Saliva can be used to predict excess body fat in teenagers
Brazilian researchers found the level of uric acid in saliva to be a good indicator of body fat percentage in a study designed to identify...
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Towards a sustainable future — Novel technology to measure energy conversion efficiency
Scientists formulate a new innovation that can measure thermal energy to understand more about the processes of energy-converting systems like leaves during photosynthesisCredit: Professor Eiji...
DGIST-POSTECH sign an MOU for the joint research and development of brain neural network map
Participants of 'International SYNAPSE Project,' DGIST and POSTECH sign an MOU to build a joint cooperation systemCredit: dgist DGIST signed a DGIST-POSTECH MOU to carry...
Heavy backpack? Good for you
Rice study suggests public school students have healthier core strength than home-schoolersCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 17, 2020) - Lugging a heavy backpack...
Light moves spins around
Credit: MBI Berlin Combining experiment and theory, researchers from the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) and the Max Planck...
Researchers show how Ebola virus hijacks host lipids
The VP40 protein, encoded by one of Ebola's seven genes, has a region that is crucial for binding to the human lipid, phosphatidylserine; FDA approved...
Cyber researchers at Ben-Gurion University fool autonomous vehicle systems with phantom images
Credit: Cyber@bgu BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL...February 18, 2020 - Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's (BGU) Cyber Security Research Center have found that they can cause...
Scientists explore new method to help people with alcohol use disorder
Credit: Virginia Tech People with alcohol use disorder know that when it comes to immediate satisfaction, nothing works quicker than liquor. New ways to help...
Off-grid sanitation systems show promise, despite toilet paper
Systems approaching viability in field tests of Duke-led Gates Foundation 'reinvent the toilet' projectCredit: Brian Hawkins, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- As legend has it,...
Scientists may have a way to let preemies breath easier
Study finds biological process that helps underdeveloped lungs fight infectionsCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - The continuing epidemic of pre-term births includes this stark reality: tiny,...
Adolescent male chimps still need their mamas
A chimpanzee mom's continued presence through her son's tween and teen years boosts his odds of survival later in lifeCredit: Photo by Joel Bray, Arizona...
Nanolaminate-based design for UV laser mirror coating
Credit: by Meiping Zhu, Nuo Xu, Behshad Roshanzadeh, S. T. P. Boyd, Wolfgang Rudolph, Yingjie Chai, and Jianda Shao The demand for laser-resistant mirror coatings...
New technique tracks individual protein movement on live cells
New microscopy method allows researchers to follow individual molecules over long periods of time as they move along and inside live cellsCredit: Drawing depicting the...
Kidney patients benefit using organs from Hepatitis C-infected donors
Credit: Colleen Kelley/UC Creative Services A new medical approach recommended by University of Cincinnati physician-researchers may reduce organ wait times, save money, boost quality of...
Organic-cation intercalation: An effective strategy for manipulating band topology and superconductivity
Credit: ©Science China Press In the recent article published in Science Bulletin, the researchers develop an effective organic-cation intercalation strategy to manipulate the interlayer coupling...
