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Chinese Academy of Sciences awards LSU physicist for international scientific contributions
LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy Professor E. Ward Plummer has been honored with the Award for International Scientific Cooperation...
New Cheyenne supercomputer triples scientific capability with greater efficiency
CHEYENNE, Wyoming -- The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is launching operations this month of one of the world's...
UD’s Anderson Janotti receives NSF Career Award to model defects in complex materials
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware The University of Delaware's Anderson Janotti has won a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career...
Salofa introduces a blue-green algae test developed by VTT and the University of Turku
Salofa Oy will commercialise the blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) test originally developed by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and...
Major 5M project to improve heart disease treatment with smart pacemaker technology
Credit: University of Bath Creating a new generation of advanced pacemakers which adapt to the demands of a patient's body...
Scientists take the first step toward creating efficient electrolyte-free batteries
Credit: Press photo Scientists of Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) in collaboration with the French, Swiss and Polish...
How stressful will a trip to Mars be on the human body?
Credit: NASA Preliminary research results for the NASA Twins Study debuted at NASA's Human Research Program's annual Investigators' Workshop in...
New TSRI study shows early brain changes in Fragile X syndrome
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute (Photo by Madeline McCurry-Schmidt.) LA JOLLA, CA - January 30, 2017 - A new study...
Engineered intrinsically disordered proteins provide biomedical insights
Credit: The University of New Mexico Biomedical researchers have engineered the first examples of biomimetic structures composed from a mysterious...
How X-rays in matter create genetoxic low-energy electrons
Credit: Kiyoshi Ueda Researchers led by Kiyoshi Ueda of Tohoku University have investigated what x-rays in matter really do and...
NUS engineers develop low-cost, flexible terahertz radiation source for fast, non-invasive screening
Credit: National University of Singapore Portable handheld sensors for detecting explosives, wearable sensors that can detect chemical agents, compact devices...
Colorado’s wildfire-stricken forests showing limited recovery
Credit: University of Colorado Boulder Colorado forests stricken by wildfire are not regenerating as well as expected and may partially...
Scientific societies send ‘scientific integrity’ letter to President Trump
The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), and the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)...
Natural World Heritage Sites hammered by human activities
Credit: A.K. Plumptre, Wildlife Conservation Society A University of Queensland-led international study published today warns that more than 100 Natural...
Boxer crabs acquire anemones by stealing from each other, and splitting them into clones
Loading video... Credit: Yisrael Schnytzer Researchers have described a little known yet fascinating aspect of the behavior of Lybia crabs,...
The world’s first heat-driven transistor
Credit: Thor Balkhed "We are the first in the world to present a logic circuit, in this case a transistor,...
European experts highlight the potential of xenografts in personalized oncology
European research lays the foundation for the development of new and ambitious research projects with xenografts derived from patients, preclinical...
Viral protein transforms as it measures out DNA
Credit: Credit: Cingolani Lab PHILADELPHIA -- To generate swarms of new viral particles, a virus hijacks a cell into producing...
Gulf shrimp prices reveal hidden economic impact of dead zones
DURHAM, N.C. -- Hypoxic dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico drive up the price of large shrimp relative to...
New study shows how plants fight off disease
Credit: Bostjan Kobe A University of Queensland-led study has highlighted the minute details of how the plant¹s immune system leads...