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A more than 100 percent quantum step toward producing hydrogen fuel
Efforts to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels are advancing on various significant fronts. Such initiatives include research focused on...
Nanotechnology designed to speed up the hardening of concrete
Researchers at Tecnalia and the ICMCB-CNRS have recently published the article "Ultra-Fast Supercritical Hydrothermal Synthesis of Tobermorite under Thermodynamically Metastable...
HHMI awards medical research fellowships to 79 students
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute's (HHMI) Medical Research Fellows Program has selected 79 talented medical and veterinary students to conduct...
The automation of art: A legal conundrum
Credit: Provided by: Alexander Mordvintsev, Christopher Olah and Mike Tyka In 1968, sociologist Jean Baudrillard wrote on automatism that "contained...
Boston Medical Center unveils $15 million cogeneration plant to increase energy efficiency
Boston Medical Center is now generating much of its own electricity and heat through a natural gas-fired, 2 megawatt combined...
New model could help predict major earthquakes
Credit: Masahiro Yoshimoto Nagoya, Japan - A Nagoya University-led team reveals the mechanisms behind different earthquakes at a plate boundary...
The clever cell
Credit: University of Konstanz In nature, bacteria occur mostly in multi-cellular collectives, rather than as individuals. They are capable of...
Rationale and prospects of targeting bacterial 2-component systems
Credit: Dr. Nadya Velikova Antimicrobial resistance is a major societal problem as there are resistant bacteria to any antibiotic available,...
Biogerontology Research Foundation CSO to chair Pharma AI track at BioDataWorld West 2017
Wednesday, April 26, 2017, London, UK - The Biogerontology Research Foundation, a registered UK charity today announced that its Chief...
New method for early screening of colorectal cancer
A highly sensitive method that can detect even the earlier stages of colorectal cancer has been developed by researchers in...
New study shows youth violence on decline
Contrary to popular perception, a new study by Boston University professor Christopher Salas- Wright finds that youth violence is declining--and...
Nanoparticles can travel from lungs to blood, possibly explaining risks to heart
Tiny particles in air pollution have been associated with cardiovascular disease, which can lead to premature death. But how particles...
Italian-style coffee reduces the risk of prostate cancer
Add another typical component of the Italian way of life to the long list of foods characterizing one of the...
Nanodiamond-enhanced MRI offers greater range of diagnostic and therapeutic applications
Nanodiamonds - synthetic industrial diamonds only a few nanometers in size - have recently attracted considerable attention because of the...
Common pesticide damages honey bee’s ability to fly
Biologists at the University of California San Diego have demonstrated for the first time that a widely used pesticide can...
Link discovered between immune system, brain structure and memory
Credit: University of Basel, Transfaculty Research Platform Molecular and Cognitive Neurosciences The body's immune system performs essential functions, such as...
HIPPO’s molecular balancing act helps nerves not short circuit
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists write in Nature Communications it may be possible to therapeutically fine tune a constantly...
Providers who prescribe PrEP don’t see most patients increasing risky sexual behavior
WASHINGTON (April 26, 2017)--A new study examining medical provider attitudes toward prescribing PrEP to prevent HIV found that those who...
‘Whispering’ keeps humpbacks safe from killer whales, study finds
(Aarhus University) Newborn humpback whales 'whisper' to their mothers to avoid being overheard by killer whales, researchers have discovered. The...
Annual flu jab may pose greater risk for lung cancer patients under immunotherapy
Geneva, Switzerland, April 26, 2017 - Lung cancer patients treated with PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors may be at increased risk of...