Low-cost, portable system takes OCT beyond ophthalmology
Researchers adapt OCT system to make it useful for minimally invasive joint surgeryCredit: Evan T. Jelly, Duke University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a way...
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Study reveals breach of ‘dancing’ barrier governs crystal growth
Controlling crystal growth for innovations in medicine, engineeringCredit: Meenesh Singh While crystals have been studied for centuries and are ubiquitous in daily life -- they...
At the heart of regeneration: Scientists reveal a new frontier in cardiac research
Researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles discover a mechanism of cardiac regeneration in the zebrafish that could change the field of heart researchCredit: Image courtesy...
Dartmouth engineers partner with arctic residents to bolster resilience and sustainability
$2.6 million NSF grant to fund four-year projectCredit: Hunter Snyder Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth has been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the...
New Pitt research finds carbon nanotubes show a love/hate relationship with water
Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (Nov. 12, 2019) -- Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are valuable for a wide variety of applications. Made of graphene sheets rolled...
AI-driven single blood cell classification
New method to support physicians in leukemia diagnosticsCredit: ©Helmholtz Zentrum München / Carsten Marr Every day, millions of single blood cells are evaluated for disease...
Listening to music while driving reduces cardiac stress
A study by Brazilian researchers suggests that cardiac overload due to the stress of driving in heavy traffic can be attenuated by listening to instrumental...
Novela neurotech begins testing wireless, read-write capable brain prosthesis in animals
Credit: Novela Neurotech Toronto, ON--To further develop its wireless electrode for reading from and writing into the brain, Novela Neurotech is pleased to announce a...
$1.85 million NIH grant to study sepsis
Credit: Virginia Tech One drop of blood contains 5,000 neutrophils, the most abundant type of white blood cell that is deployed by the human immune...
First evidence of feathered polar dinosaurs found in Australia
Credit: Peter Trusler A cache of 118 million-year-old fossilized dinosaur and bird feathers has been recovered from an ancient lake deposit that once lay beyond...
Fishmeal developed for sustainable aquaculture
Credit: Linda Svanberg Aquaculture in Sweden could be more sustainable if by-products from industrial feed production were used instead of wild-caught aquafeed. This is according...
New exploration method for geothermal energy
International research team presents combination of mapping of underwater structures and geochemical measurementsCredit: CC BY 4.0: Maren Brehme; DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-52638-z Where to drill? This is the...
Applying biodiversity conservation research in practice
Credit: © Marcos Uzquiano The world's population is growing - and with it the need for natural resources. This calls for consistent action to protect...
Ivan Biaggio elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America
Credit: Photo courtesy of Lehigh department of physics Ivan Biaggio, professor physics at Lehigh University, joined a distinguished group of scientists with his recent election...
Nitrous oxide emissions set to rise in the Pacific Ocean
Credit: © EPFL Today's rising CO2 emissions are changing oceans' pH levels, making them more acidic. We can already see the harmful effects in the...
