How protein misfolding may kickstart chemical evolution
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Bioinspired process makes materials light, robust, programmable at nano- to macro-scale
Credit: Silk Lab / Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (February 27, 2017, 11 a.m. EST) -- Researchers at Tufts University's School ...
What’s really in the water
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering/Ric Evans PITTSBURGH (February 27, 2017) ... U.S. beaches and waterways are often closed to human ...
Coming soon: Oil spill-mapping swarms of flying drones
Loading video... Credit: University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Thousands of ants converge to follow the most direct path from ...
It may not have been too late to save ‘extinct’ pigeon
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Smart multi-layered magnetic material acts as an electric switch
The nanometric-size islands of magnetic metal sporadically spread between vacuum gaps display unique conductive properties under a magnetic field. In ...
Stanford scientists develop new tool to reduce risk of triggering manmade earthquakes
Credit: Courtesy Rall Walsh A new, freely available software tool developed by Stanford scientists will enable energy companies and regulatory ...
Investigating star formation is UMass Amherst researcher’s mission
Credit: UMass Amherst/ Robert Gutermuth AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts Amherst astrophysicist Stella Offner, who has received a five-year, ...
New technology offers fast peptide synthesis
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Manufacturing small proteins known as peptides is usually very time-consuming, which has ...
Genetic variant of p53 gene linked to breast cancer risk in premenopausal African American women
PHILADELPHIA -- (Feb. 27, 2017) -- Scientists at The Wistar Institute in collaboration with Roswell Park Cancer Institute found a ...
Largest study of factors affecting African-Americans with cancer announced in Detroit
DETROIT - The Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University School of Medicine will launch the nation's largest study of ...
Who gets sunburned? Survey finds risk is greater for young adults with melanin-rich skin
CHICAGO-February 27, 2017--Results from a study published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association point to an urgent need ...
Tracking the movement of cyborg cockroaches
Credit: Edgar Lobaton New research from North Carolina State University offers insights into how far and how fast cyborg cockroaches ...
3-D-printed bioabsorbable scaffold for ACL reconstruction with bone regeneration
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 27, 2017--Researchers have designed a 3D-printed porous scaffold for use ...
Angiography: Miniature particle accelerator saves on contrast agents
(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) The most prevalent method for obtaining images of clogged coronary vessels is coronary angiography. For ...
Super resolution imaging helps determine a stem cell’s future
Credit: Courtesy of Prabhas V. Moghe Scientists at Rutgers and other universities have created a new way to identify the ...
Study finds biomarker for lung cancer detection in the nasal passages of smokers
(Boston)-- A new nasal test may allow patients suspected of having lung cancer to undergo a simple swab of their ...
Greater prairie chickens cannot persist in Illinois without help, researchers report
Credit: Photo by Michael Jeffords CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- An iconic bird whose booming mating calls once reverberated across "the Prairie ...
Blind matchmaking for more efficient wireless networks
Loading video... Credit: © 2017 KAUST A network management scheme developed by KAUST allows users from different network providers to ...
Sandia uses confined nanoparticles to improve hydrogen storage materials performance
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Sometimes, you have to go small to win big. That is the approach ...
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