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Computer model shows how human economic activity can transmit and magnify climate change impactCredit: Drought.gov Water scarcity is often understood as a problem for regions...

Study reveals bias among doctors who classify X-rays for coal miner’s black lung claims

UIC researchers first to publish data on B-reader financial conflicts of interestCredit: UIC University of Illinois Chicago researchers are the first to report on the...

Wireless tech a ‘game changer’ for nuclear power plants

Rudy Shankar (Energy Systems Engineering, Lehigh University) leads team of global experts behind newly published IAEA report outlining benefits of wireless technology and guidelines for...

Eat me: The cell signal of death

An 'eat-me' signal displayed on cell surfaces requires activation of a lipid-scrambling protein by a nuclear protein fragmentCredit: Mindy Takamiya/Kyoto University iCeMS Scientists at the...

A T-cell stimulatory protein and interleukin-10 synergize to prevent gut inflammation

This study will aid the understanding of, and future research on, inflammatory bowel disease, which afflicts about 1.6 million AmericansCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Researchers...

Researchers harvest energy from radio waves to power wearable devices

Credit: Larry Cheng, Penn State From microwave ovens to Wi-Fi connections, the radio waves that permeate the environment are not just signals of energy consumed...

Chemists achieve breakthrough in the production of three-dimensional molecular structures

New dimensions in organic chemistry through light-mediated synthesis; publication in 'Science'Credit: Peter Bellotti A major goal of organic and medicinal chemistry in recent decades has...

No evidence that people alter daily travel after having symptoms that could be COVID-19

New George Mason University College of Health and Human Services study is one of first individual-level studies to track movements and symptoms during the COVID-19...

Pediatric heart transplant method developed by U of A doctors allows for more surgeries, better outcomes: Study

Blood type-incompatible heart transplant surgery for infants under the age of two pioneered in Canada, now used worldwideCredit: Lindsey Kemp A pediatric heart transplant procedure...

New class of versatile, high-performance quantum dots primed for medical imaging, quantum computing

An atomically defined interlayer embedded into a quantum dot emits single photons at room temperature and allows tuning a wavelength in discrete quantized jumpsCredit: Los...

When synthetic evolution rhymes with natural diversity

Credit: Parys/GMI/UNC-Chapel Hill Researchers at GMI - Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of North Carolina...

Scientists uncover a process that stands in the way of making quantum dots brighter

The results have important implications for today's TV and display screens and for future technologies where light takes the place of electrons and fluidsCredit: B....

Fast-acting, color-changing molecular probe senses when a material is about to fail

Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Materials that contain special polymer molecules may someday be able to warn us when they are about to...

Genomic sieve analysis can inform SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development

New paper describes how this research technique provides insights on potential mechanisms of vaccine protection and on risks for future vaccine resistanceCredit: Bethany Dearlove/MHRP SILVER...

Therapeutic bed can help keep preterm newborns’ brain oxygen levels stable