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Collegiate inventors awarded Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 19, 2017 - The Lemelson-MIT Program today announced the winners of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize after a...
USC team develops new method to create the next fuel-efficient renewable energy
Credit: via G. K. Surya Prakash Scientists have long struggled with generating and storing hydrogen, the kind that might one...
Making batteries from waste glass bottles
Credit: UC Riverside Researchers at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering have used waste glass bottles and...
Speed-dependent attraction governs what goes on at the heart of midge swarms
Ever wondered what makes the collective behaviour in insect swarms possible? Andy Reynolds from Rothamsted Research, UK, and colleagues at...
Particle accelerator for the European XFEL X-ray laser operational
Credit: photo: DESY/D. Noelle Accelerated electrons have passed through the complete 2.1 kilometre length of the accelerator tunnel. In the...
Making artificial blood for transfusions
Blood transfusions can save the lives of patients who have suffered major blood loss, but hospitals don't always have enough...
Universities release results on nitrogen footprints
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 19, 2017 -- Researchers have developed a large-scale method for...
Gaming helps personalized therapy level up
Credit: Kimberly Cartier Using game features in non-game contexts, computers can learn to build personalized mental- and physical-therapy programs that...
Telestroke guidelines from American Telemedicine Association in Telemedicine & e-Health
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New guidelines to help clinicians use the latest telemedicine communication technologies to provide remote...
New study ranks hazardous asteroid effects from least to most destructive
WASHINGTON, DC -- If an asteroid struck Earth, which of its effects--scorching heat, flying debris, towering tsunamis--would claim the most...
Researchers quantify grasslands’ carbon storage value
Credit: University of Wyoming When grasslands feature a wide array of plant species, they provide a variety of benefits for...
Fish cooperate for selfish reasons
In an article published yesterday in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution John Fitzpatrick, a lecturer at Stockholm University, and...
Shale gas threat to forests can be eased by consolidating infrastructure
Credit: Lillie Langlois, Penn State Fragmentation of ecologically important core forests within the northern Appalachians -- driven by pipeline and...
Undocumented, would-be scientists face uncertain future in US
Scores of undocumented immigrant youth in the U.S. who are pursuing careers in the chemical sciences and related fields face...