model helps make sense of human memory
Credit: OIST Brains are a mazy network of overlapping circuits -- some pathways encourage activity while others suppress it. While...
SUTD physicists unlock the mystery of thermionic emission in graphene
SUTD researchers discover a new theory that paves the way for the design of better graphene electronics and energy converters.Credit:...
Particles emitted by consumer 3D printers could hurt indoor air quality
Credit: Allison Carter Consumer-grade 3D printers have grown in popularity in recent years, but the particles emitted from such devices...
Picoscience and a plethora of new materials
Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory New Haven, Conn. - The revolutionary tech discoveries of the next few decades, the ones that...
The last mammoths died on a remote island
Credit: Juha Karhu The last woolly mammoths lived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean; they died out 4,000 years...
UTA computer scientist leading effort to ensure quality, credibility of information
The battle against 'fake news'Credit: UT Arlington As claims of "fake news" proliferate, checking the truthfulness of information becomes more...
$2.8 million grant will fund preclinical study of new dementia treatment
Credit: UK Photo | Mark Cornelison LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 7, 2019) -- The Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has received a...
New photovoltaic research partnership spans countries, disciplines
USA, Ireland and Northern Ireland to shine new light on solar technologiesCredit: Marco-Alexis Chaira, Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, Oct....
Anesthetizing fish may affect research outcomes
Anesthetics may alter coloration in certain fish species, influencing the traits researchers are trying to studyCredit: Kolluru lab Fish use...
New insights into the genomic landscape of meningiomas identified FGFR3 in a subset of patients with favorable prognoses
The identification of oncogenic mutations has provided further insights into the tumorigenesis of meningioma and the possibility of targeted therapyCredit:...
