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Army plans to license nanogalvanic aluminum powder discovery
Credit: US Army photo by David McNally ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (June 19, 2018) - The U.S. Army Research Laboratory...
Light pollution a reason for insect decline
Credit: Gabriel Singer/IGB Climate change, pesticides and land use changes alone cannot fully explain the decline in insect populations in...
Study: Climate action can limit Asia’s growing water shortages
Even "modest" action to limit climate change could help prevent the most extreme water-shortage scenarios facing Asia by the year...
UH scientist working toward a glaucoma cure
Credit: University of Houston UH College of Optometry biomedical engineer Vijaykrishna Raghunathan has received $765,000 from the National Institutes of...
New model for gauging ice sheet movement may improve sea-level-rise predictions
Credit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- A just-published paper in Science changes the formula scientists should use when estimating the...
An unlikely marriage among oxides
Credit: EMPA The term alloy usually refers to a mixture of several metals. However, other materials can also be alloyed....
Science writers: On your mark, get set, go to Indianapolis for 500 stories
Credit: The Geological Society of America Boulder, CO, USA: Media registration is now open for The Geological Society of America's...
Success of blood test for autism affirmed
Credit: Rensselaer Troy, N.Y. - One year after researchers published their work on a physiological test for autism, a follow-up...
Mild problem-solving task improves brain function after a concussion, new study suggests
Credit: (SMU) Concern is growing about the danger of sports-related concussions and their long-term impact on athletes. But physicians and...
Bees love blue fluorescent light, and not just any wavelength will do
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University have learned that a specific wavelength range of blue fluorescent light set...
Blue gene regulation helps plants respond properly to light
Credit: Public Domain Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) have discovered a process through which gene...
Scripps graduate student discovers world’s first known manta ray nursery
Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego A graduate student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University...
Cells can trap viruses in protein cage to stop their spread, study reveals
Credit: Pfanzelter et al., 2018 Researchers at The Francis Crick Institute in London have discovered that cells can trap viruses...
‘Smart stent’ detects narrowing of arteries
Credit: University of British Columbia For every three individuals who have had a stent implanted to keep clogged arteries open...
Low vitamin D levels associated with scarring lung disease
Reviewing medical information gathered on more than 6,000 adults over a 10-year period, Johns Hopkins researchers have found that lower...
Salk Institute’s Tony Hunter wins 2018 Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 19, 2018) Salk American Cancer Society Professor Tony Hunter has been awarded the 2018 Tang...
Breast cancer could be prevented by targeting epigenetic proteins, study suggests
Credit: Casey et al., 2018 Researchers at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto have discovered that epigenetic proteins promote...
Mendelsohn shares Tang Prize for leadership in developing targeted therapy
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Targeted cancer therapy pioneer John Mendelsohn, M.D., researcher and former president of...
Lion conservation research can be bolstered by input from a wide-range of professionals
The conservation of lions, while maintaining the well-being of people that live around them, is a complex problem that should...
Mayo Clinic discovers gene mutations linked to pancreatic cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Six genes contain mutations that may be passed down in families, substantially increasing a person's risk for...
