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Is disability a risk factor for miscarriage?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 3, 2019--A new study compared the proportion of women with...
GPS inventors honored by HRH the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace today
The 2019 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is awarded to Dr. Brad Parkinson, Hugo Fruehauf, Dick Schwartz, and James Spilker,...
UD engineering professor honored by National Academy of Inventors
Kristi Kiick recognized for internationally recognized researchCredit: Kathy F. Atkinson Kristi Kiick, Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Materials Science...
Study reveals dynamics of crucial immune system proteins
New findings show how a key part of the immune system functions and suggest potential applications in disease diagnostics and...
Successful instrument guidance through deep and convoluted blood vessel networks
Latest breakthrough by Professor Sylvain Martel's team at Polytechnique Montréal opens up new horizons for endovascular surgeryCredit: Massouh bioMEDia for...
Researchers use genomics to discover potential new treatment for parasite disease
Experimental drug found to disrupt genes activated by worm parasite that causes lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)Credit: University of Maryland School of...
Detecting solar flares, more in real time
New machine learning tool can improve space weather forecasts, understanding of solar dataCredit: Dan Seaton and J. Marcus Hughes/CU Boulder,...
NASA catches typhoon Kammuri post landfall
Credit: Credit: NOAA/NASA/UWM-CIMSS-SSEC/William Straka III NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP or S-NPP satellite provided infrared and night-time imagery of Typhoon Kammuri shortly...
Virtual reality could help flu vaccination rates
Study finds VR might provide a path to increased acceptanceCredit: Sarah Freeman Athens, Ga. - Using a virtual reality simulation...
Gallery of fluid motion: Capturing liquids and gases in action
Annual exhibit highlights beauty of fluid motionCredit: Wim M. van Rees, Massachusetts Institute of Technology SEATTLE, December 2, 2019 --...
Announcing new GSA Division Award for career achievement in petroleum geology
Credit: Geological Society of America Boulder, Colo., USA: The Curtis-Hedberg Petroleum Career Achievement Award has been established by the Energy...
Metalens grows up
Researchers develop a mass-producible, centimeter-scale metalens for VR, imagingCredit: (Image courtesy of Joon-Suh Park/Harvard SEAS) Metalenses -- flat surfaces that...
How a cellular shuttle helps HIV-1 spread in immune organs
Researchers have identified a mechanism for HIV-1 spreading that involves viral particles being loaded from one type of cell onto...
NASA-NOAA satellite finds development of tropical cyclone 06A
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite showed that...
Early immune response may improve cancer immunotherapies
Mechanism may help detect elusive cancersCredit: Marlene Bouvier In a paper published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, University of...
$2.9 million funds new UIC study on sleep apnea, chronic kidney disease
Study funded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesCredit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine University of Illinois at Chicago researchers...
New prevention program uses emergency room to reach black women at risk for HIV
Credit: Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth With a disproportionate number of black cisgender women in the U.S. becoming HIV positive, researchers at The...
Scientists devise catalyst that uses light to turn carbon dioxide to fuel
Credit: Tijana Rajh / Argonne National Laboratory Researchers find new way to convert carbon dioxide into a usable fuel source....
Distress tolerance plays role in alcohol use and abuse among firefighters
PTSD symptom severity also related to heavy drinkingCredit: University of Houston New findings by a University of Houston psychology professor...
Investigating the human intestinal mucus barrier up-close and personal
Personalized medicine approach using a human Colon Chip opens up gateway to study mucus barrier functions in patients with intestinal...
