Army gets boost from world’s largest, fastest metal powder 3D printer
Credit: Clemson University ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- A new technology will speed up development of 3D-printed components for a variety of Army applications. The...
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Study finds brain’s ‘wiring insulation’ as major factor of age-related brain deterioration
Credit: Dr Andrea Rivera A new study led by the University of Portsmouth has identified that one of the major factors of age-related brain deterioration...
Georgia Tech receives $2.2M in Toyota Research Institute robotics funding
Research projects to advance autonomous driving testbed, human-robot collaborationCredit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of 16 academic institutions selected...
Both old and young fish sustain fisheries
Credit: Phil Woodhead, Wet Image Underwater Photography. Scientists have used modern genetic techniques to prove age-old assumptions about what sizes of fish to leave in...
Sushi-like rolled 2D heterostructures may lead to new miniaturized electronics
Credit: ELIZABETH FLORES-GOMEZ MURRAY/ PENN STATE The recent synthesis of one-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures, a type of heterostructure made by layering two-dimensional materials that...
Microscope allows ultrafast nanoscale manipulation while tracking energy dynamics
Credit: Yokohama National University Since the early 2010s, ultrafast probing of materials at atomic-level resolution has been enabled by terahertz scanning tunneling microscopes (THz-STM). But...
Now is the time to study impact of pandemic on mothers and babies
University of Houston researcher issues a call for new methods to combat stress and social isolationCredit: University of Houston If past natural disasters have taught...
Researchers use silkworm silk to model muscle tissue
Transgenic silk proves to be effective surface for 3D muscle modelingCredit: Matt Jensen News Release -- LOGAN, UT -- Mar. 9, 2021 -- Researchers at...
Salk Professor Wolfgang Busch named first incumbent of the Hess Chair in Plant Science
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(March 9, 2021) Salk Professor Wolfgang Busch has been recognized for his contributions and dedication to advancing science through research by...
Molecule with potential to treat multiple sclerosis passes toxicology testing in zebrafish
Study conducted at a FAPESP-supported research center shows that anti-inflammatory peptide TnP could lead to drug development. Zebrafish Danio rerio is a popular aquarium species...
Big shift seen in high-risk older adults’ attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination
Poll shows double-digit jumps since autumn in percentage of Black, Hispanic and chronically ill older adults who say they'll get vaccinated -- or already haveCredit:...
Class assignment leads to published research
Credit: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Armando Collazo Garcia III got more than he expected from a graduate course he took last spring. He developed a...
Citizens and scientists release 28-year record of water quality in Buzzards Bay
Credit: Fish Hawk Films WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- A long-lasting, successful relationship between scientists at the MBL Ecosystems Center and the citizen-led Buzzards Bay Coalition...
How the South African COVID-19 variant was found
UC Riverside biomedical scientists were part of an international team that identified the coronavirus strainCredit: Stan Lim, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Variants of the...
Adaptation, not irrigation recommended for Midwest corn farmers
Credit: Photo by Jesse Gardner on Unsplash Farmers in the Midwest may be able to bypass the warming climate not by getting more water for...
