Improving mine ventilation focus of $1.25 million grant
Credit: Sekhar Bhattacharyya/Penn State Improving ventilation in underground mines with large openings is the focus of a new project funded by the Center for Disease...
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UVA doctor uses virtual reality to accelerate availability of new treatment
Just one example of VR's potential to improve training, patient careCredit: UVA Health A UVA Health interventional radiologist has harnessed the power of virtual reality...
Empty spaces, how do they make a protein unstable?
Partial unfolding of proteins may affect their stability and is a challenge in the industry. So how does a cavity destabilize a protein? Would such...
Airborne chemicals instantly identified using new technology developed at NTU Singapore
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a device that can identify a wide range of airborne gases and...
Receptor complexes on the assembly line
Credit: Graphic: Bernd Fakler Rapid communication of neurons in the brain, as well as the ability to learn, fundamentally rely on neurotransmitter receptors located in...
New research to boost global date fruit production
New major project aims to improve global date palm production and protectionCredit: King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) Today on World Food Day,...
Going against the flow around a supermassive black hole
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), V. Impellizzeri; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello At the center of a galaxy called NGC 1068, a supermassive black hole hides within a thick...
Cell family trees tracked to discover their role in tissue scarring and liver disease
Credit: Image created by Lana Woolford, CIR Public Engagement & Communications Officer Researchers have discovered that a key cell type involved in liver injury and...
Synthetic cells make long-distance calls
Rice scientists' circuits help bacteria quickly pass signals to an entire communityCredit: Courtesy of The Bennett Lab/Nature Chemical Biology HOUSTON - (Oct. 14, 2019) -...
Opening up the black box of heterogeneous catalysis
Credit: Rodrigo García ICIQ The team's new method, published in Nature Communications, will facilitate the discovery of heterogeneous catalysts able to transform the non-edible fraction...
Heart attack registry to provide new insight into STEMI occurrence, treatment in India
This is the first prospective cohort study of this magnitude in the region and is already providing unique data about opportunities to improve STEMI management...
DNA fracturing rewires gene control in cancer
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Understanding the mechanisms that mediate widespread DNA damage in the cancer genome is of great interest to cancer physicians and...
Creating miracles with polymeric fibers
Researchers studied the fabrication of polymeric fibers for use in advanced health careCredit: Hussain Alenezi, Muhammet Emin Cam and Mohan Edirisinghe WASHINGTON, D.C., October 15,...
WVU chemists lead the ‘charge’ with new molecular research tool
Credit: Xiaojun Li/West Virginia University illustration New research from West Virginia University is transforming technology for biomedicine and beyond. Eberly College of Arts and Sciences...
FSU research: Strong storms generating earthquake-like seismic activity
Credit: Bruce Palmer/FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida State University researcher has uncovered a new geophysical phenomenon where a hurricane or other strong...
