PRESS RELEASE: New use for paper industry's sludge and fly ash in plastics VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland examined, ...

Credit: Sarah Wong Chemical compounds that emit light are used in a variety of different materials, from glow-in-the-dark children's toys ...

Credit: Youhei Takeda Mechanochromic luminescent (MCL) materials change their color in response to a change in their environment, like pressure ...

Development of new strategies and novel drug design to treat trophoblastic diseases and to provide pregnancy success are of crucial ...

Credit: Dr. Hidetoshi Arima The prevalence of diabetes has grown around the world over the past three decades. In 2016, ...

Credit: Polina Nesterova Scientists led by a team at Caltech have developed a new method for potentially removing nearly all ...

Credit: Interact Lab, University of Sussex, copyright © 2017 A super-material that bends, shapes and focuses sound waves that pass ...

Credit: Drexel University Great ideas so often get lost in translation -- from the math teacher who can't get through ...

Universal public coverage of 117 essential medicines could address the needs of most Canadians for pharmaceutical drugs, and possibly save ...

Publicly funding essential medicines could cover the cost of nearly half of all prescriptions in Canada, removing financial barriers for ...

A proposed Marine Protected Area (MPA) off Scotland's west coast would help basking sharks, researchers say. Scientists from the University ...

Research published today in Environmental Communication suggests that scientists may have more freedom than previously thought to engage in certain ...

Credit: OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff A powerful class of antibiotics provides life-saving relief for people with cystic fibrosis; however, a new study ...

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have identified a mechanism that controls the expression of genes regulating the growth of the ...

Credit: Victor O. Leshyk Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new tool to identify interactions ...

Credit: (Image courtesy of Ahmad Rafsanjani/Harvard SEAS) Origami-inspired materials use folds in materials to embed powerful functionality. However, all that ...

Credit: Sandia National Laboratories LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Sometimes, you have to go small to win big. That is the approach ...

A new discovery by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle makes an important step in identifying ...

An international team of researchers, funded by Morris Animal Foundation, has shown that adipose (fat) stem cells might be the ...

Credit: Ella Maru Studio Sometimes cells resist medication by spitting it back out. Cancer cells, in particular, have a reputation ...