Climate impact of clouds made from airplane contrails may triple by 2050
Credit: Bock and Burkhardt, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2019 In the right conditions, airplane contrails can linger in the sky as contrail cirrus - ice clouds...
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Low-carb ‘keto’ diet (‘Atkins-style’) may modestly improve cognition in older adults
Diet that restricts glucose may help brain function In a pilot study of 14 older adults with mild cognitive problems suggestive of early Alzheimer's disease,...
SimBlock: A simulator for testing improvements to real-world blockchain networks
Demonstration of visualizer: Bitcoin network (scaled down to 600 nodes) Kazuyuki Shudo, his colleagues and the Cybersecurity Research Center at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo...
Applying pressure is way toward generating more electricity from waste heat
Osaka University-led researchers apply pressure to a thermoelectric material to better understand quantum phenomena and in doing so are able to increase the material's ability...
Children living in countryside outperform children living in metropolitan area in motor skills
Young children's daily living environment and motor skills are closely related in the Finnish contextCredit: Martta Walker / University of Jyväskylä. In a recent study...
Patients see multiple clinicians on one visit, thanks to new scheduling protocol
A new patient-centered scheduling protocol is improving the quality, efficiency and convenience of multiprovider health care, according to a recently published paper from The University...
New cuprate superconductor may challenge the classical wisdom
Credit: JIN Changqing Superconductivity is one of the most mysterious phenomena in nature in that the materials can conduct electrical current without any resistance. The...
Meals on Wheels drivers good early warning system for senior’s health and safety issues
Study shows app-based program effective for drivers to alert care coordinators about health and safety issues before they become seriousCredit: Meals on Wheels America San...
Music develops the spoken language of the hearing-impaired
Finnish researchers have compiled guidelines for international use for utilizing music to support the development of spoken language Finnish researchers have compiled guidelines for international...
Cryo-electron microscopy at reveals structures of protein that maintains cell membranes
Groundbreaking cryo-electron microscopy at Aarhus University reveals the first structures of a protein that maintains cell membranesCredit: Milena Timcenko Using cutting-edge electron microscopy, researchers from...
Goat milk formula could benefit infant gut health: Study
The laboratory study by RMIT, published in the British Journal of Nutrition, analysed two types of commercial goat milk formula. The research looked at oligosaccharides,...
Lightning bolt underwater
Credit: RUB, Kramer Electrochemical cells help recycle CO2. However, the catalytic surfaces get worn down in the process. Researchers at the Collaborative Research Centre 1316...
Breakthrough in how cells link together has implications in the proliferation of cancer
Dr. Rafael Garcia-Mata, an associate professor of biological sciences at The University of Toledo, recently identified a protein complex that regulates how epithelial cells bond...
Rich defects boosting the oxygen evolution reaction
Credit: ©Science China Press The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with sluggish reaction kinetics and large over-potential is the severe reaction in water splitting that is...
Helping select the cells with the most potential
Through investigation of the so-called 'Hippo pathway,' researchers at Osaka University have identified a key regulatory mechanism in the development of normal pluripotent embryonic cellsCredit:...
