Innovative approaches to stabilizing bridges, highway slopes
UTA civil engineer using recycled plastic pins to stabilize bridges and highway slopesCredit: UT Arlington A civil engineering professor at The University of Texas at...
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CCNY engineer Xi Chen and partners create new shape-changing crystals
Credit: Image courtesy: Tong Wang Imagine harnessing evaporation as a source of energy or developing next generation actuators and artificial muscles for a broad array...
Virtual reality trains public to reverse opioid overdoses
Credit: Penn Nursing The United States has seen a 200% increase in the rate of deaths by opioid overdose in the last 20 years. But...
Toxic metals can affect student health performance, say scientists from RUDN university
Credit: RUDN Univeristy A group of medical and environmental researchers from RUDN University evaluated the level of heavy metals in the organism of first-year university...
Henry ford study finds certain immuno suppressing drugs do not increase risk for COVID-19
Not taking their medication out of fear presents a greater risk to patients' healthCredit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT - Patients on immunosuppressive therapy for...
The road to cheaper electric vehicles
UD Prof. Koffi Pierre Yao earns $1 million grant to develop a better lithium ion batteryCredit: Photo by Evan Krape Like many people, Koffi Pierre...
NASA catches development of eastern Atlantic’s tropical storm Vicky
Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed a low-pressure area in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean, and it showed the system becoming more...
Fighting breast cancer with nanotech, immunotherapy
Researcher takes aim at hard-to-treat metastatic cancers by using new method to unlock 'cold tumors' for successful treatmentCredit: No credit CLEVELAND--A team of scientists led...
Cool eyes on fever screening: Optimizing infrared thermography
Full-face readings can optimize fever screening with infrared thermographsCredit: Image credit Q. Wang Thermography has been a hot topic this year, due to the need...
How do giraffes and elephants alter the African Savanna landscape?
Credit: Duncan Kimuyu As they roam around the African savanna in search for food, giraffes and elephants alter the diversity and richness of its vegetation....
Wistar appoints Ami Patel as Caspar Wistar Fellow
Caspar Wistar Fellowship launches the careers of up-and-coming biomedical researchers as top scientific leaders.Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. 14, 2020) -- The Wistar...
Researchers receive $45 million grant to study health disparities in Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers seek to understand the biological framework of Alzheimer's disease in multi-ethnic populations and how it differs from that of non-Latino whites.Credit: HSC Researchers at...
Substance use disorders linked to COVID-19 susceptibility
NIH research finds higher risk and worse outcomes for those with addictionCredit: NIAID A National Institutes of Health-funded study found that people with substance use...
Immune system affects mind and body, study indicates
Immune cells produce molecule that influences vigilance, alertness in miceCredit: Kalil Alves de Lima and Mackenzie Lemieux New research at Washington University School of Medicine...
Global study reveals time running out for many soils – but conservation measures can help
A major new international study has provided a first worldwide insight into how soil erosion may be affecting the longevity of our soils.Credit: Dan Evans...