Research shows ramping up carbon capture could be key to mitigating climate change
Credit: UK Department of Energy & Climate Change As the world gathers in Madrid to discuss how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate...
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Major grant funds educational outcomes study of New Jersey children with special needs
Drs. Botticello and O'Neill of Kessler Foundation will collaborate with Children's Specialized Hospital to study how the educational experiences of children with special health care...
Lactobacillus balances gut microbiome and improves chronic-alcohol-induced liver injury
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 9, 2019--Researchers demonstrated that Lactobacillus rhamnosus can dose-dependently reestablish a balanced intestinal microbiome and counter...
Scientists accidentally discover a new water mold threatening Christmas trees
Credit: De-Wei Li, Neil P. Schultes, James A. LaMondia, and Richard S. Cowles Grown as Christmas trees, Fraser firs are highly prized for their rich...
Researchers identify ‘Achilles’ heel’ of drug-resistant superbug
Credit: UTHealth A deadly superbug that infects an estimated 54,500 Americans a year has a secret weapon, a protein, that allows it to defy antibiotic...
Rice, Amazon report breakthrough in ‘distributed deep learning’
MACH slashes time and resources needed to train computers for product searchesCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Dec. 9, 2019) -- Online shoppers...
Using human bone remains to study predictable, postmortem microbes
$1.2 million from National Institutes of Justice to fund the workCredit: Colorado State University It's one of the most salient questions in any death investigation,...
Reorganizing a computer chip: Transistors can now both process and store information
Researchers solve decades-old challenge of building a functional transistor integrated with ferroelectric RAMCredit: Purdue University photo/Vincent Walter WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A computer chip processes...
Lighting up cardiovascular problems using nanoparticles
New nanotechnology will allow detection of blocked arteries more effectively than ever beforeCredit: USC Viterbi School of Engineering Heart disease and stroke are the world's...
New software tool uses AI to help doctors identify cancer cells
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - Dec. 9, 2019 - UT Southwestern researchers have developed a software tool that uses artificial intelligence to recognize cancer cells from...
Review Commons, a pre-journal portable review platform
Credit: EMBO / Pauline Marchetti Washington DC, 9 December 2019 - Today ASAPbio and EMBO Press launch Review Commons, a platform for high-quality, journal-independent peer...
Researchers find some forests crucial for climate change mitigation, biodiversity
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A study by Oregon State University researchers has identified forests in the western United States that should be...
Megadroughts fueled Peruvian cloud forest activity
Sediment samples show recovery from some ecosystem damage possibleCredit: Florida Tech MELBOURNE, FLA. -- New research led by scientists from Florida Institute of Technology found...
New bone healing mechanism has potential therapeutic applications
Credit: Cell Stem Cell/the Park lab Led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, a study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell reveals a...
New tool to assess digital addiction in children
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 9, 2019--A new study developed and validated a tool for assessing children's overall addiction to...
