FSU researchers find sun, rain transform asphalt binder into potentially toxic compounds
Credit: Credit: Sydney Niles TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A dramatic oil spill, such as the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico a decade ago,...
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How flies flip around on take-off from an upside- down position
Credit: Anna Verbe Flies are able to right themselves very quickly when taking off from an upside-down position. Scientists from the CNRS and from The...
Biomedical instrument based on microvesicles
A paper saw light in Scientific ReportsCredit: Kazan Federal University Researchers have proved that a microvesicle-based instrument can be effective in reducing inflammation and immune...
Danforth Center scientist receives $1.4M grant to develop smart farm technology
FieldDock system will autonomously deploy UAV's to accelerate crop improvement and reduce energy, water and fertilizer inputs with zero-carbon footprintCredit: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center...
Designed a new model to predict the life expectancy of a severe neurodegenerative disease
Credit: Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a serious minority neurodegenerative disease, with an annual rate of 1.5 cases per million inhabitants,...
The smallest micro-gripper, grown on optical fibers, is operated remotely with light
Credit: Source: UW Physics Researchers at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, used the liquid crystal elastomer technology to demonstrate a series of micro-tools...
Kiwis stockpile paracetamol, the basis of most calls to National Poisons Centre
Credit: Dr Eeva-Katri Kumpula While paracetamol was the most common substance of enquiry for calls to the National Poisons Centre in 2018, new research reveals...
Improved test methods for safer battery systems
Between worst case and reality: KIT collaborates with partners to find new test methods and standards for lithium-ion cells in battery systemsCredit: Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT...
SNMMI Image of the Year: Super-agers show resistance to tau and amyloid accumulation
Credit: Merle C. Hoenig, Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine II - Molecular Organization of the Brain, Research Center Juelich, Juelich, Germany, and Department of Nuclear...
Making balanced decisions
Neuronal circuits in the brain 'sense' our inner stateCredit: Nicolas Gompel Animals have an innate preference for certain scents and tastes. Attractive scents are linked...
Spread of flu virus in hospital environment common
Credit: Photo by Alana da Silva One in four inpatients with influenza in a given season showed signs of having become infected during care. This...
How breast cancer cells sneak past local immune defenses
Credit: Xue-Yan He, Egeblad lab, CSHL. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Associate Professor Mikala Egeblad and her colleagues describe a newly understood way by which...
Transparent inorganic multicolour displays enabled by zinc-based electrochromic devices
Credit: by Wu Zhang, Haizeng Li, William W. Yu, Abdulhakem Y. Elezzabi Multicolour electrochromic displays are one of the most versatile applications because they can...
Mystery about cause of genetic disease in horses
Research team led by Göttingen University questions link to warmblood fragile foal syndromeCredit: From the publication of the natural science collections of the Martin Luther...
Subaru Telescope and New Horizons explore the outer solar system
Credit: NAOJ Collaborative observations with NASA's New Horizons mission have been ongoing at the Subaru Telescope since May 2020. Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC), the wide field...
