ACM SIGIR academy to recognize contributions to information retrieval
Credit: ACM SIGIR The Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (ACM SIGIR) today announced the inception of the SIGIR Academy to...
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Indoor air quality study shows aircraft in flight may have lowest particulate levels
Credit: John Toon, Georgia Tech If you're looking for an indoor space with a low level of particulate air pollution, a commercial airliner flying at...
ASTRA: surgical training system for fetal surgery based on augmented reality and game technology
A project which is just starting out, with funding from EPIC MegaGrants, led by Mario Ceresa, a member of the Department of Information and Communication...
Nanoparticle-delivered COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows promise in preclinical studies
New Cleveland Clinic-led research published in mBioCredit: Cleveland Clinic CLEVELAND - Researchers from Cleveland Clinic's Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health have developed...
A new blindness gene uncovered in a canine study
Credit: Kaisa Wickström. Inherited retinal dystrophy is a common cause of blindness, with as many as two million people suffering from the disorder globally. No...
Optimizing disinfection to prevent spread of antibiotic resistance in wastewater
Scientists map the degradation of antibiotic resistance gene mecA by common disinfectants to find ways to minimize the spread of resistance in waterbodiesCredit: Environmental Science...
Bitter receptor involved in anti-inflammatory effect of resveratrol?
Human gum cells as a test system for investigating interactions between resveratrol, bitter receptors and the release of inflammatory markersCredit: Photographer: Joseph Krpelan, Copyright: Prof....
Wolf social group dynamics matter for infectious disease spread, models suggest
Credit: National Park Service UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- By modeling wolves in Yellowstone National Park, researchers have discovered that how a population is organized into...
UMD study finds the fuel efficiency of one car may be cancelled by your next car purchase
Findings have implications for carbon emissions and the design of fuel economy programs like Cash-for-ClunkersCredit: Chuttersnap, public domain In a recent collaborative study led by...
Astrophysicist’s 2004 theory confirmed: Why the Sun’s composition varies
Credit: American Astronomical Society (AAS) WASHINGTON -- About 17 years ago, J. Martin Laming, an astrophysicist at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, theorized why the...
Harvard study challenges lateral-to-sagittal shift in mammal spine evolution
Study challenges classic notion of mammal spine evolutionCredit: Ken Angielczyk When it comes to the evolution of the mammal spine -- think of animals whose...
Model describes interactions between light and mechanical vibration in microcavities
Study by researchers at the University of Campinas published in Physical Review Letters discusses both light dispersion by vibrations inside the device and light dissipation...
New book reveals Charles Darwin’s cultural impact in unprecedented detail
NUS historian of science Dr John van Wyhe has co-published a groundbreaking new book on Charles Darwin which shows for the first time the extent...
Study points to the challenges of harvest-time weed seed controls in Pacific Northwest
Credit: Photo taken by Judit Barroso on May 24, 2016. WESTMINSTER, Colorado - March 02, 2021 - Herbicide-resistant weeds have fueled a growing demand for...
‘Canary in the mine’ warning follows new discovery of effects of pollutants on fertility
Credit: University of Portsmouth New research has found that shrimp like creatures on the South Coast of England have 70 per cent less sperm than...
