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Technique shrinks data sets for easier analysis
One way to handle big data is to shrink it. If you can identify a small subset of your data...
WPI researchers build liquid biopsy chip that detects metastatic cancer cells in blood
Loading video... Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - A chip developed by mechanical engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute...
Mystery of super flash solved
Credit: Chandra/Harvard When astronomers and astrophysicists observe flashes of light in the dark sky, they assume they have seen a...
A good nose in service of science: When fish smells ‘fishy’
A researcher in Germany is studying why fish sometimes smells 'fishy' and why customers often smell other aromas when they...
How to ‘sharpen’ an ultrasound scalpel
Researchers from the Laboratory for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, in cooperation with colleagues from...
Cooking with cast iron: Fact versus fiction (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2016 -- Cooks around the world prize their cast-iron cookware, which has...
No more burning batteries? Stanford scientists turn to AI to create safer lithium-ion batteries
Credit: L.A. Cicero/Stanford News Service Scientists have spent decades searching for a safe alternative to the flammable liquid electrolytes used...
Herpes virus linked to most common type of childhood cancer
Newborns with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) -- a common virus in the herpes family -- may have an increased risk of...
Breast cancer study predicts better response to chemotherapy
It is known from previous research that the ER-beta estrogen receptor often has a protective effect. A new study from...
Immunotherapy for cancer: New method identifies target antigens by mass spectrometry
New cancer therapies harness the immune system to fight tumors. One of the main principles behind these therapies is to...
Chemists identify genetic mutation that opens door in combatting age-related diseases
Chemistry researchers have found the key to a SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) - a natural mutation in humans - which...
Analyzing brain patterns may help scientists increase people’s confidence, reduce fear
Credit: Stuart Wolpert/UCLA A new technique of analyzing brain patterns appears to help people overcome fear and build self-confidence. The...
Finnish researchers correct Parkinson’s motor symptoms in mice
(University of Helsinki) A research group led by University of Helsinki Docent Timo Myöhänen has succeeded in correcting the motor...
Ultra-high-speed optical fiber sensor enables detection of structural damage in real time
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Aging degradation and seismic damage of civil infrastructure pose a serious problem for society. One...
MIT Energy Initiative report provides guidance for evolving electric power sector
Credit: MIT Energy Initiative / Opus Design CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Distributed energy resources -- relatively small-scale power technologies such as...
More exact, ethical method to tell the sex of baby chickens
Thanks to an imaging technique called optical spectroscopy, it is possible for hatcheries to accurately determine the sex of a...
Microseeding: A new way to overcome hemihedral twinning?
Credit: Harada et al. Twinning is a crystal-growth disorder in which the specimen is composed of distinct domains whose orientations...
UMass Amherst and Boston-based PCL Inc. offer new tool for biotech research
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - A group of University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers who are stewards of the campus'...
Researchers achieve meter-scale optical coherence tomography for first time
Credit: James G. Fujimoto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology WASHINGTON -- An industry-academic collaboration has achieved the first optical coherence tomography...
First experimental evidence of 3-D aromaticity in stacked antiaromatic compounds
Credit: Nagoya University Nagoya, Japan - Aromatic molecules consist of planar carbon-based rings with alternating single and double (π) bonds....
