UTSA studies osteoporotic bone fractures to rethink treatment
Credit: Photo Courtesy of UTSA About half of all women in the U.S. will suffer a bone fracture due to osteoporosis. For women, the incidence...
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It takes more than a catchy headline for health awareness campaigns to inspire action
A comparison of the Pinktober and Movember movements reveals that reach and engagement do not always lead people to research screening optionsCredit: Ricardo Carrasco III...
Researchers double sorghum grain yield to improve food supply
Credit: Ware lab/CSHL, 2019 Plant scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), in their search for solutions to global...
Study shows how climate change may affect environmental conservation areas
Researchers classify 258 protected areas in Brazil as 'moderately vulnerable' and 17 as 'highly vulnerable' -- areas at greatest risk are in the Amazon, Atlantic...
Novel NRL instrument enhances ability to measure nuclear materials
Credit: (U.S. Navy photo by Nicholas E. M. Pasquini) WASHINGTON - Researchers with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) designed and built an instrument called...
System provides cooling with no electricity
Passive device relies on a layer of material that blocks incoming sunlight but lets heat radiate awayCredit: Courtesy of Arny Leroy, Evelyn Wang, et. al...
Visible light and nanoparticle catalysts produce desirable bioactive molecules
Simple photochemical method takes advantage of quantum mechanicsCredit: Credit: Yishu Jiang, Northwestern University Northwestern University chemists have used visible light and extremely tiny nanoparticles to...
Viticulture gets a boost with yield predicting, threat detecting robots
Credit: Chris Kitchen, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - For grape growers, accurately predicting each season's yield is key to a successful harvest. Underpredict, and you...
UTA to study bridge safety during floods, ecological impact of bridge construction
Examining the safety and environmental impacts of bridgesCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington researcher has received two Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)...
Kent State receives grant to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in 3 counties
Credit: Kent State University Kent State University's College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug...
Concrete with improved impact endurance for defense structures developed at FEFU
Credit: FEFU press office Engineers from the Military Studies Center at Far Eastern Federal University (MSC FEFU) developed a brand-new concrete with improved impact endurance...
Vera Serganova and Valery Fokin became Laureates of 2019 George Gamow Award
Mathematician Vera Serganova and chemist Valery Fokin became Laureates of 2019 George Gamow AwardCredit: From private archive The G.A. Gamow Award, founded in 2015 by...
Double-sided tape for tissues could replace surgical sutures
New adhesive that binds wet surfaces within seconds could be used to heal wounds or implant medical devicesCredit: Felice Frankel CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Inspired by...
Human reflexes keep two-legged robot upright
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Imagine being trapped inside a collapsed building after a disaster, wondering if anybody will be brave...
A plethora of states in magic-angle graphene
Credit: ICFO Last year, graphene made another major splash in the headlines when scientists discovered that by simply rotating two layers of this material one...
