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May 17, 2024

World’s fastest hydrogen sensor could pave the way for clean hydrogen energy

Credit: Mia Halleröd Palmgren/Chalmers University of Technology Hydrogen is a clean and renewable energy carrier that can power vehicles, with...

UTSA College of Engineering to receive $500,000 for new makerspace

Credit: Photo courtesy of University Communications (San Antonio, April 10, 2019) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio College...

Groundbreaking 50 million digital monitoring project to prevent disease

A pioneering European project aims to develop a system using small sensors worn on the body so that how well...

Microbes in the human body swap genes, even across tissue boundaries, study indicates

Credit: Photo courtesy Los Alamos National Laboratory CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Bacteria in the human body are sharing genes with one...

Rapid urbanization increasing pressure on rural water supplies globally

An international team of researchers has carried out the first systematic global review of water reallocation from rural to urban...

The Lancet Planetary Health: Traffic-related air pollution associated with 4 million new cases of childhood asthma every year

Globally, the estimates suggest that there are 170 new cases of traffic pollution-related asthma per 100,000 children every year, and...

University of Arkansas project makes a difference for low-income youth with disabilities

A new report finds that Arkansas PROMISE has succeeded at improving education and career outcomes for participants.Credit: Matt Reynolds A...

New technology to empower Parkinson’s patients

People with Parkinson's could see their care transformed thanks to a new service in the UK involving wearable technologyCredit: Global...

GARDP announces multi-actor partnerships in search of new antibiotics

Discovery efforts will focus on World Health Organization's (WHO) priority pathogens Multi-actor partnership tests natural products and compound libraries for...

Experimental PET scan detects abnormal tau protein in brains of living former NFL players

(Boston)--Using an experimental positron emission tomography (PET) scan, researchers have found elevated amounts of abnormal tau protein in brain regions...

Biochemical switches identified that could be triggered to treat muscle, brain disorders

Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have found that the enzymes ULK1 and ULK2...

Research reveals how the most common ALS mutation dooms cells

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists offer insight into the toxicity at the heart of devastating neurological disordersCredit: St. Jude...

Online virtual world training, interactions empowers kids with social learning deficits

Charisma(TM) shows strong results for children with autism, ADHD, self-worth challengesCredit: Dr. Lara Ashmore After five years of proven success...

Where will flooded fields best replenish groundwater?