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WPI professor Bruce Bursten honored by ACS for service in field of inorganic chemistry
American Chemical Society selects Bursten for annual awardCredit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - January 15, 2020 - Bruce Bursten,...
The mysterious movement of water molecules
Credit: © Tamtögl Water is a mysterious substance. Understanding how it behaves at the atomic level is still a challenge...
Newly created embryo nourishes hope for the survival of the northern white rhino
Credit: Ami Vitale In August 2019 a team of scientists and conservationists broke new ground in saving the northern white...
Involving family in bipolar care helps children and teens stay healthier, longer
Credit: UCLA Health In a UCLA-led study, children and adolescents with a high risk for developing bipolar disorder stayed healthier...
Study: Women’s blood vessels age faster than men’s
New research from the Smidt Heart Institute helps to explain why women tend to develop different types of heart disease...
Hot OLEDs can ‘switch back’
Credit: Anton Kirch, Axel Fischer, Matthias Liero, Jurgen Fuhrmann, Annegret Glitzky, Sebastian Reineke It is well-known that LEDs and transistors...
New computational screening approach identifies potential solid-state electrolytes
High-throughput computational screening for solid-state Li-ion conductorsCredit: @Leonid Kahle, EPFL Replacing the volatile and flammable liquid or polymer electrolytes now...
Studies of membrane vesicles pave the way to innovative treatments of degenerative diseases
A paper came out in Cells in December 2019Credit: Kazan Federal University Research team leader Marina Gomzikova, employee of the...
Diabolical points in coupled active cavities with quantum emitters
Credit: Jingnan Yang, Chenjiang Qian, Xin Xie, Kai Peng, Shiyao Wu, Feilong Song, Sibai Sun, Jianchen Dang, by Yang Yu,...
How zebra finches learn to sing
Credit: Richard Hahnloser, ETH/UZH The ability to learn new motor skills is critical to almost all aspects of our lives....
Bacteria and sand engineered into living concrete
Credit: College of Engineering and Applied Science at Colorado University Boulder Cement and concrete haven't changed much as technology in...
More interventions follow gastric bypass than gastric sleeve, large study shows
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Jan. 15, 2020 - A study involving tens of thousands of bariatric surgery patients found that gastric...
Building materials come alive with help from bacteria
Credit: CU Boulder College of Engineering & Applied Science University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed a new approach to...
New study on a recently discovered chlorophyll molecule could be key to better solar cells
Scientists uncover the location and functions of a new type of chlorophyll molecule for the first timeCredit: Tokyo University of...
Active asteroid unveils fireball identity
Credit: NAOJ/Kasuga et al. At around 1 a.m. local standard time on April 29, 2017, a fireball flew over Kyoto,...
Nitrogen-fixing genes could help grow more food using fewer resources
Credit: WSU Scientists have transferred a collection of genes into plant-colonizing bacteria that let them draw nitrogen from the air...
Faster, cheaper tests for myopia possible
Leading cause of vision loss heads for epidemicCredit: ARVO The world's most common vision problem myopia or short/near sightedness, which...
Multimodal genomic analyses predict response to immunotherapy in lung cancer patients
Credit: Jennifer Fairman and Valsamo Anagnostou, Johns Hopkins University Researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for...
UMass Amherst researchers identify new mechanism involved in promoting breast cancer
Study found two cosmetics chemicals damage DNA of breast cells at low dosesCredit: UMass Amherst A new approach to studying...
Scientists explain how leaf apex enhances water drainage
Credit: DONG Zhichao Chinese scientists have recently shown how the tiny apex structure in plant leaves controls water drainage and...
