10,000 steps a day: Not a magical formula for preventing weight gain
Even far eclipsing 10K steps didn't prevent weight gain for college freshmen studiedCredit: BYU Photo For years now, 10,000 steps a day has become the...
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Scientists finally figure out how millipedes actually do it
High-tech imaging under UV light shows which parts go where when millipedes mateCredit: Stephanie Ware, Field Museum Scientists have a pretty good handle on how...
Remdesivir prevents MERS coronavirus disease in monkeys
Results support testing antiviral against 2019 novel coronavirusCredit: NIAID-Frederick The experimental antiviral remdesivir successfully prevented disease in rhesus macaques infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome...
ATS Foundation Research Program announces unrestricted grant recipients for the 2019 cycle
Credit: ATS Feb. 13, 2020 -- The ATS Foundation Research Program has announced that 17 researchers have been awarded one-year $40,000 Unrestricted Research Grants to...
Physicist leading upgrade to ATLAS experiment
UTA's Hadavand working to deliver more data over shorter time at Large Hadron ColliderCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington An assistant professor of physics...
California agricultural employers, workers approach smoke concerns differently
UC Davis examines health and safety awareness around mounting threatCredit: Hector Amezcua/UC Davis In 2018, California wildfires burned more than 1.8 million acres and caused...
New book on The PTEN Family from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Photo credit: Joanne Ngeow, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Cold Spring Harbor, NY-- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press announced...
Predicting autism risk may begin with a drop of blood
New research study will analyze dried blood spots recorded from California newborns for 1,000 different molecules and chemicals; their tell-tale presence might predict autism risk...
Blood and sweat: Wearable medical sensors will get major sensitivity boost
Credit: Kirill Voronin et al./Sensors Biosensors integrated into smartphones, smart watches, and other gadgets are about to become a reality. In a paper featured on...
Children miss more school when their mothers experience high physical violence
Study links patterns in mothers' IPV experience to children's school attendance in Mexico CityCredit: George Mason University A new study published in Maternal and Child...
Pitt study uncovers new electronic state of matter
Discovery shows electrons can bind together in ways similar to how quarks combine to form neutrons and protonsCredit: Jeremy Levy A research team led by...
University of Notre Dame-developed home lead screening kits shown to be highly accurate
Credit: Photo by Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame. An inexpensive lead sample collection kit distributed to homes in St. Joseph County is comparable in accuracy...
From petroleum to wood in the chemical industry: cost-efficient and more sustainable
An interdisciplinary team of bio-engineers and economists from KU Leuven has mapped out how wood could replace petroleum in the chemical industryCredit: KU Leuven An...
Skyrmions like it hot: Spin structures are controllable even at high temperatures
Investigation of the temperature dependence of the skyrmion Hall effect reveals further insights into possible new data storage devicesCredit: ill./©: Kai Litzius The joint research...
NASA finds wind shear affecting tropical cyclone Uesi
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA satellite imagery revealed that vertical wind shear appears to be affecting Tropical Cyclone Uesi in the Southern Pacific Ocean. On Feb....
