Newly devised static negative capacitor could improve computing
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory With a little physics ingenuity, scientists have designed a way to redistribute electricity on a small scale, potentially opening new avenues...
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Blood-based colon cancer screen shows promise in UW-Madison study
MADISON - If caught early, nearly all cases of colon cancer are curable. Though this should make screening tests straightforward, colon cancer screening suffers from...
Postdoctoral researcher launches Community Noise Lab at Boston University
BOSTON--Dr. Erica Walker, a postdoctoral researcher at Boston University School of Public Health's Department of Environmental Health, has launched Community Noise Lab, an interdisciplinary research...
Study: Some woodpeckers imitate a neighbor’s plumage
Ithaca, N.Y.--In the first global test of the idea, scientists have found evidence that some woodpeckers can evolve to look like another species of woodpecker...
New DNA ‘shredder’ technique goes beyond CRISPR’s scissors
CRISPR Tool borrowed from bacteria successfully seeks out, cuts and destroys long stretches of human cells' DNA, opening doors to new uses in research and...
Researchers develop first functional targeted inhibitors of peanut allergens
Credit: University of Notre Dame For an estimated 4.2 million children living with peanut allergies, the slightest trace of peanut and peanut ingredients could have...
Expanding truck safety outreach program
Grant from the Road to Zero CoalitionCredit: VTTI The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) has received a Safe System Innovation Grant from the Road to...
A tiny cry for help from inside the liver could lead to better treatment
Enzyme's newly discovered ability to spur the body to prevent, or repair, acute liver injury could be harnessed as a therapy, or used as a...
The cost of computation
For decades, physicists have wrestled with understanding the thermodynamic cost of manipulating information, what we would now call computing. How much energy does it take,...
Oral bacteria ‘battle royale’ helps explain how a pathogen causes hospital infections
Credit: Jessica Mark Welch and Gary Borisy, PNAS.1522149113 Hundreds of different bacterial species are living inside your mouth. Some are highly abundant, while others are...
JILA’s 5-minute sample processing enhances DNA imaging and analysis
Credit: Heenan/JILA JILA scientists have developed a fast, simple sample preparation method that enhances imaging of DNA to better analyze its physical properties and interactions....
Cold plasma can kill 99.9% of airborne viruses, U-M study shows
ANN ARBOR--Dangerous airborne viruses are rendered harmless on-the-fly when exposed to energetic, charged fragments of air molecules, University of Michigan researchers have shown. They hope...
Elements can be solid and liquid at the same time, study reveals
Scientists have discovered a new state of physical matter in which atoms can exist as both solid and liquid simultaneously. Until now, the atoms in...
Carbon-negative power generation for China
Reducing CO2 concretions and air pollution in the atmosphere If we're going to limit global temperature increases to 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels, as laid...
New NASA-funded program to train K-12 students in STEM fields
Outreach components include public lectures, parent nights, and telescope viewing opportunitiesCredit: Mobasher lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - NASA has awarded the University of California,...
