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1976 drought revealed as worst on record for British butterflies and moths
Scientists at the University of York have revealed that the 1976 drought is the worst extreme event to affect butterflies...
Scientists ID 100 memory genes, open new avenues of brain study
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 31, 2017 - Scientists have identified more than 100 genes linked to memory, opening...
Queen’s researchers make breakthrough discovery in fight against bowel cancer
Credit: Queen's University Belfast New research led by Queen's University Belfast has discovered how a genomic approach to understanding bowel...
Internet withdrawal increases heart rate and blood pressure
Credit: Swansea University Scientists and clinicians from Swansea and Milan have found that some people who use the internet a...
Study highlights formation of beachrock in resisting climate-induced sea level rises
Credit: The University of Queensland Microorganisms play a crucial role in forming beachrock, a type of rock that forms on...
More to the bunch: Study finds large chromosomal swaps key to banana domestication
Bananas are one of the most important staple crops of the tropics, transported with great care over great distances to...
Study makes breakthrough in understanding of proteins and their impact on immune system
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have made a breakthrough in the understanding of how our genetic make-up can impact...
The Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Meeting
Boulder, Colo., USA: Geoscientists in the North American Rocky Mountain region and beyond will convene on 9-10 June in Calgary,...
Aerospace engineer to get tough on ceramics with Office of Naval Research grant
Namiko Yamamoto, assistant professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State, was recently awarded $447,663 through the Office of Naval Research...
Drone vs. truck deliveries: Which create less carbon pollution?
Credit: University of Washington Delivering packages with drones can reduce carbon dioxide emissions in certain circumstances as compared to truck...
Rice lab creates tough, but tender, cancer fighters
Credit: Nicolaou Group/Rice University Rice University scientists have developed and evaluated analogs of potent anti-tumor agents known as epothilones using...
2017 World Cultural Council Awards
Credit: COPYRIGHT © 2017 CONSEJO CULTURAL MUNDIAL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Professor Omar M. Yaghi, has been selected as the winner...
Penn physicists discover why drying liquid crystal drops leave unusual ‘coffee rings’
Credit: University of Pennsylvania In previous papers, University of Pennsylvania physicists investigated the "coffee ring effect," the ring-shaped stain of...
Heavy particles get caught up in the flow
Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY - By teasing out signatures of particles that decay just tenths of a millimeter...
A glove powered by soft robotics to interact with virtual reality environments
Credit: Jacobs School of Engineering/UC San Diego Engineers at UC San Diego are using soft robotics technology to make light,...
New plasmonic sensor improves early cancer detection
Credit: University of Illinois A new plasmonic sensor developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will serve...
Groundwater ‘pit stops’ enabled survival and migration of our ancient ancestors
An international team led by a researcher at Cardiff University believe that the movement of our ancestors across East Africa...
Nitrogen fixation research could shed light on biological mystery
Inspired by a natural process found in certain bacteria, a team of Caltech researchers is inching closer to a new...
Scientists detect light-matter interaction in single layer of atoms
Credit: University of Central Florida University of Central Florida researchers have developed a new and better way of detecting interactions...
Physicists explore elusive high-energy particles in a crystal
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Mid-infrared wavelengths of light are invisible to the eye but can be useful for a number of...
