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Japanese researchers are poised to reboot the field of aromatic-fused porphyrin sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells, the most efficient solar efficient solar technology available at...

The app teaching anorexics to eat again

Soon, air pollution could be measured on every street corner

Credit: Insplorion/Johan Bodell Air pollution is responsible for 550,000 premature deaths a year in Europe - and 7 million worldwide, according to the WHO. Measuring...

£2m to boost cyber power behind wind energy production

The University of Nottingham is leading a £2m High Performance Computing (HPC) project to optimise the sustainable exploitation of wind power in both the European...

New assay detects patients’ resistance to antimalarial drugs from a drop of blood

New technique simplifies detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms and can provide critically important information quickly, even in resource limiting facilities, reports The Journal of Molecular...

Radiation plus chemotherapy doesn’t improve endometrial cancer recurrence-free survival

Surprised by finding, scientists say this may change locally advanced endometrial cancer care Standard of care has been radiation and chemo for locally advanced endometrial...

A microscopic topographic map of cellular function

A decade of research leads MU scientists to a better understanding of how materials move out of cellsCredit: University of Missouri The flow of traffic...

The Wikipedia gender gap

Wikipedia is one of the most successful online communities in history, yet it struggles to attract and retain editors who are women -- another example...

Penn researchers influence CDC’s clarification on prescribing opioids for cancer pain

Credit: Penn Nurisng PHILADELPHIA (June 12, 2019) - To reduce the number of people who may misuse, abuse, or overdose from opioids, multiple national agencies...

Adults with sleep apnea are more likely to experience involuntary job loss

Sleep apnea can impair mental and physical functioning, which may impact job performance SAN ANTONIO - Recently unemployed people with undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea have...

Inexpensive, simple fabrication method poised to expand microlens applications

Laser catapulting creates miniaturized lenses with customized shapes and optical properties for cameras, solar cells and microscopes WASHINGTON -- A growing number of applications, including...

Researchers discover trigger for muscle-wasting condition

Credit: OU Medicine Among all major cancers, pancreatic cancer has the highest rate of death - 93 percent of patients die within five years of...

Norovirus structures could help develop treatments for food poisoning

Credit: Joshua-Tor lab/CSHL 2019 Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Noroviruses are a leading cause of food-borne illness outbreaks, accounting for 58% of all outbreaks and...

Does pornography use affect heterosexual women’s intimate experiences with a partner?

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 12, 2019--A new study has shown that the relationship between pornography and intimate partner experiences...

Sickle cell disease needs more attention