Food-grade wheatgrass variety released for public use
Credit: Brett Heim Wheatgrass is packed with beneficial nutrients, which makes the crop a popular superfood. And now, more farmers will have access to growing...
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KIST develops eco-friendly, flame-retardant carbon plastic ideal for recycling
Non-toxic, flame-retardant composite material based on bio-epoxy made from plant-source tannic acid. 99% eco-friendly recycling within tens of minutes merely by dissolving in waterCredit: Korea...
Australian awarded Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science, Royal Society of Chemistry
FLEET/UNSW's Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh awarded prestigious prizeCredit: UNSW FLEET CI Professor Kourosh Kaantar-zadeh (UNSW Sydney) has been awarded the prestigious 2020 Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical...
Inspiring innovative solutions to protect the planet
26 teams from across the world are developing solutions to make artisanal mining more responsibleCredit: Amy Richards / Guy Loftus for Conservation X Labs Last...
NASA satellite gives a hello to tropical storm Dolly
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview During the morning of June 23, the fourth system in the Northern Atlantic Ocean was a subtropical depression. By the afternoon,...
Rice professor attracts grant to study magnetism
DOE Early Career award to physicist Ming Yi backs experiments on 2D materialsCredit: Jeff FItlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 23, 2020) - The Department of...
Introducing a new isotope: Mendelevium-244
Berkeley Lab-led team creates a new, lighter form of the element mendelevium in experiments at the 88-Inch CyclotronCredit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab A team of scientists...
Simple device monitors health using sweat
Credit: Jennifer M. McCann/ Penn State A device that monitors health conditions in the body using a person's sweat has been developed by Penn State...
Using chaos as a tool, scientists discover new method of making 3D-heterostructures
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and their collaborators from Iowa State University have developed...
Laser allows solid-state refrigeration of a semiconductor material
Credit: Anupum Pant To the general public, lasers heat objects. And generally, that would be correct. But lasers also show promise to do quite the...
Innovative smartphone-camera adaptation images melanoma and non-melanoma
Innovative research published in SPIE's Journal of Biomedical Optics suggests low-cost, accessible diagnostic tool for skin cancerCredit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA - An article published...
Slow-growing rotavirus mutant reveals early steps of viral assembly
Credit: CDC Rotavirus is responsible for more than 130,000 deaths in infants and young children younger than five years, every year. The virus causes severe,...
NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite captures 63 mile smoke trail from bush fire
Credit: NASA Worldview NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured this image of the Bush Fire on June 22, 2020 showing clouds of smoke pouring off the...
Experts identify steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response
NIH workshop attendees review capabilities, limits of SARS-CoV-2 serology testingCredit: NIAID WHAT: More than 300 scientists and clinicians from the federal government, industry and academia...
NYU Dentistry awarded $2 million to train dentists to treat people with disabilities
Through new training program funding, 'bridging the gap' aims to expand dental workforce with skills and commitment to patients with disabilities and complex medical conditionsCredit:...
