Artificial intelligence improves power transmission
PrognoNetz: Self-learning sensor networks to predict the resilience of overhead lines -- adapting operation to weather for optimal use of the gridCredit: Figure: ITIV, KIT...
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Form drives function in cancer proliferation
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - May 6, 2019 - A new study finds that the protein responsible for the crawling movements of cells also drives the...
Plastic gets a do-over: Breakthrough discovery recycles plastic from the inside out
Scientists from Berkeley Lab have made a next-generation plastic that can be recycled again and again into new materials of any color, shape, or formCredit:...
Making a ‘to do’ list for trauma docs
Study: Digital checklist can support trauma teams without hampering performanceCredit: Drexel University In hospital trauma centers, where life-or-death decisions are made in seconds, fractions of...
Brain injury from low oxygen affects specific cells, Stanford-led study finds
Low oxygen levels are a well-known cause of brain injury in premature babies. But the mechanism by which low oxygen hurts the developing human brain...
Quantum computing with graphene plasmons
Credit: © University of Vienna, created by Thomas Rögelsperger A novel material that consists of a single sheet of carbon atoms could lead to new...
Secrets of the ‘blue supergiant’ revealed
Blue supergiants are the rock-and-roll stars of the universe. They are massive stars that live fast and die young which makes them rare and difficult...
Female flies respond to sensation of sex, not just sperm
Credit: Igor Siwanowicz Female fruit flies can feel when a sexual partner is a good fit. Scientists have long known that proteins in a male...
Improving the well-being of heart-failure patients
Credit: DZHI Wuerzburg Many patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are anxious of the shock delivered by the device to stop life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia...
‘Google Maps’ for cancer: Image-based computer model reveals finer details of tumor blood flow
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers develop an image-based computer model of tumor behavior that captures more of the complexity of cancer growthCredit: Arvind Pathak, Ph.D. Johns...
Trans-catheter aortic valve replacement can improve outcomes in low-risk surgical patients
Study presented today at AATS 99th Annual Meeting finds that after one year, incidence of adverse events with TAVR was significantly lower than surgery TORONTO...
UMN researchers advance understanding of atrial fibrillation-related dementia
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- May 6, 2019- University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have determined that atrial fibrillation (Afib) is independently associated with changes that occur with...
Professor Jean Marco to be presented the Ethica Award at EuroPCR 2019
The award is given annually to outstanding specialists who have made an exceptional contribution to interventional cardiovascular medicine and patient care. Paris, France. At the...
Prof R. Vanholder and Prof M. Sever received the 2019 ISN Bywaters Award
This year, two former council member of the ERA-EDTA received the ISN Bywaters Award: Professor Raymond Vanholder from Ghent, Belgium, President of the ERA-EDTA in...
Driving chemical reactions with light
Chemical nature of surface molecules influences plasmon responses of metal nanoparticles How can chemical reactions be triggered by light, following the example of photosynthesis in...
