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Startup developing AI for TB detection; secures federal business innovation grant
Diascopic LLC secures NIH SBIR grant to bring to market their diagnostic platform that incorporates artificial intelligence for digital TB...
Three Penn faculty named 2019 AAAS Fellows
Carolyn Gibson, Sampath Kannan, and Ellen Puré are among a cohort of 443 distinguished scientists recognized with the honor from...
McMaster researcher warns plastic pollution in Great Lakes growing concern to ecosystem
Credit: Alliance for the Great Lakes Research from a leading international expert on the health of the Great Lakes suggests...
University of Arkansas provost Coleman named AAAS fellow
Coleman was selected for work in plant physiological ecology and developing research capacity in universities across the countryCredit: University Relations...
Swiss army knife for genome research
Multifunctional tool CRUP makes enhancer prediction quick and easyCredit: C-BY 4.0, Ramisch A et al. (2019), doi: 10.1186/s13059-019-1860-7 It is...
A record-setting transistor
Engineering professor designs transistor that could enable cheaper, faster wireless communicationsCredit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson Many of the technologies...
Florida Museum’s Lawrence Page and Douglas Soltis elected 2019 AAAS fellows
Credit: Jeff Gage/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The Florida Museum of Natural History's Lawrence Page and Douglas Soltis have been...
Satellite tracking Guam’s Tropical Storm Kammuri
Credit: Credit: NOAA /NRL The National Weather Service in Guam has posted warnings as Tropical Storm Kammuri lingers nearby. The...
NASA finds heavy rain potential in Tropical Storm Rita
Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson NASA analyzed the cloud top temperatures in Tropical Storm Rita using infrared light to determine...
Space travel can make the gut leaky
UC Riverside-led study tested the effects of microgravity on intestinal epithelial cellsCredit: Carrie Rosema. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Bacteria, fungi, and...
Once hidden cellular structures emerge in fight against viruses
A University of Arizona researcher describes how a cellular structure that was once lost to science combats attacks waged in...
Research in Birmingham could improve outcomes for people at risk of dangerous blood clots
Credit: British Heart Foundation New University of Birmingham research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) could improve treatments for...
December’s SLAS Discovery special issue now available
'Membrane Proteins: New Approaches to Probes, Technologies and Drug Design' now accessible through December 20Credit: David James Group Oak Brook,...
Two UC San Diego researchers elected AAAS fellows
Recognition by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society, honors their contributions in...
Image release: Giant magnetic ropes in a galaxy’s halo
VLA observations reveal details of magnetic structureCredit: Composite image by Jayanne English of the University of Manitoba, with NRAO VLA...
December’s SLAS technology feature article now available
'Automated System for Small-Population Single-Particle Processing Enabled by Exclusive Liquid Repellency' now accessible through December 20Credit: David James Group December's...
Virginia Tech faculty named American Association for Advancement of Science fellows
Credit: Virginia Tech Five scientists from Virginia Tech were named as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of...
Thousands of medieval manuscripts now online in full color through digitization project
Scholars and aficionados can search, download and study 160,000 pages of high-resolution, full-color manuscripts dating to the ninth century, thanks...
Hydrogen from natural gas without CO2 emissions
KIT and Wintershall Dea launch collaboration on climate-friendly industrial-scale methane pyrolysisCredit: Graphics: Leon Kühner, KIT Methane pyrolysis will allow for...
A novel pathway to target colorectal cancer
Investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina report in Gastroenterology that PGE2, a signaling molecule involved in inflammation, promotes...
