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Researchers develop unified sensor to better control effects of shock waves
Credit: Takeshi Fujimoto, Taro Kawasaki, and Keiichi Kitamura, Yokohama National University As a fighter jet quickly ascends and accelerates forward,...
NASA satellite data shows Humberto’s structure change
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Aqua Satellite provided data on Major Hurricane Humberto...
Early palliative care for advanced lung cancer increases survival
VA study analyzed data on more than 23,000 veteransCredit: Michael Moody Early palliative care is associated with better survival in...
SMART announces a revolutionary tech to study cell nanomechanics
New research discovery enables scientists to study membrane mechanics of cell's nucleus, revolutionising the understanding of metastatic cancers as well...
How cancer breaks down your muscles
New research sheds light on how cancer tumors can take control of muscle cells and cause wasting.Credit: Illustration: NTNU and...
Mast cell expansion from blood
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 19, 2019-Mast cells are critically involved in immunity and immune...
New research shows that European hedgehogs in Denmark carry a secret
Credit: Sophie Lund Rasmussen Most people consider the hedgehog a welcome guest in the garden. But a newly published study...
Wayne State leading efforts to alleviate fatbergs
What we throw out can come back to haunt usCredit: Tracie Baker, DVM, Ph.D., Wayne State University DETROIT - Worldwide,...
Perception of musical pitch varies across cultures
How people interpret musical notes depends on the types of music they have listened to, researchers findCredit: Josh McDermott CAMBRIDGE,...
UC San Diego receives $4.6M from NIMH for brain imaging data ‘gateway’
Partnering with Stanford University, UC San Diego researchers will create the neuroelectromagnetic data archive and tools resource at San Diego...
Key similarities discovered between human and archaea chromosomes
Discovery from Indiana University could advance use of single-celled organism in research on cancers related to errors in cellular gene...
Cellular hitchhikers may hold a key to understanding ALS
Credit: Y. Liao et al./Cell 2019 For long-distance transportation within the cell, RNA molecules rely on hitchhiking. A microscopic RNA...
NTU Singapore scientists develop technique to observe radiation damage over femtoseconds
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a technique to observe how radiation damages...
Discovery of tanycytic TSPO inhibition as a potential therapeutic target for obesity treatment
Identified the core mechanism for obesity treatment through brain cell controlCredit: DGIST DGIST announced on Sept. 5 that Professor Eun-Kyoung...
Neurological signals from the spinal cord surprise scientists
Credit: Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen With a study of the network between nerve and muscle cells in turtles,...
Plasma flow near sun’s surface explains sunspots, other solar phenomena
Credit: NASA/Goddard/SORCE For 400 years people have tracked sunspots, the dark patches that appear for weeks at a time on...
Artificial materials reconstruct the porpoise’s echolocation
Credit: ©Science China Press Over millions of years, porpoises have developed powerful biosonar with high accuracy and intelligence to detect...
A new approach to touch-screen set-up position for best physical workload and visibility
Credit: Kanazawa University Recent improvement of touch screens has allowed a wide range of applications due to their convenience of...
Circulating molecules in blood may be stepping stone for type 1 diabetes early prediction
Credit: Image by: University of Turku Researchers from the Turku Bioscience Centre in Finland have found changes in molecules in...
Stem cells with ‘dual identity’ linked to loss of smell from sinus inflammation
Credit: Andrew Lane In experiments with mice and human tissue samples, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report evidence that neuronal stem...
