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Brain-computer interface allows completely locked-in people to communicate
Credit: Wyss Center, www.wysscenter.ch A brain-computer interface that can decipher the thoughts of people who are unable to communicate could...
Infrared links could simplify data center communications
Credit: Patrick Mansell, Penn State Data centers are the central point of many, if not most, information systems today, but...
Making the switch to polarization diversity
LOS ANGELES - Vast amounts of data transmit across the Internet and telecommunications networks delivering, for example, real-time video calls...
Changes in gene contribute independently to breast and ovarian cancer
Defects in a key gene - long thought to drive cancer by turning off the protection afforded by the well-known...
African lake provides new clues about ancient marine life
New research shows there may have been more nitrogen in the ocean between one and two billion years ago than...
Substance in crude oil harms fish hearts, could affect humans as well
Credit: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research from Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station has identified a substance in oil that's to blame...
Mind reader: A consumer EEG device serves up rich new troves of scientific data
HAMILTON, Feb. 1, 2017 - A consumer device designed to help users focus their thoughts is also generating valuable data...
Find elusive particles from your phone with Oxford’s new neutrino viewer app
Credit: Oxford University Not so long ago, observing fundamental particles was reserved for scientists with complex equipment. Now, technological progress...
Optimized compiler yields more-efficient parallel programs
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Compilers are programs that convert computer code written in high-level languages intelligible to humans into low-level instructions...
How a bacterial protein’s structure aids biomedical studies
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 31, 2017 -- A light-sensing protein from a salt-loving, sulfur-forming microbe has proved key to developing methods...
Researchers confirm the existence of a ‘lost continent’ under Mauritius
Credit: Susan Webb/Wits University Scientists have confirmed the existence of a "lost continent" under the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius...
What your mucus says about your health (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2017- It's peak cold and flu season, and mucus is making many...
Tracing the cosmic web with star-forming galaxies in the distant universe
Credit: Hiroshima University/NAOJ Galaxies in the universe trace patterns on very large scales; there are large empty regions (called "voids")...
How to improve data management in the supercomputers of the future
Credit: UC3M In recent decades, many scientific discoveries have depended on the analysis of an enormous volume of data, which...
IUPUI study: Climate change drove population decline in New World before Europeans arrived
Credit: Broxton Bird, PhD, School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS -- What caused the rapid disappearance of a...
Scat sniffer dogs tell York U researchers a lot about endangered lizards
Loading video... Credit: York University TORONTO, January 31, 2017 - Dogs can be trained to find almost anything (people, drugs,...
Study to examine the relationship between grasslands and soil biodiversity
Credit: Photo courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A new study by researchers with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture...
Better and faster diagnosis of diseases
Credit: Photo: Conny Ehm The microsystems engineer Dr. Can Dincer from University of Freiburg has been awarded by the second...
Plants smell different when they are eaten by exotic herbivores
Credit: (photo: Nicole Van Dam) When they are attacked by herbivores, many plants call in reinforcements. To this end, they...
NASA’s new shape-shifting radiator inspired by origami
Credit: Credits: Brigham Young University Japan's ancient art of paper folding has inspired the design of a potentially trailblazing "smart"...
