Keep safe and cool in the pool: Novel chip sensor makes swimming pools safer
Credit: University of SA A new microchip that enables continuous monitoring of pH and chlorine levels in swimming pools will vastly improve water safety and...
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NIH researchers discover new set of channels connecting malaria parasite and blood cells
Discovery provides new target for anti-malaria treatmentsCredit: National Institutes of Health WHAT: Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have discovered another...
Research brief: ‘Fool’s gold’ may be valuable after all
For the first time, researchers electrically transform material from non-magnetic to magneticCredit: Leighton et al In a breakthrough new study, scientists and engineers at the...
Best place on Earth to see stars is at remote site in Antarctica, study shows
Credit: Photo: Zhaohui Shang Have you ever wondered why stars twinkle? It's because turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere makes light emitted from the star wobble...
Rena Bizios to receive the BioMedSA Award for Innovation in Healthcare and Bioscience
Credit: UTSA Communications (July 30, 2020) -- BioMedSA, the non-profit corporation founded in 2005 to promote and grow San Antonio's leading industry, healthcare and bioscience,...
Stress and resilience: Improving reproductive health outcomes
Lehigh University researchers study ways to protect families from negative birth outcomes by determining factors that promote resilienceCredit: Lehigh University Current research has largely focused...
Inflammation induced blood-brain barrier dysfunction studied in organoids
Credit: WFIRM WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., - July 30, 2020 - The scientists who developed the first 3D multicellular brain organoid with a functional blood brain barrier...
Are cover crops negatively impacting row crops?
Credit: Katja Koehler-Cole Winter cover crops benefit soil health and can suppress weeds in subsequent row crops but may also lead to lower yields. Some...
Report provides new framework for understanding climate risks, impacts to US agriculture
Credit: Joe Mendoza/CSU Photography Agricultural production is highly sensitive to weather and climate, which affect when farmers and land managers plant seeds or harvest crops....
UC Riverside and NEI partner to deliver continuing medical education
Content developed by School of Medicine for physicians and other health care professionals includes grand rounds and a journal club delivered virtuallyCredit: Elena Zhukova. RIVERSIDE,...
Nondestructive positron beams probe damage, support safety advances in radiation environments
Positron annihilation spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy reveal new insights into radiation damage processesCredit: Image credit, Los Alamos National Laboratory. LOS ALAMOS, N.M., July 29,...
NASA follows potential tropical cyclone 9 into eastern Caribbean
Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Terra satellite obtained visible imagery of Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 after...
Social distancing varies by income in US
Poorer communities face double burden during pandemic as they stay home lessCredit: J.Weill et. al. Wealthier communities went from being the most mobile before the...
Cosmic tango between the very small and the very large
Theory of loop quantum cosmology describes how tiny primordial features account for anomalies at the largest scales of the universeCredit: Dani Zemba, Penn State While...
First results of an upgraded device highlight lithium’s value for producing fusion
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Lithium, the silvery metal that powers smart phones and helps treat bipolar disorders, could also play a significant role...