Discovery of the oldest plant fossils on the African continent!
A new study describes a particularly diverse fossil flora from 400 million year ago. The analysis of very old plant fossils discovered in South Africa...
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Agreement brings Soldiers, academia together to solve military challenges
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Army scientists and engineers partnered with combat arms units to create closer working relationships between Soldiers and universities. The partnership between...
En’Urga receives NASA grant to develop tool that validates advanced technologies, vehicles
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- En'Urga Inc., which develops and commercializes innovative diagnostic equipment for use in the manufacturing, research and consumer arenas, has received a...
Microgel coating gives donor cells a boost in reversing pulmonary fibrosis
Single cell encapsulation in gel can optimize cell-based therapy Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have shown that even after lung tissue has been...
Most cities in São Paulo state have low potential capacity to adapt to climate change
Cities located in metropolitan areas of this Brazilian state score better according to an index that measures the existence of public policies designed to adjust...
Highlights from the journal CHEST®, June 2021
Published monthly, the journal CHEST® features peer-reviewed, cutting-edge original research in chest medicine: Pulmonary, critical care, sleep medicine and related disciplines. Journal topics include asthma,...
Ludwig cancer research study shows how novel drug screen can individualize cancer therapy
JUNE 8, 2021, NEW YORK - A study conducted by researchers at the Ludwig Center at Harvard has demonstrated how a drug screening method known...
From burglar alarms to black hole detectors
Super sensors as possible outputs of a quantum gravity experiment Last year, Anupam Mazumdar, a physicist from the University of Groningen, jointly proposed an experiment...
Efficiently “switching on” bacteria to produce high-value chemicals
- Most high-value chemicals are currently produced using fossil fuels - industrial chemistry's use of petroleum accounts for 14% of all greenhouse gas emissions. -...
Mapping a successful recovery
Novel methods and dedicated fieldwork offer good news for cleaning up mining pollution in rivers Mining involves moving a lot of rock, so some mess...
UIC research paves way for next-generation of crystalline material screening devices
Chemical engineer teams up with a pharmaceutical industry consortium for better drug screening Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed a novel continuous-flow...
ONK Therapeutics and Trinity researchers seek improved cancer therapies
ONK Therapeutics Ltd, an innovative natural killer (NK) cell therapy company, today announced that it has been awarded an Innovation Partnership Programme (IPP) grant by...
Study shows how taking short breaks may help our brains learn new skills
NIH scientists discover that the resting brain repeatedly replays compressed memories of what was just practiced In a study of healthy volunteers, National Institutes of...
Discovery of circadian rhythm gene in mice could lead to breakthroughs
That internal nagging feeling that drives you to seek sleep at night and wake in the morning to eat, work, and play, is, it turns...
Mechanochemical peptide bond formation behind the origins of life
The emergence of peptides on the prebiotic Earth is an open scientific question since the condensation of amino acids is a thermodynamically unfavorable process in...
