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Laser technique may open door to more efficient clean fuels
Research by the University of Liverpool could help scientists unlock the full potential of new clean energy technologies. Finding sustainable...
New book finds common ground in robotics, materials, energy advances
Credit: Courtesy Image, Dr. Shawn Walsh and Prof. Michael Strano A U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientist and a Massachusetts Institute...
Artificial intelligence bot trained to recognize galaxies
Credit: Dr. Chen Wu and Dr. Ivy Wong, ICRAR/UWA. Researchers have taught an artificial intelligence program used to recognise faces...
Gaps in understanding European children’s nutrient intake levels
Only a third of European countries have robust reporting on child and adolescent nutrient intakes, new research shows. This highlights...
European workers fail to maintain water balance
Credit: Andreas Flouris A newly published scientific paper indicates that occupational safety and daily day performance in 7 out of...
New research recovers nutrients from seafood process water
Credit: CC0 Process waters from the seafood industry contain valuable nutrients, that could be used in food or aquaculture feed....
Fertilizers’ impact on soil health compared
Credit: Sandeep Kumar and team. In a newly published study, researchers dug into how fertilizing with manure affects soil quality,...
Body mass index associated with deaths from most causes
Led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society,...
Chirality of vitamin-D derivative affects the protonation states of its receptor protein
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology, in cooperation with researchers...
Cocaine adulterant may cause brain damage
People who regularly take cocaine cut with the animal anti-worming agent levamisole demonstrate impaired cognitive performance and a thinned prefrontal...
Cytokine levels could predict immunotherapy problems
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Oct. 31, 2018 - The development of immunotherapy, which mobilizes the body's own immune system...
Insilico Medicine to present innovation analytics at SAPHEX 2018
Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 2018, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug...
A fully human system to cultivate skin cells for grafting
SINGAPORE, 31 October 2018 - Breakthrough research to culture human skin cells called keratinocytes to produce skin grafts has been...
Microplastics in food — Many unanswered questions among scientists and the general public
Where 45 percent were previously concerned about microplastics in food, this number has now risen by 11 percentage points to...
Generous funding to malaria-parasite researcher promises new therapeutic strategies
Credit: UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A scientist at the University of California, Riverside, who researches the malaria-causing parasite, Plasmodium...
Is there a risk to human health from microplastics?
The BfR has no reliable data on the chemical composition, particle size and content of microplastic particles in foodstuffs. Due...
Study links cottonseed oil with lower cholesterol
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. - Researchers at the University of Georgia have found that a high-fat diet enriched with cottonseed...
Virtual program successful in linking adult protective services, geriatric specialists
HOUSTON - (Oct. 31, 2018) - In its first year, an innovative virtual program has substantially increased mistreated elderly Texans'...
Are substance mixtures in foods more dangerous than individual substances?
The BfR is involved with two work groups in the project, which is being coordinated by the Dutch National Institute...
IU Philanthropic Venture Fund commits $500,000 to drug development company
Credit: Provided by Teri Willey BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University Philanthropic Venture Fund, which provides capital to faculty, students,...
