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Scientists quantify global volcanic CO2 venting; estimate total carbon on Earth
Scientists update estimates of Earth's immense interior carbon reservoirs, and how much carbon Deep Earth naturally swallows and exhalesGas sampling...
Emerging parasitic disease mimics the symptoms of visceral leishmaniasis in people
Credit: CDC/James Gathany WHAT: A new study published this week online in Emerging Infectious Diseases suggests that transmission of a...
NASA satellite sees a large Hurricane Lorenzo headed toward Azores
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Hurricane Lorenzo was heading toward the Azores Islands...
Squid-inspired robots might have environmental, propulsion applications
Scientists studied fluid mechanics to simulate and build a squidlike robot that's fast, quiet and hard to see.Credit: Qiang Zhu...
Three UC San Diego researchers receive top honors with NIH Director’s Awards
Rob Knight, PhD, awarded the Pioneer Award; Omar Akbari, PhD, and Shadi Dayeh, PhD, receive the New Innovator Award, recognizing...
Early warning signals heralded fatal collapse of Krakatau volcano
GFZ Potsdam researchers reconstruct the flank collapse event that triggered a tsunami which killed 430 people in December 2018 -...
Discovery enables clear identification of diseased beta cells in type 2 diabetes
This study not only solves the problem of cell separation in the laboratory, but helps improve understanding of how type...
Record breaking observations find most remote protocluster of galaxies
Credit: NAOJ/Harikane et al. An international team of astronomers with participation by researchers from DAWN, Niels Bohr Institute, University of...
Modeling the complexity of the world’s water
Research team led by Pitt receives more than $1.3 million to develop 'CyberWater' modeling frameworkCredit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (Oct....
Uncovering new therapeutic targets for airway inflammation in sickle cell disease
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 30, 2019--A new study by De, Agrawal, Morrone et al,...
Beyond Einstein: Mystery surrounding photon momentum solved
Physicists at Goethe University measure miniscule effect with new super COLTRIMS apparatus / Publication in Nature PhysicsCredit: Alexander Hartung FRANKFURT....
Exploring the brain in a new way: WVU researcher records neurons to understand cognition
Credit: Illustration by Shuo Wang Where is Waldo? Whether we're searching for Waldo or our keys in a room of...
Researchers synthesize new liquid crystals allowing directed transmission of electricity
Organic power cable for electronic componentsCredit: Ill./©: Natalie Tober, JGU Liquid and solid - most people are unaware that there...
Pua lands NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Heather Pua, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, has received a 2019...
For the first time, UMD professor observes crystallized iron product, hemozoin, made in mammals
Findings could be used to treat sickle cell disease and malaria patients, while opening up diverse research avenues across immunology,...
A metronome for quantum particles
A new measurement protocol, developed at TU Wien (Vienna), makes it possible to measure the quantum phase of electrons -...
‘Poisoned arrowhead’ used by warring bacteria could lead to new antibiotics
Credit: T.E. Wood et al. (2019) A weapon bacteria use to vanquish their competitors could be copied to create new...
Department of Energy announces $21.4 million for quantum information science research
Projects linked to both particle physics and fusion energyCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory WASHINGTON, D.C.--Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...
Intertwined: How digital and open innovation are shaping our shared future
Open data is revolutionising how we collect, store, distribute, use and reuse data, but not everyone is convinced of its...
Discovered new regulation for infant growth
Researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway have identified new genetic signals for the regulation of how infants grow;...
