Oregon State University research wins Marcus Wallenberg Prize
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Richard Waring, professor emeritus in the Oregon State University College of Forestry, is one of three researchers sharing...
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Hey, Alexa, who else is listening right now?
UC to use NSF grant to explore smart speaker securityCredit: UC Voice-activated speakers like Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and Google Home are becoming ubiquitous in...
Variation in how side effects are reported clouds drug safety
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center An important goal of early-phase clinical trials is to discover a drug's possible side effects. But despite FDA guidelines...
Superhard candy — scientists cracked the complex crystal structure of molybdenum borides
Credit: Dmitry V. Rybkovskiy, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. In their search for new superhard compounds, researchers carried out a prediction of stable molybdenum borides and...
Virus genomes help to explain why a major livestock disease has re-emerged in Europe
Credit: Ciriaco Ligios Livestock diseases like bluetongue virus (BTV) can have devastating economic and health consequences, but their origins can be difficult to establish. New...
Army converts heat into electricity to power autonomous robots for months
Credit: CCDC Army Research Laboratory photo ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- An energy-efficient generator intended to power private residences could power autonomous military vehicles for...
New study finds biases against physically dirty people take root as early as age 5
Biases against the physically unclean extend to the sick, holding implications in the COVID-19 eraCredit: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Chestnut Hill, Mass. (4/28/2020) -...
Study reveals important flowering plants for city-dwelling honey bees
Credit: Douglas Sponsler, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Trees, shrubs and woody vines are among the top food sources for honey bees in urban...
Hubble watches comet ATLAS disintegrate into more than 2 dozen pieces
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI and D. Jewitt (UCLA) These two Hubble Space Telescope images of comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), taken on April 20 and 23,...
Harnessing psyllid peptides to fight citrus greening disease
BTI, USDA and UW researchers identified 122 peptides that could be used to as insecticides to halt a disease that is destroying the U.S.'s multi-billion...
Hubble captures breakup of comet ATLAS
Credit: NASA, ESA, D. Jewitt (UCLA), Q. Ye (University of Maryland) The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided astronomers with the sharpest view yet of...
Startups develop system that detects fever remotely in people near hospital front desks
AI-based technology developed by a startup supported by FAPESP is in use at Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital, in São Paulo, to reduce the risk of...
Gold standard force fields help identify promising peptides to disrupt COVID-19
University of Utah researchers rapidly generate molecular models of compounds relevant for COVID-19Credit: Cheatham Lab Drug discovery is arduous, expensive, and often prone to failure,...
Spinal cord gives bio-bots walking rhythm
Credit: Image courtesy Collin Kaufman CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Miniature biological robots are making greater strides than ever, thanks to the spinal cord directing their steps....
Scientists explore the power of radio waves to help control fusion reactions
Credit: Photo and composite by Elle Starkman. A key challenge to capturing and controlling fusion energy on Earth is maintaining the stability of plasma --...
