A robot and software make it easier to create advanced materials
Rutgers-led team pioneers automated way to make unique materials with polymersCredit: Matthew Tamasi A Rutgers-led team of engineers has developed an automated way to produce...
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Smart, self-powered patch to put an end to €2.3 trillion bill caused by rust worldwide
The cost of corrosion runs to 3-4% of the gross world product annually, and therefore there is increasing focus on monitoring infrastructure; Danish researchers are...
Potential cause of elevated nighttime blood pressure in patients with apnea identified
Cell secretions may be key to diagnosing and treating nocturnal hypertensionCredit: University of Missouri Health Care Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) affects an estimated 22 million...
Alcohol tolerance may have saved our ancestors from extinction
Credit: Hockings & Dunbar The ability to process alcohol may have saved humanity's ancestors from extinction, a new book suggests. About ten million years ago,...
Gulf of Mexico coral reefs to protect from storm surge in the future — But will they?
LSU researcher Kristine DeLong uses 120,000-year-old fossils to predict how Gulf of Mexico coral reefs will respond to climate change toward the end of this...
Non-adiabatic dynamics of strongly driven diffusive Josephson junctions
Credit: University of Jyväskylä/Pauli Virtanen Understanding how microwave absorption changes the transport properties of diffusive Josephson junctions is at the forefront of interest in the...
Host cell proteases can process viral capsid proteins
Credit: Varpu Marjomäki/University of Jyväskylä It has long been suggested that a cell protease could take part in enterovirus infection. However, the identity of such...
How do world’s smallest sea turtles become stranded in Cape Cod?
Computer simulations help reconstruct ocean conditions behind strandingCredit: Olivia Bourque A computational analysis has surfaced new insights into the wind and water conditions that cause...
NASA sees Tropical Storm 06A maintaining strength
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite found some powerful storms in Tropical Storm 06A as it moved through the Arabian Sea toward Somalia. NASA's Aqua...
Warmer temperatures will increase arsenic levels in rice, study shows
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington People around the world consume rice in their daily diets. But in addition to its nutrient and caloric content, rice...
How plants harness ‘bad’ molecules for good ends
Identifying the complex molecular interactions that regulate root growth could lead to more productive cropsCredit: Photo by Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- When most people...
Grant funding to study cattle genomics could breed profits
UTIA researchers explore value-added marketing opportunitiesCredit: Photo by T. Johnson, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A team of researchers at the University of Tennessee Institute...
NRL, NASA combine to produce sun imagery with unprecedented clarity
Credit: (U.S. Navy/Released) WASHINGTON -- Early returns from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's camera on NASA's latest mission to study the Sun's corona revealed on...
WFIRM scientists push bioprinting capability forward
Two materials used at once better fabricate trachea constructsCredit: Credit: WFIRM WINSTON-SALEM, NC, -- Dec. 4, 2019 -- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM)...
Study to investigate surrogate decision challenges for LGBT patients with Alzheimer’s
Decreasing end-of-life disparities of a doubly vulnerable populationCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Facing Alzheimer's disease in a loved one is challenging under any circumstances but...
