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Researchers have a better way to predict flight delays
Credit: Jonathan Cohen/Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, NY - The most dreaded announcement for any airline passenger trying to get home for...
Battery cars a better choice for reducing emissions than fuel cells, Stanford study finds
Credit: Mark Shwartz/Stanford University Many communities would be better off investing in electric vehicles that run on batteries instead of...
Graphene plasmons reach the infrared
Credit: Xiaolong Zhu from DTU Nanotech WASHINGTON - Graphene's unique properties can be both a blessing and a curse to...
The German Research Foundation funds 3 graduate schools at TU Dresden
The German Research Foundation has announced the funding of three Graduate Schools at TU Dresden. On Nov. 11 it has...
Risk-taking behaviors tied to racial disparities in HIV in gay communities
On the surface, data indicate that gay black men are 4.5 times as likely to have HIV, while white gay...
Researchers find a better way to save eyesight in third-world countries
Credit: LA BioMed LOS ANGELES - Bacterial keratitis, an infection of the cornea often caused by contact lenses, malnutrition, or...
Researchers propose noninvasive method to detect bone marrow cancer
(Boston)--For the first time, researchers have shown that using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can effectively identify bone marrow cancer (myelofibrosis)...
Research shows nerve growth protein controls blood sugar
Research led by a Johns Hopkins University biologist demonstrates the workings of a biochemical pathway that helps control glucose in...
Novel reaction microscope scheme targets biologically relevant molecules
Researchers in Germany and the US have upgraded the performance of a reaction microscope so that the technique -- known...
Virginia Tech, CytImmune Sciences create therapy that curbs toxic chemotherapy effects
Credit: Steven Mackay/Virginia Tech Virginia Tech scientists have developed a new cancer drug that uses gold nanoparticles created by the...
Science fiction book campaign results in a $22,000 charitable contribution
Springer Nature and Humble Bundle have raised a charitable contribution of $22,000 through the science fiction book campaign "Science Fiction...
International team decodes cellular death signals
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 14, 2016 - A multidisciplinary international team of scientists solved the mystery of a recently discovered type of...
A fundamental theory of mass generation
A team of four theoretical physicists, Francesco Sannino from Cp3-Origins at the University of Southern Denmark, Alessandro Strumia from CERN...
Researchers found mathematical structure that was thought not to exist
In the 1970s, a group of mathematicians started developing a theory according to which codes could be presented at a...
Tailings as raw material storage for copper and building materials
Credit: HZDR/ Sander Münster Copper and other non-ferrous metals cannot be fully broken down in mines, and residues of the...
An innovative active platform for wireless damage monitoring of concrete structures
Credit: Dr. Costas Providakis, Bentham Science Publishers Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is playing an important role in evaluationprocess of structural...
Rolls-Royce and VTT form a strategic partnership to develop smart ships
Rolls-Royce and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd have announced a strategic partnership to design, test and validate the...
2-D material a brittle surprise
Credit: Lou Group/Rice University Scientists at Rice University have discovered that an atom-thick material being eyed for flexible electronics and...
Heat shock regulator controlled by on/off switch and phosphorylation
Credit: Courtesy of eLife CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (November 10, 2016) - Whitehead Institute researchers have determined how the master transcriptional regulator...
How visual attention selects important information
Credit: Satoshi Shioiri Researchers at Tohoku University have revealed multiple functions of visual attention, the process of selecting important information...
