Online tools can improve autism diagnosis
Credit: Swansea University Online tools and assessments can help speed up diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the first comprehensive survey of research in the...
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New technology makes homes more energy independent, helps divert power during blackouts
The new technology improves energy delivery between home solar-power systems and the electrical gridCredit: Texas A&M University College of Engineering In a new study, researchers...
New approach simultaneously measures EEG and fMRI connectomes
Credit: Photo courtesy the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. New research demonstrates how two vastly different methods of measuring brain activity can provide...
DOE unveils blueprint for quantum internet at ‘Launch To The Future: Quantum Internet’
Credit: (Image by UChicago.) Nationwide effort to build quantum networks and usher in new era of communications. CHICAGO -- In a press conference today at the University...
PolyA-miner assesses the effect of alternative polyadenylation on gene expression
Credit: HK Yalamanchili/Liu lab/Nucleic Acids Research, 2020. Researchers with an interest in unraveling gene regulation in human health and disease are expanding their horizons by...
Two distinct circuits drive inhibition in the sensory thalamus of the brain
This research offers fundamental insights about sensory thalamic subnetworks and will enable powerful new strategies to probe behavioral and perceptual functions of these distinct circuitsCredit:...
Where are arctic mosquitoes most abundant in Greenland and why?
Examining the population dynamics during the larval life stage of these pestsCredit: Photo by Melissa DeSiervo. Bzz! It's mosquito season in Greenland. June and July...
Hubble sees summertime on Saturn
Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), and the OPAL Team Saturn is truly the lord of...
Battling harmful algae blooms
UD researcher part of international effort to understand genetics of marine algaeCredit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson Throughout the world's oceans in global nutrient cycles,...
A new MXene material shows extraordinary electromagnetic interference shielding ability
Drexel and KIST researchers report material can absorb EMI from electronic devicesCredit: Drexel University As we welcome wireless technology into more areas of life, the...
Coral reefs show resilience to rising temperatures
Credit: David A. Paz-García Rising ocean temperatures have devastated coral reefs all over the world, but a recent study in Global Change Biology has found...
Highly stable amyloid protein aggregates may help plant seeds last longer
Credit: Dr. Pavel Zykin Highly stable polymeric "amyloid" proteins, best known for their role in Alzheimer's disease, have been mostly studied in animals. But a...
COVID-19 vaccine innovation could dramatically speed up worldwide production
Credit: University of Texas at Austin. Responding to a need to quickly develop billions of doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines, a scientific team at The...
Complex developmental patterns are under the control of surprisingly simple signals
Princeton researchers discover that multiple early developmental programs in the fly are governed by different thresholds of Ras/Erk signalingCredit: Johnson et al., 2020, Current Biology...
New cell profiling method could speed TB drug discovery
Technology combines rapid imaging and machine learning to uncover patterns in how antibacterials kill; can be applied to many pathogensCredit: CDC/ Alissa Eckert; James Archer...