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COPD digital health researcher to study benefits of COPD patient remote monitoringCredit: ATS Feb. 3, 2020 - ResMed (NYSE: RMD, ASX: RMD) and ATS Foundation...

$250,000 in Vilcek Foundation Prizes awarded to immigrant scientists

The 2020 Vilcek Prizes recognize immigrant scientists for the development of tools and technologies advancing scientific discoveryCredit: Photos courtesy of Peter Hurley/The Vilcek Foundation New...

Assessing ‘stickiness’ of tumor cells could improve cancer prognosis

Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has created a device...

Heart disease risk grows as women move through menopause

Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Feb. 3, 2020 - A marker for heart disease risk considerably worsens as women transition through menopause, according to a...

Research sheds light on the evolutionary puzzle of coupling

Credit: German Primate Center-Leibniz Institute for Primate Research A UTSA researcher has discovered that, whether in a pair or in groups, success in primate social...

Researchers take body armor to the next level with high energy fibers

FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science awarded $569,482 from combating terrorism technical support officeCredit: Florida Atlantic University It sounds like something out of the...

Losing coastal plant communities to climate change will weaken sea defences

Credit: Mick Hanley, University of Plymouth Coastal plant communities are a crucial element of global sea defences but are increasingly threatened by the human-induced effects...

Canterbury Tales is first major literary work developed as an app

Credit: Photo credit: Dave Stobbe for the University of Saskatchewan. A University of Saskatchewan-led international team has produced the first web and mobile phone app...

World Wetlands Day: Fostering global biodiversity and mitigating climate change

Interactive story maps illustrate valuable contributions Maritime salt marshes make to our planetCredit: Photo credit: O. Lucanus Though they make up less than 6% of...

Can’t sleep or think clearly? Maybe the culprit is bacteria

Washington State, UMass Amherst researchers receive Keck Grant to study effects of bacteria on brainCredit: UMass Amherst With a $1 million grant from the W....

The most human algorithm

A new algorithm can automatically identify mathematical models that not only improve the reliability of the predictions they make but also provide information for understanding...

First view of hydrogen at the metal-to-metal hydride interface

Credit: University of Groningen University of Groningen physicists have visualized hydrogen at the titanium/titanium hydride interface using a transmission electron microscope. Using a new technique,...

How the immune system becomes blind to cancer cells

Credit: Illustration: CIBSS/University of Freiburg, Michal Roessler T cells play a huge role in our immune system's fight against modified cells in the body that...

Fed grant backs Rice earthquake research

Geologist Melodie French wins National Science Foundation CAREER AwardCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 31, 2020) - Rice University geologist Melodie French is crushing...

New NSF Industry-University Collaborative Research Center at Dartmouth