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Printed, flexible and rechargeable battery can power wearable sensors
Credit: Jacobs School of Engineering/UC San Diego Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed the first printed...
Oyster farming to benefit from new genetic screening tool
Oyster farmers are set to benefit from a new genetic tool that will help to prevent disease outbreaks and improve...
Better science faster
In 2012, scientists at UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) launched the Ocean Health Index...
Cryobank of biotechnological plant material has been opened in the Moscow State University
In the new cryodepository, first it is planned to place duplicates of the most valuable samples from the collection of...
Going with the flow: The forces that affect species’ movements in a changing climate
Credit: García Molinos et al., Scientific Reports, May 2, 2017 Ocean currents affect how climate change impacts movements of species...
Measured for the first time: Direction of light waves changed by quantum effect
Credit: TU Wien A light wave sent through empty space always oscillates in the same direction. However, certain materials can...
New Springer book: Guerilla Science by Ernesto Altshuler
Credit: Springer Like the ants he studies, author Ernesto Altshuler has thrived by flirting with chaos. With the demise of...
Physicists discover mechanism behind granular capillary effect
Credit: Fengxian Fan, Eric Parteli, Thorsten Pöschel Dipping a tube into a container filled with water will make the water...
Zika spread secrets tracked through new gene sequencing study
An international research collaboration studying the genetics of Zika virus in Brazil and beyond has provided a new understanding of...
Immunotherapy target suppresses pain to mask cancer
Credit: Ru-Rong Ji Lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Once hailed as a breakthrough in cancer treatment, immunotherapies are now...
Study leads to breakthrough in better understanding acute myeloid leukemia
A study led by the University of Birmingham has made a breakthrough in the understanding of how different genetic mutations...
Skin color no shield against skin cancer
Credit: Getty Images Sidney Brown thought the mole on his nose was just an annoying pimple. He didn't consider that...
Feinstein Institute presents Cerami Award to Sir Paul Nurse for cancer research
MANHASSET, NY - Northwell Health's Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and Molecular Medicine announced today that the seventh Anthony Cerami...
Discovered: Fast-growing galaxies from early universe
Credit: The image was created by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy using material from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope....
Where you grow what you grow
Credit: Augustine Obour Camelina: Have you heard of it? It's an emerging alternative oilseed crop in parts of the Great...
First-of-its-kind study shows how hand amputation, reattachment affect brain
COLUMBIA, Mo. (May 24, 2017) -- When a person loses a hand to amputation, nerves that control sensation and movement...
Scientists capture the first cryo-EM images of cellular target for type 2 diabetes in action
ANN ARBOR--Researchers at the University of Michigan, Stanford University and biotech company ConfometRx have captured the first cryo-electron microscopy snapshots...
Scientists develop new concept of confined catalysis under 2-D materials
The research group led by Profs. FU Qiang and BAO Xinhe from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the...
Machine learning may help in early identification of severe sepsis
Credit: ATS ATS 2017, WASHINGTON, DC -- A machine-learning algorithm has the capability to identify hospitalized patients at risk for...
New theory predicts wetted area of droplets colliding with flat surface
Credit: Assistant Professor Yukihiro Yonemoto Japanese researchers have succeeded in deriving a theoretical formula that quantitatively predicts the wetting and...
