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Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Illia Thiele/Chalmers University of Technology Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have proposed a way to create...

From foam to bone: Plant cellulose can pave the way for healthy bone implants

Credit: Clare Kiernan, UBC Researchers from the University of British Columbia and McMaster University have developed what could be the bone implant material of the...

Superbugs have colonized the International Space Station — but there’s a silver lining

An antimicrobial coating made of precious metals reduced growth of bacteria on contamination-prone surfaces inside the ISS, where extreme conditions can foster antibiotic-resistant superbugs Astronauts...

Hot topics at Experimental Biology in Orlando, April 6-9

Join us in Orlando or follow along virtually Want to find out how scientists are applying CRISPR gene-editing technology, learn about today's most promising avenues...

Bright skies for plant-based jet fuels

Joint BioEnergy Institute researchers demonstrate that jet fuels made from plants could be cost competitive with conventional fossil fuelsCredit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab With an estimated...

Robot-guided video game gets older adults learning and working together

The game's point is to get participants out of isolation and moving, staving off dementia Two residents of Elmcroft Senior Living sat side-by-side facing a...

The Protein Society announces its 2019 award recipients

Credit: The Protein Society The Carl Brändén Award, sponsored by Rigaku Corporation, honors an outstanding protein scientist who has also made exceptional contributions in the...

NASA finds heavy rainfall potential in new Tropical Cyclone Trevor

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Cyclone Trevor formed in the Coral Sea of the Southwestern Pacific Ocean on March 18. NASA's Terra satellite analyzed cloud top...

NASA sees Savannah lose its tropical eye

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Savannah weakened and "lost" its eye as high clouds filtered over...

First African American neuroscience research initiative launched by Clergy Group and Brain Institute

Groups will address health and neuroscience research disparities Baltimore, MD - March 18, 2018 - The nation's first African-American Neuroscience Research Initiative, aimed at ensuring...

Ultrasound provides precise, minimally invasive way to measure heart function in children

Currently, a practical, precise, minimally invasive way to measure cardiac output or heart function in children undergoing surgery does not exist. New research published in...

Algal library lends insights into genes for photosynthesis

Credit: Produced by the Princeton University Office of the Dean for Research It isn't easy being green. It takes thousands of genes to build the...

Bromethalin is poisoning the parrots of Telegraph Hill

Athens, Ga. - Bromethalin, a common rat poison, is the agent responsible for a neurological disease that has sickened or killed birds from a popular...

When it comes to monarchs, fall migration matters

Credit: MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Scientists studying monarch butterflies have traditionally focused on two sources for their decline - winter habitat loss in Mexico...

University of New Haven professor wins prestigious National Science Foundation award