Science
Old for new, using ancient genetic variation to supercharge wheat
Credit: Earlham Institute Wheat is responsible for half of global calories consumed either directly or as animal feed and we...
NYU’s LeCun wins Turing Award for breakthroughs in artificial intelligence
Shares 'Nobel Prize of computing' with colleagues at the University of Montreal and the University of Toronto Yann LeCun, a...
Global partners meet to develop sustainable cooling solutions that won’t over-heat the planet
Experts from the University of Birmingham are working with the World Bank Group and the UK Department of Business Energy...
Vapor drives a liquid-solid transition in a molecular system
Credit: Kanazawa University The transition between a solid and a liquid phase, a key process in daily life and materials...
Human protein produced in CHO-cells can save donor blood
Researchers from DTU Biosustain have successfully produced mammalian cell lines (CHO) that can produce 1,2 g/L recombinant Alpha-1-antitrypsin proteins with...
Spinning-prism microscope helps gather stem cells for regenerative medicine
Researchers based at the University of Tsukuba develop an improved form of microscopy that finds highly effective stem cells by...
PolyU develops electrostatically charged nanofiber for airborne filtration
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Department of Mechanical Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has recently...
Fathers of deep learning revolution receive the ACM A.M. Turing Award
Bengio, Hinton and LeCun ushered in major breakthroughs in artificial intelligenceCredit: Bengio (Photo by Maryse Boyce), Hinton (Photo by Keith...
How light from street lamps and trees influence the activity of urban bats
A complex relationshipCredit: Christian Giese Artificial light is rightly considered a major social, cultural and economic achievement. Yet, artificial light...
Florida Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2019 inductees
Lights, camera, invent! Hollywood icon and inventor Hedy Lamarr, ATM creator Luther Simjian, and hybrid motor pioneer Thomas Lipo among...
TGen physician-in-chief receives Distinguished Public Service Award from AACR
Dr. Daniel Von Hoff recognized for 'extraordinary clinical research career' PHOENIX, Ariz. -- March 26, 2019 -- Dr. Daniel D....
Building starch backbones for lab-grown meat using Lego pieces
Credit: Patrick Mansell A new technique to spin starch fibers using Lego pieces could have future applications for lab-grown "clean"...
C-Path and Japan’s PMDA collaborate on first-of-its-kind biomarker project
Aim is to generate critical data to support safety decisions made in early-stage clinical trials TUCSON, Ariz., March 26, 2019...
Facebook is free, but should it count toward GDP anyway?
Study measures how much free online goods are worth to consumers For several decades, gross domestic product (GDP), a sum...
Satellite finds Tropical Cyclone Veronica’s stripped center along Australia coast
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Early on March 26, Tropical Cyclone Veronica continued to...
UB chemist and materials scientist lands $675,000 NSF CAREER award
Timothy Cook will design self-assembling molecules and work with K-12 science teachers to create 3D-printed magnetic structures that self-assemble in...
Smartphone test spots poisoned water risk to millions of lives
Credit: Marie-Anne Robertson A smartphone device could help millions of people avoid drinking water contaminated by arsenic. Researchers have developed...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Joaninha affecting Mauritius
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Visible imagery from NASA's Terra satellite showed Tropical Cyclone...
Sound sense: Brain ‘listens’ for distinctive features in sounds
University of Pittsburgh researchers explore how the auditory system achieves accurate speech recognitionCredit: Shi Tong Liu/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (March...
Harvard researchers’ immune-silent stem cell technology licensed to Sana Biotechnology
Developed through Harvard's Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator, innovations could lead to novel cell therapies to treat diseaseCredit: Mary Todd Bergman, Harvard...
