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Triboelectric energy is the scientific term for static electricity, or the energy that is created when two surfaces rub against each other. Electrons are exchanged...

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Annenberg debuts Science and Public Health Knowledge Monitor

PHILADELPHIA – The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania is launching a science and health knowledge monitor comprising quarterly survey reports to...

Diabetes-causing gene can be regulated like a rheostat

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and Imperial College London have found a switch that regulates the activity of a gene that causes...

HKU engineering researchers develop breakthrough technology to measure rotational motion of cells

Mechanics plays a fundamental role in cell biology. Cells navigate these mechanical forces to explore their environments and sense the behaviour of surrounding living cells....

Doing Crossword Puzzles Benefits Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairement

Crossword puzzles beat computer video games in slowing memory loss

A new study by researchers from Columbia University and Duke University published in the journal NEJM Evidence shows that doing crossword puzzles has an advantage...

NUS researchers devise revolutionary technique to generate hydrogen more efficiently from water

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have made a serendipitous scientific discovery that could potentially revolutionise the way water is...

Development of a Flexible MEMS Sensor for Subsonic Flow

Novel thin and flexible sensor characterizes high-speed airflows on curved surfaces

The energy and transportation sector often make use of different kinds of fluid machinery, including pumps, turbines, and aircraft engines, all of which entail a...

Virtual HER2 staining of unlabeled breast tissue sections using deep learning. Image credit: Ozcan Lab @ UCLA.Figure | Virtual HER2 staining of unlabeled breast tissue sections using deep learning.

Deep learning-based virtual staining of tissue facilitates rapid assessment of breast cancer biomarker

Breast cancer is one the leading causes of cancer death among women globally. Upon breast cancer diagnosis, the testing of HER2 – a protein that...

MoU Ceremony between UNIST and GS E&C Center NeoTech

UNIST signs cooperation MoU with GS E&C Corp. Center NeoTech

UNIST Carbon Neutrality Demonstration and Research Center has recently embarked on a new partnership with GS E&C (GS Engineering and Construction) Center NeoTech to take...

Dr Salvatore Aricò, formerly of UNESCO, to be appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the International Science Council

The Governing Board of the International Science Council (ISC) is delighted to announce its decision to appoint Dr Salvatore Aricò as Chief Executive Officer of...

New strategy shows potential to block nerve loss in neurodegenerative diseases

Two new studies from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis support development of a broadly applicable treatment for neurodegenerative diseases that targets a...

Dr. Cecilia Lindestam Arlehamn, La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Cecilia Lindestam Arlehamn wins WHAM Edge Award funding to study sex-based differences in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases

LA JOLLA, CA—La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) Research Assistant Professor Cecilia Lindestam Arlehamn, Ph.D., has been granted more than $25,000 through a Women’s Health...

ACM Global Technology Policy Council releases joint statement on principles for responsible algorithmic systems by US and Europe policy committees

The Association for Computing Machinery’s global Technology Policy Council (TPC) has released a new Statement on Principles for Responsible Algorithmic Systems authored jointly by its...

Johns Hopkins neuroimaging study reveals functional and structural brain abnormalities in people with post-treatment Lyme disease

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: Cherie Marvel, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Medicine FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In a study using specialized imaging techniques, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report distinctive...

People on Reddit discuss men and women in politics differentially

Reddit comments show equal interest in female versus male politicians, but less respect