Quantum material goes where none have gone before
Alloy behaves strangely while traversing potential 'spin liquid' stateCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Sept. 30, 2019) -- Rice University physicist Qimiao Si...
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Bertha Madras receives Innovator Award from the College on Problems of Drug Dependence
Credit: McLean Hospital The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) has presented McLean Hospital's Bertha K. Madras, PhD, with its Innovator Award. Madras, the...
Georgia State research finds early life racial discrimination linked to depression, accelerated aging
Credit: Georgia State Early life stress from racial discrimination puts African Americans at greater risk for accelerated aging, a marker for premature development of serious...
NASA sale launches HRL laboratories’ commercial 3D-printed aluminum effort
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is the first customer for commercial sale of feedstock for additive high-strength aluminumCredit: HRL Laboratories, LLC HRL Additive, a new...
Microbes in warm soils released more carbon than those in cooler soils
Warming tropical soils could cause a 9% increase in atmospheric CO2 this centuryCredit: Andrew Nottingham As one descends a mountain, the temperature steadily increases. A...
What did ancient crocodiles eat? Study says as much as a snout can grab
Credit: Envato While most people imagine alligators and crocodiles as being much the same now as they were during the age of dinosaurs, digging into...
Study explains molecular mechanism of botanical folk medicines used to treat hypertension
Lavender, fennel and chamomile among herbs discovered to act upon a shared therapeutic target in blood vesselsCredit: Bo Abbott Irvine, Calif. - September 30, 2019...
NIH forms new collaborative influenza vaccine research network
Credit: NIAID The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has initiated the Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation...
Researchers develop program aimed at reducing dating violence among students
Credit: UTHealth A program developed to encourage healthy relationships and reduce dating violence was effective among early middle school students, according to results of a...
UBC study highlights need to improve health care access in Vancouver, Portland and Seattle
Credit: UBC UBC researchers have developed a data science method that analyzes how easily citizens can access hospitals and walk-in health clinics - and it's...
German fishermen’s scepticism towards EU impedes compliance with its regulations
Game of chance experiment: In a relationship with an unpopular regulator, the truth is somewhat elasticCredit: Stefan Drupp Leipzig/Hamburg/Kiel: Negative perception of a regulatory authority...
Brave new world: Simple changes in intensity of weather events ‘could be lethal’
Credit: NOAA Hurricane Dorian is the latest example of a frightening trend. Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, more severe and more widespread as...
NASA finds Typhoon Mitag’s eye east of Taiwan
Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of Typhoon Mitag's cloud-filled eye, located east of Taiwan. On Sept. 30, the Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer...
RUDN University mathematicians help improve efficiency of data centers using Markov chains
Credit: RUDN University RUDN University mathematicians created a model of maximum efficiency of data centers. It is based on a nontrivial Markov chain. In addition...
NASA finds tropical storm Narda bringing heavy rainfall to western Mexico
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of Tropical Storm Narda along Mexico's west coast in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Satellite data...
