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...
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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...
Efforts to end the HIV epidemic must not ignore people already living with HIV
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Efforts to prevent new HIV transmissions in the United States must be accompanied by advances in addressing HIV-associated comorbidities to improve the...
ALMA spots most distant dusty galaxy hidden in plain sight
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), C.M. Casey et al.; NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have spotted the light of a massive...
Scientists link decline of baltic cod to hypoxia — and climate change
Fishes' 'internal logbooks' show decline in valuable species is caused by loss of seawater oxygenCredit: Yvette Heimbrand, SLU If you want to know how climate...
Researchers analyze artifacts to better understand ancient dietary practices
Credit: Shanti Morell-Hart New research from anthropologists at McMaster University and California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), is shedding light on ancient dietary practices, the...
‘Financial infidelity’: What defines it, who is at risk, and what are the consequences?
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Romantic partners aren't always honest about money in their relationships, but when does hiding purchases, debt and savings constitute...
Pioneering nanotechnology cloud — nanoHUB — looks to future
Credit: Network for Computational Nanotechnology A pioneering cloud and global gateway for nanotechnology research and education has received a National Science Foundation grant renewal, completing...
Scales offer insight into chronic stress of fish, University of Guelph research finds
Credit: (University of Guelph) For years, aquatic researchers have sought an easy way to determine when wild fish are under stress. Now University of Guelph...
Your genes aren’t the only factor dictating Alzheimer’s risk, says Baycrest-U of T study
The colour of our eyes or the straightness of our hair is linked to our DNA, but the development of Alzheimer's disease isn't exclusively linked...
Modulation of proliferation factors in lung adenocarcinoma with an analysis of the transcriptional consequences of genomic EGFR activation
The cover for issue 65 of Oncotarget features Figure 7, 'EGFR activated cases compared to pathway markers,' by Kucherlapati, et al.Credit: Correspondence to - Melanie...
Worlds largest computing society announces 2019 Fellows
58 innovators selected from around the worldCredit: ACM ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has named 58 members ACM Fellows for wide-ranging and fundamental contributions...
Study of elephant, capybara, human hair finds that thicker hair isn’t always stronger
Credit: Wen Yang Despite being four times thicker than human hair, elephant hair is only half as strong--that's just one finding from researchers studying the...
Site search: A digital approach to proteins and cancer
Credit: Purdue University/Chao Feng WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - What if scientists could create more effective drugs to treat cancers and other diseases by better targeting...
NASA finds Tropical Storm Belna’s heavy rainfall potential shrinks
Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson Tropical Storm Belna weakened after it made landfall in northwestern Madagascar, and infrared imagery from NASA showed how the area...
