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High temperature step-by-step process makes graphene from ethene
Credit: Figure credit: F. Esch, R. Schaub, U. Landman An international team of scientists has developed a new way to...
New fiber-based sensor could quickly detect structural problems in bridges and dams
Credit: This work is a derivative from Vasco da Gama Bridge by Duncan Rawlinson used under CC BY-NC 2.0 and...
‘Chemobrain’: Post-traumatic stress affects cognitive function in cancer patients
Subtle cognitive dysfunction and decline in breast cancer patients was largely independent of chemotherapy but associated with cancer-related post-traumatic stress...
New self-sustained multi-sensor platform for environmental monitoring
Credit: UNIST A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has engineered a self-sustaining sensor platform to continuously monitor the surrounding environment...
KAIST team identifies the novel molecular signal for triggering septic shock
Credit: KAIST Professor Seyun Kim's team from KAIST reported the mechanism by which cellular signaling transduction network is exquisitely controlled...
Good vibrations no longer needed for speakers as research encourages graphene to talk
Credit: Please credit images to David Horsell / University of Exeter A pioneering new technique that encourages the wonder material...
Biggest X-ray laser in the world generates its first laser light
Credit: Credit: DESY The European XFEL, the biggest X-ray laser in the world, has reached the last major milestone before...
‘Smart contact lens sensor’ for diabetic and glaucoma diagnosis
Credit: UNIST A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has proposed the possibility of in situ human health monitoring simply by...
SHSU Ph.D. student named national emerging forensic scientist
Credit: Emily Bass/Sam Houston State University HUNTSVILLE, TX (5/4/17) -- Ph.D. Student Lindsay Glicksberg of Sam Houston State University received...
The first one bit chemical memory unit: The ‘chit’
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski In classical computer science information is stored in bits, in quantum computer science -- in...
NIFA announces $6 million for research on plant-biotic interactions
WASHINGTON, D.C. May 3, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Researchers identify evidence of oldest orchid fossil on record
Credit: George Poinar, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - The orchid family has some 28,000 species - more than double...
American Sleep Medicine Foundation announces telemedicine research award recipients
DARIEN, IL - May 3, 2017 - The American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF) has selected three recipients who will receive...
Does my algorithm work? There’s no shortcut for community detection
Loading video... Credit: Dan Larremore, Leto Peel, and Aaron Clauset Community detection is an important tool for scientists studying networks....
First EPA-approved outdoor field trial for genetically engineered algae
Scientists at the University of California San Diego and Sapphire Energy have successfully completed the first outdoor field trial sanctioned...
Researchers develop new capabilities for genome-wide engineering of yeast
Credit: Kathryn Faith One of humankind's oldest industrial partners is yeast, a familiar microbe that enabled early societies to brew...
Scientists engineer baker’s yeast to produce penicillin molecules
The synthetic biologists from Imperial College London have re-engineered yeast cells to manufacture the nonribosomal peptide antibiotic penicillin. In laboratory...
Heart failure is as ‘malignant’ as some common cancers
A new analysis finds that, despite advances in care, men and women with a diagnosis of heart failure continue to...
Computer model developed to assess risk of a Zika epidemic in real-time
A new model for assessing real-time risk of a Zika virus epidemic in the United States is described in research...
New blood test predicts who will benefit from targeted prostate cancer treatments
A new blood test could predict which men with advanced prostate cancer will respond to new targeted treatments for the...