Researchers probe Soldier sleep deprivation effects
Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - New Army-funded study looks at effects of sleep deprivation, which can greatly affect Soldiers...
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Researcher receives $1.8 million grant to enhance oral absorption of water-insoluble drugs
Novel nanotechnology allows for further research to improve oral drugsCredit: HSC Xiaowei Dong, Associate Professor and P1 Curriculum Director at HSC College of Pharmacy, was...
True size of prehistoric mega-shark finally revealed
A new study led by the University of Bristol and Swansea University has revealed the size of the legendary giant shark Megalodon, including fins that...
Comprehensive look at US fuel economy standards show big savings on fuel and emissions
Credit: Graph courtesy of the researchers (Rebecca Ciez); Redesign by Bumper DeJesus In one of the first comprehensive assessments of the fuel economy standards in...
Innovative biocontainment unit shows promise to protect healthcare workers
Credit: Courtesy photo The U.S. Army partnered with the University of Pittsburg Medical Center to create a biocontainment unit that could help healthcare workers caring...
Natural pest control saving billions
Credit: The University of Queensland Biological control of insect pests - where 'natural enemies' keep pests at bay - is saving farmers in Asia and...
Discovery of unconventional hall effect
Credit: ©Science China Press Hall effect plays an important role in the development of condensed matter physics. The classical Hall effect was discovered by American...
Two ERC Starting Grants for MDC scientists
ERC funding for pioneering researchCredit: David Ausserhofer/ MDC Dr. Kathrin de la Rosa and Dr. Ilaria Piazza, who are both junior group leaders at the...
ERC Starting Grant for Sara Buson
Credit: (Photo: Elisa Mortin) Cosmic rays prove it: the universe hosts astrophysically elusive "monsters" that continuously and efficiently accelerate elementary particles at extreme energies. These...
EU grant award of EUR 1.5 million to Norwegian university
The ELECTRODE project is focused on improving energy storage to increase the use of renewable energy.Credit: Thor Nielsen, NTNU The ELECTRODE project, based at the...
Holistic bursting cells might be basis of brain cognition
A single cortical neuron represents a learned complex object as a whole, not as partsCredit: Ms. LOU Jia In the past century, neuroscientists have discovered...
Quntao Zhuang receives DARPA Young Faculty Award
University of Arizona electrical and computer engineer will advance research into quantum sensing capabilitiesCredit: Quntao Zhuang Quntao Zhuang, an assistant professor in the Department of...
New understanding of electrolyte additives will improve dye-sensitised solar cells
Researchers have demonstrated that certain molecules previously viewed as potentially detrimental to copper electrolyte performance are crucial to suppressing recombination losses and maximizing efficiency when...
UArizona collaborates on $115M effort to build quantum computer
Three University of Arizona engineers are involved in the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center, part of a $625 million federal program to foster quantum...
How to render AI linguistically more intelligent
Dirk Hovy, Bocconi University, has won a 1.5 million euro ERC Starting Grant. His project introduces demographic factors into language processing systems to improve algorithmic...