NSF awards $4 million to the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub
The hub builds data science partnerships to address societal challenges The Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub has been awarded a four year, $4 million grant...
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Timed release of turmeric stops cancer cell growth
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - A Washington State University research team has developed a drug delivery system using curcumin, the main ingredient in the spice...
Why does the moon smell like gunpowder? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 20, 2019 -- After walking on the moon, astronauts hopped back into their lunar lander, bringing the heavenly...
Measles vaccination linked to health & schooling benefits among children in LMICS
Researchers at CDDEP, Johns Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania, RTI International, and Harvard assessed the long-term associations of measles vaccination and child anthropometry, cognition, and schooling...
A chemical approach to imaging cells from the inside
Researchers develop a new microscopy system for creating maps of cells, using chemical reactions to encode spatial informationCredit: Weinstein et al./Cell A team of researchers...
Perovskite solar cells tested for real-world performance — in the lab
Credit: Wolfgang Tress (EPFL) It was only ten years ago that metal-halide perovskites were discovered to be photovoltaic materials. Today, perovskite solar cells made are...
Texas A&M researchers study super-repellent surfaces for safer fruits, vegetables
Credit: COLLEGE STATION -- Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, TEES, were recently awarded a grant from the U.S. Department...
A study from IRB Barcelona describes the reaction mechanism of DNAzymes
Credit: Juan Aranda, IRB Barcelona A study from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) has published a study in the journal Nature Catalysis...
Artificial intelligence identifies ‘kissing bugs’ that spread Chagas disease
Credit: Khalighifar, et al LAWRENCE -- New research from the University of Kansas shows machine learning is capable of identifying insects that spread the incurable...
Frustrated fish give up thanks to glia, not just neurons
Credit: Ahrens Lab/Janelia Research Campus Secured in place in a virtual-reality-equipped chamber, frustrated zebrafish just didn't want to swim anymore. They had been "swimming" along...
Magnetic field model with simpler means
GFZ researcher wins $20,000 prize in ideas competition to improve the global magnetic field model GFZ scientist Jürgen Matzka is the winner of the MagQuest...
‘DNA microscopy’ offers entirely new way to image cells
Credit: J. Weinstein et al./Cell 2019 Microscopy just got reinvented - again. Traditionally, scientists have used light, x-rays, and electrons to peer inside tissues and...
Plants’ oil-production accelerator also activates the brakes
Scientists discover seemingly paradoxical mechanism for regulating oil synthesisCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Scientists studying plant biochemistry at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National...
Psoriasis patients turn to alternative medicine when traditional treatments fail
A team of researchers at GW published their survey findings on the uses of complementary and alternative medicine by psoriasis patients in the Journal of...
Self-healing software project — NSF career award
Credit: Virginia Tech For Na Meng, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering, a guiding principle of "every effort...
