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Algae as a resource: Chemical tricks from the sea
Algae could become an important resource in the future, if you understand the chemistry behind it. With the participation of...
Alternative material for superconducting radio-frequency cavity
Credit: HZB At present, niobium is the material of choice for constructing superconducting radio-frequency cavity resonators. These will be used...
Blood samples from the zoo help predict diseases in humans
Credit: Oliver Dietze The researchers want to use similar genetic patterns, which have been present in the blood of humans...
NASA sees heavy rainfall potential in strengthening Tropical Storm Barry
Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Storm Barry continued to linger in the Gulf of Mexico, generating a lot of heavy rainfall on...
Using building materials to monitor for high enriched uranium
A new paper details how small samples of ubiquitous building materials, such as tile or brick, can be used to...
Model development is crucial in understanding climate change
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Numerical models are a key tool for climate scientists in understanding the past, present and...
An inflammatory diet correlates with colorectal cancer risk
The risk of developing colorectal cancer for individuals that follow a pro-inflammatory diet is two times higher than usualCredit: Gemma...
How much water do snowpacks hold? A better way to answer the question
Credit: Photo by Ryan Crumley CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University researchers have developed a new computer model for calculating...
Novel app designed to help patients avoid drugs linked to dementia
Researcher awarded $3.5 million to study effectiveness of technology intervention aimed at older adultsCredit: IU School of Medicine A team...
Persistent HIV DNA in spinal fluid may be associated with cognitive challenges
Los Angeles, Calif. - Investigators from the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the world's largest and longest-established HIV research network,...
Artificial intelligence (AI) designs metamaterials used in the invisibility cloak
The research team led by professor Rho of POSTECH developed a simultaneous inverse design of metamaterials via deep learningCredit: POSTECH...
Wearing hearing aid may help protect brain in later life
A new study has concluded that people who wear a hearing aid for age-related hearing problems maintain better brain function...
Green light for a new generation of dynamic materials
Credit: QUT/UGent/KIT Developing synthetic materials that are as dynamic as those found in nature, with reversibly changing properties and which...
Differences in MS patients’ cerebrospinal fluid may be key to drugs that halt progression
A new paper in 'Brain' identifies molecular mechanisms causing neuronal damage in multiple sclerosis patients with progressive clinical deteriorationCredit: Jeremy...
OSU researcher expands research into deadly muscle-wasting syndrome
CORVALLIS, Ore. - An Oregon State University scientist has received a $2.3 million, five-year grant to build on his promising...
COPD/sleep apnea overlap syndrome: $100,000 grant from ResMed, ATS Foundation
Credit: ATS July 15, 2019 - David Geoffrey Chapman, BSc, PhD, of University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, has been...
New e-cigarette laws could drive some users to smoke more cigarettes
Making e-cigs less appealing to youth may have unintended effects on existing usersCredit: Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- Efforts by...
2D perovskite materials found to have unique, conductive edge states
Credit: Shashank Priya lab, Penn State A new class of 2D perovskite materials with edges that are conductive like metals...
Fossil of smallest old world monkey species discovered in Kenya
Research team discovered Nanopithecus browni near Kanapoi, Kenya, far from the habitat of other guenonsCredit: Carol Ward Researchers from the...
Determining gene function will help understanding of processes of life
Scientists at the University of Kent have developed a new method of determining gene function in a breakthrough that could...
