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The speed limit for intra-chip communications in microprocessors of the future
Credit: MIPT's Press Office Researchers at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have developed a theory that gives the...
‘Marine repairmen’ — new research shows limpets are construction workers of the seashore
New research from a beach-roaming biomechanics engineer paints a surprisingly industrious picture of limpets -- the marine snails that are...
Advanced cookstoves provide environmental benefits, but less than expected
Credit: Andrew Grieshop Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have found that while...
Magnetic moment of a single antiproton determined with greatest precision ever
Credit: photo/©: Georg Schneider, JGU As self-evident as it is that matter exists, its origins are just as mysterious. According...
Molecule flash mob
The membrane of a cell is composed of a lipid bilayer. Lipids are good chemical and electrical insulators, which are...
Tough aqua material for water purification
Water purification processes usually make use of robust membranes for filtering off contaminants while working at high pressures. Can materials...
Plan A is to get patients to stick to their blood pressure pills
There is value in starting off patients with high blood pressure on an all-in-one pill. In the long run, it...
New research helps to meet the challenges of nanotechnology
Credit: Scienta Omicron Research by scientists at Swansea University is helping to meet the challenge of incorporating nanoscale structures into...
Herbaria prove valuable in demonstrating long-term changes in plant populations
Credit: Claude Lavoie A new study published today in Botany demonstrates how herbaria can be valuable resources for studying the...
Harvests in the US to suffer from climate change
Some of the most important crops risk substantial damage from rising temperatures. To better assess how climate change caused by...
Graphene’s sleeping superconductivity awakens
Researchers have found a way to trigger the innate, but previously hidden, ability of graphene to act as a superconductor...
Chip-sized, high-speed terahertz modulator raises possibility of faster data transmission
Credit: Nano Lab, Tufts University School of Engineering MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (January 19, 2017) - Tufts University engineers have invented a...
Precision medicine advances pediatric brain tumor diagnosis and treatment
Credit: Dana-Farber/Boston Children's BOSTON (January 19, 2017) -- Precision medicine - in which diagnosis and treatments are keyed to the...
Save the date; 3 months to go until The International Liver CongressTM 2017
With just over three months to go until The International Liver Congress™ (ILC) 2017, we invite you to attend the...
Researchers discover greenhouse bypass for nitrogen
Credit: © D. Malmquist/VIMS. Those concerned with water quality are familiar with nitrogen as a major pollutant whose excess runoff...
Mapping the mind of worms
Dr. Kevin Collins carefully places a petri dish with what looks like a blotch of yellowish slime under a microscope....
Special issue highlights research at UM Schools of Medicine and Dentistry
Baltimore, Md., January 18, 2017 - New research by scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM)...
Actress Kathy Bates to be honored at Research!America’s Advocacy Awards Dinner
> ARLINGTON, Va.--January 18, 2017--Kathy Bates, award-winning actress and Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN) spokesperson, will receive Research!America's Isadore...
Intense industrial fishing
China, the world's largest seafood producer, has done something extraordinary. For the past 20 years, despite minimal management and some...
One year of sex-inclusive research celebrated at Jan. 25 symposium
CHICAGO --- Northwestern Medicine will host a symposium Jan. 25 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the implementation of the...
