NASA examines Tropical Cyclone Belna’s water vapor concentration
Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean, water vapor data provided information about the intensity of Tropical Cyclone Belna....
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Secret behind diabetes drug’s benefits revealed
Metformin shows benefits on aging and a number of diverse diseasesCredit: Photo courtesy McMaster University Hamilton, ON (December 9, 2019) - Researchers at McMaster University...
Detours may make batteries better
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Scientists show thin metal mesh loaded with T cells shrinks solid tumors
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Rice University launches bold climate change initiative with Shell
'Game-changing' idea: Don't burn hydrocarbons, split them into hydrogen energy and valuable carbon materialsCredit: Photo by Tommy LaVergne/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Dec. 9, 2019) --...
Increasing food intake by swapping mitochondrial genomes
Credit: Maria Litovchenko & Roel Bevers (EPFL) Many of the characteristics that make people so different from each other, are often the result of small...
Medicaid expansion doubled access to primary care, increased attention to health risks
Less reliance on emergency care, more discussions about healthy behaviors and use of preventive care seen in survey of low-income enrollees in Michigan's expansion programCredit:...
SwRI wins two R&D 100 Awards
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Predicting a protein’s behavior from its appearance
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Award to create clinical solution for life-threatening preemie condition
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health has awarded...
Biomarker may aid in determining treatment for cancer patients
UC Medical student finds the presence of a common virus may help tailor options for glioblastoma patientsCredit: Colleen Kelley/UC Creative Services A common virus that...
Russian astrophysicists discovered a neutron star with an unusual magnetic field structure
Credit: @tsarcyanide, MIPT Press Office Scientists from Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI), and Pulkovo...
A tech jewel: Converting graphene into diamond film
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How planets may form after dust sticks together
Scientists may have figured out the origins of planetsCredit: Gerhard Wurm, Tobias Steinpilz, Jens Teiser and Felix Jungmann Scientists may have figured out how dust...
Metal-organic sponge can convert CO2 into fuel
Associate Prof. Nina Lock from the Department of Engineering has received a grant of DKK 4.3 million (EUR 0.6 mill.) from the Carlsberg Foundation to...
