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LSUHealthNO research shows fish oil component helps damaged brain and retina cells survive
Credit: LSU Neuroscience Center of Excellence New Orleans, LA - A team of researchers led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD,...
Princeton course inspires textbook on matrix structural analysis and finite element methods
Credit: World Scientific Princeton's Dr. Jean H. Prévost and Serguei Bagrianski have released a book with World Scientific, entitled, An...
Ethereum — foundations of cryptocurrency and blockchain programming
Credit: apress Cryptocurrencies are on the rise, and blockchain protocols are taking the world by storm. Ethereum is an open-source...
Wonder material? Novel nanotube structure strengthens thin films for flexible electronics
Credit: University of Illinois Reflecting the structure of composites found in nature and the ancient world, researchers at the University...
Research sheds new light on forces that threaten sensitive coastlines
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Wind-driven expansion of marsh ponds on the Mississippi River Delta is a significant factor...
Quantum mechanics are complex enough, for now…
Credit: Copyright: MSc. Jonas Schmöle, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna Quantum mechanics is based on a set of mathematical...
Researchers receive $9 million grant for research on drug-resistant malaria
The University of Maryland School of Medicine has been awarded a $9 million seven-year grant by the National Institute of...
USDA announces $18 million to educate the future agricultural science workforce
WASHINGTON, D.C. April 21, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Two-dimensional melting of hard spheres experimentally unravelled after 60 years
Credit: Oxford University After extensive research, scientists from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford have found experimental...
LSUHealthNO research shows fish oil component helps damaged brain & retina cells survive
Credit: LSU Neuroscience Center of Excellence New Orleans, LA - A team of researchers led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD,...
New digital map shows changing racial diversity of America
Credit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Services A geography professor at the University of Cincinnati repurposed NASA maps to show the changing...
Sunflower seeds traced as source of toxic mold, potent liver carcinogen
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University researchers have shown that sunflower seeds are frequently contaminated...
UT Institute of Agriculture students win national dairy/food science competitions
Credit: Photo courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A group of students at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture are...
Report recommends ways to improve response to toxic inhalation disasters
Credit: ATS April 21, 2017--Better medical responses to the accidental or intentional release of inhaled toxic chemicals are being developed,...
Ethereum –Foundations of cryptocurrency and blockchain programming
Credit: apress Cryptocurrencies are on the rise, and blockchain protocols are taking the world by storm. Ethereum is an open-source...
New survey — Snapchat & Instagram are most popular social media platforms among American teens
A new nationally representative survey of American teenagers age 13-17 finds that teens have shifted their favored social media platforms...
New bone-in technique tests therapies for breast cancer metastasis
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A new laboratory technique developed by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions...
Atomic-level motion may drive bacteria’s ability to evade immune system defenses
Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A study from Indiana University has found evidence that extremely small changes in...
Hubble’s cosmic bubbles
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA This entrancing image shows a few of the tenuous threads that comprise Sh2-308, a faint and...
Saarland University professor receives top research award for improved image compression
Credit: Oliver Dietze According to the statistics portal statista.com , the amount of digital data created worldwide in 2015 was...