‘Grand Challenge’ review stresses global impact of microplastics
Credit: Chris Pallister/GoAK.org. Professor Rob Hale of William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science is lead author of a new "Grand Challenges" paper commissioned...
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USask computer-based simulator tests insects for effects of new pesticide
Credit: David Stobbe for University of Saskatchewan SASKATOON--University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers have used a novel combination of techniques to compare the effects of two...
TMS shows promise in treating stroke, dementia and migraines
Credit: Loyola Medicine MAYWOOD, IL. - Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has shown significant efficacy in treating major depressive and obsessive compulsive disorders. A newly published...
How cancer cells stiff-arm normal environmental cues to consume energy
Credit: uTSW DALLAS - Feb. 24, 2020 - Using human lung cancer cells, UT Southwestern researchers have uncovered how cells in general modulate their energy...
PA school nurses on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (February 24, 2020) - As opioid overdoses continue to grab headlines, more states are providing their communities with easier access to...
APS tip sheet: Listening to bursting bubbles
Sound signatures from violent fluid events, like bubbles bursting, can be used to measure forces at work during these eventsCredit: Bussonnière et al. Physical Review...
APS tip sheet: The neutron’s electric dipole moment
Techniques for studying the neutron's electrical charges have reached a new level of sensitivityCredit: C. Abel et al., Physical Review Letters (2020) Although the neutron...
Simple blood test could help reduce heart disease deaths
Credit: Newcastle University, UK Scientists at Newcastle University have revealed how a simple blood test could be used to help identify cardiovascular ageing and the...
Isabelle Guyon, Bernhard Schölkopf and Vladimir Vapnik win the BBVA Frontiers Award in ICT
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communications Technology has gone in this 12th edition to Isabelle Guyon, Bernhard Schölkopf and Vladimir...
Ancient DNA from Sardinia reveals 6,000 years of genetic history
Analysis of ancient DNA details the population history of Sardinia, providing new insight into its unique history and ancestral connections among the peoples of the...
Google Award for next generation Deep Learning education
TensorFlow Award to University of Technology SydneyCredit: Amos Wong Distinguished Research Professor Mary-Anne Williams is the recipient of an inaugural Google TensorFlow Faculty Award to...
Technology in higher education: learning with it instead of from it
MU researcher examines impact of digital learning on student creativityCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - Technology has shifted the way that professors teach students...
Having an eye for colors: Printable light sensors
KIT team develops printable organic photodiodes that can distinguish wavelengths and, hence, enable data transmission by lightCredit: Photo: Noah Strobel, KIT Cameras, light barriers, and...
Immunotherapy combo effective for patients with high-grade neuroendocrine cancer
Credit: SWOG Cancer Research Network Many patients with rare, fast-growing neuroendocrine tumors respond well to a common immunotherapy drug combination, according to the first peer-reviewed...
Oldest reconstructed bacterial genomes link farming, herding with emergence of new disease
Scientists present the first ancient DNA that links the spread of farming culture in ancient Eurasia to the emergence of human-adapted pathogensCredit: John Novembre The...
