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Researchers flip the script on magnetocapacitance
Credit: Kaiju et. al. Capacitors, electronic components that store and quickly release a charge, play an important role in many...
Ultra-stable perovskite solar cell remains stable for more than a year
Credit: MK Nazeeruddin/EPFL Perovskite solar cells promise cheaper and efficient solar energy, with enormous potential for commercialization. But even though...
Geoscientific evidence for subglacial lakes
During the last glacial period - when the ice in the Antarctic was far thicker and extended further offshore than...
Sizzling snails prioritize protein stability
No matter how warm it gets outside, most endotherms maintain a reasonably stable internal temperature; if they don't, there's usually...
In atomic propellers, quantum phenomena can mimic everyday physics
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski In molecules there are certain groups of atoms that are able to rotate. This movement...
Asthma intervention study points to care and cost benefits
A new study showing how interventions by community pharmacists can help asthma patients achieve better asthma control could have major...
ESMO 2017 Congress: Integrating science into oncology for a better patient outcome
Don't miss ESMO 2017: the place to be for the latest news in oncology! The count of submitted abstracts this...
Professor Michael Sieweke awarded the Humboldt Professorship at TU Dresden
(Technische Universität Dresden) The selection committee of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has followed the nomination of TU Dresden and...
HIV status may affect the progression of HPV infection to cervical pre-cancer
Bottom Line: A study of Senegalese women showed that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection was more likely to develop into cervical...
How to attack Africa’s neonatal mortality problem
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - Giving birth at home is the most significant risk factor for neonatal...
Pollution ‘devastating’ China’s vital ecosystem, research shows
The startling extent to which man-made pollution is devastating China's vital ecosystem's ability to offset damaging carbon emissions has been...
Wayne State awarded over $460K from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund
DETROIT - Three research teams at Wayne State University recently received grants totaling $460,305 from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund...
Imaging technique for treating heart condition should be more widely used to minimize radiation exposure
NEW YORK (June 1, 2017) - A technique to treat an irregular heartbeat that limits or eliminates patients' exposure to...
USDA awards $6.6 million to combat childhood obesity
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 1, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Ethnicity and breastfeeding influence infant gut bacteria
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (June 1, 2017) - The bacteria in a child's gut appears to be influenced as...
New teen drivers 3 times as likely to be involved in a deadly crash
WASHINGTON (June 1, 2017) - New teen drivers ages 16-17 years old are three times as likely as adults to...
Human Cell Atlas data platform kicks off with support from CZI
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has announced financial support for the Human Cell Atlas, which is using sequencing technology to...
HMGB1 may be linked to immunosuppression in patients who survive septic shock
A new study published online in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests a new approach to treating patients with sepsis,...
Emotions expressed by the dying are unexpectedly positive
Fear of death is a fundamental part of the human experience--we dread the possibility of pain and suffering and we...
Omega-3 fatty acid stops lupus trigger, but how?
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University scientists have received a $2.3 million, five-year National Institutes of Health grant to...
