Army researchers identify new way to improve cybersecurity
Credit: U.S. Army Illustration ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (April 17, 2019) - With cybersecurity one of the nation's top security concerns and billions of people...
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Oral immunotherapy safe for preschool-aged children with peanut allergies
Credit: Courtesy Ravinder Dhaliwal New data published this week in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice suggests that oral immunotherapy is safe...
Genome analysis showed common origin of Pskov, Novgorod and Yakutia populations
Scientists for the first time compared complete genome data of different ethnic groups in Russia. Using a special algorithm, they traced the development history for...
Otago global health researchers to tackle tuberculosis in Indonesia
Credit: University of Otago Researchers from the Otago Global Health Institute have secured funding from the e-Asia Joint Research Programme and the Health Research Council...
Neuron and synapse-mimetic spintronics devices developed
Credit: Aleksandr Kurenkov and Shunsuke Fukami A research group from Tohoku University has developed spintronics devices which are promising for future energy-efficient and adoptive computing...
Green plastic production made easy
Credit: Kiyotaka Nakajima, Hokkaido University A one-step method enables scalable and more environmentally friendly production of plant-derived plastic monomers, paving the way towards the mass...
Tracking global trends in the effectiveness of antibiotic therapy using the Drug Resistance Index
Using a stock-market type index, CDDEP researchers find large disparities in the effectiveness of antibiotic therapies worldwide Washington, DC - Antibiotic resistance poses an increasing...
Small fossils with big applications — the BP Gulf of Mexico time scale
New study published in Geological Society of America Bulletin Boulder, Colo., USA: Geologic time scales are critical to understanding the timing, duration, and connection of...
Cervical cancer is more aggressive when human papillomavirus is not detected
HPV-negative tumors are rare but have a worse prognosisCredit: http://visualsonline.cancer.gov/details.cfm?imageid=2578 Cervical cancer negative for the human papilloma virus (HPV) is rare but more aggressive: it...
Partnering for sustainable wood protection systems
Continuing UTIA research will advance methods for sustainably preserving woodCredit: Photo by K. Keel-Blackmon, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- April 1, 2019, marked the beginning...
Technology automatically senses how Parkinson’s patients respond to medication
Novel approach doesn't require patient or physician engagementCredit: Florida Atlantic University Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive neurological disorder affecting approximately 6 million people...
World-record quantum computing result for Sydney teams
Theory group is driving advances in global efforts to build useful machinesCredit: University of Sydney A world-record result in reducing errors in semiconductor 'spin qubits',...
Scientists improve sensitivity and stretchability of room-temperature liquid metal-based sensor
Credit: WANG Lei Scientists have developed a room-temperature liquid metal-based super-stretchable sensor, with the advantages of facile fabrication, low cost, great stretchability, high repeatability and...
6.6 billion light years away: Neutron stars merger radiance observed
Credit: SHENG Zhenfeng On April 11th, 2019, an international team led by Professor XUE Yongquan from University of Science and Technology (USTC) announced that they...
Boosting muscle stem cells to treat muscular dystrophy and aging muscles
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - April 17, 2019 - Lying within our muscles are stem cells, invisible engines that drive the tissue's...
