NRL-camera aboard NASA spacecraft confirms asteroid phenomenon
Credit: (U.S. Navy photo by Brendan Gallagher and Guillermo Stenborg) WASHINGTON - A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-built camera mounted on the NASA Parker Solar Probe...
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Tsoi lives in Malaysian forests
Sergey Ermilov, a researcher from Tyumen State University, discovered and described a new species of oribatid mites that lives on the forest floors in MalaysiaCredit:...
National Academy of Inventors elects Pitt’s William J. Federspiel as Fellow
Pitt Bioengineer recognized for life-saving artificial lung technologyCredit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (Dec. 11, 2019) ... With 12 issued U.S. patents in the medical device...
Understanding Asteraceae: Validation of a Hyb-Seq probe set for evolutionary studies
Credit: Jones, K. E., T. Fér, R. E. Schmickl, R. B. Dikow, V. A. Funk, S. Herrando-Moraira, P. R. Johnston, N. Kilian, C. M. Siniscalchi,...
Researchers discover brain circuit linked to food impulsivity
This creates the possibility scientists can someday develop therapeutics to address overeatingCredit: Cal Powell You're on a diet, but the aroma of popcorn in the...
Earth was stressed before dinosaur extinction
Fossilized seashells show signs of global warming, ocean acidification leading up to asteroid impactCredit: Northwestern University Shells' chemistry shifted to respond to influx of carbon...
Safer viruses for vaccine research and diagnosis
Credit: Dr Daniel Watterson A new technology to produce safer 'hybrid' viruses at high volumes for use in vaccines and diagnostics for mosquito-borne diseases has...
Crucial collaboration: Expanding naval capability through ties with industry, academia
Credit: (U.S. Navy photo by Eric M. Butler/Released) ARLINGTON, Va.--The secret sauce of successful naval acquisitions requires a vital ingredient: partnerships, particularly among government, industry...
Composite to replace cast iron in harsh maritime environments
Inside the giant engines in the world's largest ships are huge heat exchangers made of cast iron; for the first time, a new project is...
Cheers! Maxwell’s electromagnetism extended to smaller scales
Credit: Marin Soljači Research Group More than one hundred and fifty years have passed since the publication of James Clerk Maxwell's "A Dynamical Theory of...
Single-cell analysis of the earliest cell fate decisions in development
Multi-omics analysis of the process establishing the mammalian body planCredit: The embryo and cell images were created by Veronique Juvin from SciArtWork. Data plots were...
Study supports long-term benefits of non-drug therapies for pain
Findings based on review of more than 140,000 Veteran health recordsCredit: John Liston A new study based on Veterans Affairs health records finds that non-drug...
State of shock: 200-year-old law about gas mixtures called into question
Credit: University of New Mexico According to a new study led by a team from The University of New Mexico, centuries-old laws about the behavior...
Heat energy leaps through empty space, thanks to quantum weirdness
The finding could have profound implications for the design of microelectronic components where heat dissipation is keyCredit: Violet Carter, UC Berkeley Berkeley -- If you...
NSF grants Illinois-led team $4.4 million to develop distributed space telescope
Credit: Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign More than 91 million miles from Earth, the sun poses a mystery that has long stumped...
