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Good news for future tech: Exotic ‘topological’ materials are surprisingly common
A new online catalog makes it easy to predict topological behaviors in materialsCredit: Maia G. Vergniory, Luis Elcoro, Claudia Felser,...
Medicating mosquitoes to fight malaria
Applying antimalarial drugs to bed nets could lead to drop in malaria transmission Mosquitoes that landed on surfaces coated with...
Yale researchers create a ‘universal entangler’ for new quantum tech
Credit: Yale University New Haven, Conn. - One of the key concepts in quantum physics is entanglement, in which two...
Infectious diseases could be diagnosed with smartphones in sub-Saharan Africa
The review, published in Nature, outlines how healthcare workers in low-income countries, like those in sub-Saharan Africa, could use existing...
Smoking and alcohol: Double trouble for the brain?
Along with many other harmful health consequences, smoking tobacco causes chemical changes, oxidative stress and inflammation in the brain. Excessive...
Engineers make clear droplets produce iridescent colors
Optical effect could be harnessed for light displays, litmus tests, and makeup products Engineers at MIT and Penn State University...
C-Path, FARA launch Friedreich’s Ataxia Clinical Database for Development of Treatments
TUCSON, Ariz. and DOWNINGTOWN, Penn., February 27, 2019 -- Critical Path Institute's (C-Path) Data Collaboration Center (DCC) and the Friedreich's...
Insilico to present at the Bio Asia International Conference
Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing...
NASA tracks a weaker Typhoon Wutip through northwestern Pacific
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Visible imagery from NASA's Terra satellite showed that...
Comparing antioxidants levels in tomatoes of different color
Specific antioxidants are associated with particular tomato colorsCredit: Laura J. Pérez-Flores Naturally occurring antioxidants have been of great interest in...
Researchers ‘bait’ pathological proteins underlying many neurodegenerative disorders
Credit: Christopher Donnelly, Ph.D. PITTSBURGH, Feb. 27, 2019 - A single misbehaving protein - called TDP-43 - is behind 97...
Latest anti-retroviral drug regimens provide ‘Lazarus Effect’ for HIV patients
TUCSON, Ariz. - Treatment of the HIV/AIDS epidemic has seen remarkable advancements with the advent of the latest anti-retroviral drug...
NSF funds second round of OSC’s Open OnDemand
HPC-access portal software project helps to eliminate barriers to supercomputer use The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded funding to...
What controls the tips of our chromosomes?
Credit: Jose Escandell, IGC The tips of our chromosomes have structures called telomeres. These structures can be compared to the...
University of Guelph researchers uncover why environmental cues make drug addiction extra hard to beat
A new study by University of Guelph researchers reveals for the first time that there's more going on in the...
A water-splitting catalyst unlike any other
Electricity can be generated by renewable sources such as sunlight, wind Electricity can then be used to split water, which...
For breast cancer survivors, group exercise beats personal training for quality of life
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Study after study has shown that for cancer survivors, exercise is good. But what...
Human settlements and rainfall affect giraffe home ranges
Credit: Gary Bembridge from London, UK Giraffes that live close to densely populated towns have larger home ranges than giraffes...
New buzz around insect DNA analysis and biodiversity estimates
Researchers on a remote New Zealand island combine traditional field methods with DNA sequencing to estimate invertebrate biodiversityCredit: Photo courtesy...
New research gives insight into warding off insect pests by way of nematode odors
Credit: Anjel Helms et al 2019. COLLEGE STATION -- A recent study revealed insect-killing nematodes also produce distinctive chemical cues...
