New heat model may help electronic devices last longer
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A University of Illinois-based team of engineers has found that the model currently used to predict...
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Personalized medicine for atrial fibrillation
Cardiac electric activity can be used to predict individual progression of atrial fibrillationCredit: CNIC Patients with atrial fibrillation, the most frequent cardiac arrhythmia, are closer...
Southern white rhinos are threatened by incest and habitat fragmentation
Targeted measures can help to avert this dangerCredit: Robynne Prinsloo The fragmentation of natural habitats by fences and human settlements is threatening the survival of...
New platform to help SMEs get started with cyber-physical systems
Small and medium-sized enterprises need better opportunities to exploit the benefits of computer-based models for cyber-physical systems; this is the objective of a new, large-scale,...
Physics through fiction — string theory and divine intervention
Credit: Springer Nature In his book, Mark Alpert reimagines Saint Joan of Arc as a teenage math whiz from New York City. Devastated by the...
University of Tartu researchers are developing translation programme with Mozilla Firefox
Credit: geralt (pixabay.com) Reading about the project from English media, you will learn that it involves a machine translation programme (The Bergamot Project; see browser.mt)...
It’s always a good hair day for Leptothrix cholodnii
Researchers led by a team at the University of Tsukuba find that hair-like structures on the surface of aquatic bacterium Leptothrix cholodnii aren't simply for...
Get ready for a new periodic table
Researchers at Hebrew University combine quantum dot 'atoms' and create new 'molecules'Credit: Meirav Oded and Somnath Koley. Are you ready for the future? Back in...
The rare genetic disorder identified in only 3 people worldwide
Condition causes severe neuro degeneration in infantsCredit: University of South Australia A team of South Australian researchers has cracked a rare gene variant for a...
Fish consumption and mercury exposure in pregnant women in coastal Florida
Study evaluates fish consumption, sources, risk, knowledge and mercury concentrations in vulnerable populationCredit: Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Mercury contamination of the marine environment is...
Super-resolution photoacoustic microscopy finds clogged blood vessels
Credit: Chulhong Kim (POSTECH) 200 years ago, a doctor from France used a stethoscope for the first time and countless efforts to observe human body...
Free tool simplifies cancer research
Credit: Ulf Sirborn Every cell contains a vast number of proteins, each of which has a specific function, for example as a receptor for another...
New CRISPR-based system targets amplified antibiotic-resistant genes
'Pro-active' genetics technology demonstrates 100-fold improved efficiency in targeting antibiotic-resistant bacteriaCredit: Bier Lab, UC San Diego Taking advantage of powerful advances in CRISPR gene editing,...
Uranium chemistry and geological disposal of radioactive waste
New insights using the diamond lightCredit: Diamond Light Source A new paper to be published on 16 December provides a significant new insight into our...
Dartmouth study finds conscious visual perception occurs outside the visual system
Credit: Figure by Sirui Liu and Patrick Cavanagh. A Dartmouth study finds that the conscious perception of visual location occurs in the frontal lobes of...