$2 million DOE grant supports Lehigh researchers building thermal battery
Interdisciplinary team to develop innovative approach to thermal energy storage for more flexible, efficient power plantsCredit: Lehigh University The addition ...
Technology shown to reduce cancer-causing contaminants receives millions in funding
Innovation shown to reduce cancer-causing contaminants in drinking water, airports, military sitesCredit: Oren Darling/Purdue Research Foundation WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - ...
Dissecting connections between chronic stress, inflammation and depression
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 21, 2019) - Chronic stress can inflame our brain, destroy ...
NASA’s Fermi, swift missions enable a new era in gamma-ray science
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center A pair of distant explosions discovered by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and Neil ...
Melanin-producing Streptomyces are more likely to colonize plants
Credit: Phytobiomes Journal Plant growth-promoting Streptomyces assemble into the internal, root endophytic compartments of a wide variety of plants around ...
UTA multidisciplinary project aims to improve transportation for older adults
Improving transportation for older adultsCredit: UT Arlington A multidisciplinary team of engineers and social workers from The University of Texas ...
How do gliomas evolve?
The Glioma Longitudinal Analysis (GLASS) Consortium finds longitudinal molecular trajectories of diffuse glioma in adultsCredit: JAX photo byTiffany Laufer. Until ...
Severe pregnancy-related depression may be rooted in inflammation
Credit: Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 20, 2019) -- A runaway, inflammatory immune response may be responsible for ...
Only eat oysters in months with an ‘r’? Rule of thumb is at least 4,000 years old
Credit: Kristen Grace/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Foodie tradition dictates only eating wild oysters in months with the letter "r" ...
Could sphingolipids help solve a racial paradox in heart disease?
When it comes to predicting heart disease in African Americans, measuring HDL and LDL cholesterol is not enough. A Medical ...
Little-known protein appears to play important role in obesity and metabolic disease
The recently discovered protein is normally abundant in fat; without it, the body struggles to manage glucose and insulinCredit: Scripps ...
Smart buildings face challenges but have plenty of potential
Mohamed Ouf believes fully automated structures will revolutionize occupant comfort and energy efficiencyCredit: Concordia University We often hear the word ...
NASA observes tropical storm Fung-Wong organize
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview As Tropical Depression 28W continued organizing and developing into Tropical Storm Fung-Wong in the Philippine Sea, ...
Hubble studies gamma-ray burst with highest energy ever seen
Credit: NASA, ESA and M. Kornmesser NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers a peek at the location of the ...
NASA estimates tropical storm Sebastien’s rainfall rates
Credit: Credit: JAXA/NASA Worldview NASA found moderate rainfall occurring over a large area in Tropical Storm Sebastien, as it moves ...
Dead-zone report card reflects improving water quality in Chesapeake Bay
Hypoxia in 2019 falls within normal range despite record river flow and light windsCredit: © D. Malmquist/VIMS. An annual model-based ...
3D maps of gene activity
Credit: Felix Petermann, MDC Professor Nikolaus Rajewsky is a visionary: He wants to understand exactly what happens in human cells ...
Not so selfish after all–Key role of transposable elements in mammalian evolution
Credit: Tokyo Tech The human genome contains 4.5 million copies of transposable elements (TEs), so-called selfish DNA sequences capable of ...
Hubble studies gamma-ray burst with the highest energy ever seen
Credit: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser New observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have investigated the nature of the gamma-ray burst ...
New fossils shed light on how snakes got their bite and lost their legs
New fossils of an ancient legged snake, called Najash, shed light on the origin of the slithering reptiles.Credit: Render of ...
