Airbnb fans and critics both correct in home-sharing debate, says study
Credit: Mathias Lecuyer Most Airbnb hosts in Manhattan make less than $10,000 a year, but hosts who rent out their ...
Method may help myeloma patients avoid painful biopsies
Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cells, which are white blood cells produced in bone marrow that churn ...
Supercomputers reveal how cell membranes keep cancer-causing proteins turned off
Two biophysicists from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have used supercomputers to show how cell membranes control the ...
Scientists engineer sugarcane to produce biodiesel, more sugar for ethanol
Credit: Kathryn Faith/University of Illinois A multi-institutional team led by the University of Illinois have proven sugarcane can be genetically ...
Melting snow contains a toxic cocktail of pollutants
With spring finally here and warmer temperatures just around the corner, snow will slowly melt away, releasing us from the ...
Two new mechanisms for herbicide resistance found in Palmer amaranth
Credit: Patrick Tranel URBANA, Ill. - Palmer amaranth is a nightmare of a weed, causing yield losses up to 80 ...
A self-healing, water-repellant coating that’s ultra durable
ANN ARBOR -- A self-healing, water-repellent, spray-on coating developed at the University of Michigan is hundreds of times more durable ...
Has music streaming killed the instrumental intro?
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Remember those drawn-out, dramatic intros into the pop power ballads of the 80s? They're all but gone ...
Streamlining mass production of printable electronics
Credit: Huber et al. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 4, 2017 - Memory devices -- as a subset of electronic functions that ...
Technique makes more efficient, independent holograms
Credit: (Image courtesy of The Capasso Lab/Harvard SEAS) Not far from where Edwin Land -- the inventor of the Polaroid ...
Report shines light on installed costs and deployment barriers for residential solar PV
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are making available the most detailed component ...
Finger animation research at Clemson begins with CAREER award in hand
Credit: Clemson University CLEMSON, South Carolina -- A Clemson University researcher is letting her fingers do the talking with a ...
How nanoparticles affect flow through porous stuff in surprising ways
Credit: Dastvareh and Jalel Azaiez WASHINGTON, D.C., April 4, 2017 -- Those who have mixed oil and vinegar may have ...
The inner lives of molecules
Credit: Paul Hockett WASHINGTON, D.C., April 4, 2017 -- Quantum mechanics rules. It dictates how particles and forces interact, and ...
New research could help speed up the 3-D printing process
Credit: Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, NY - A team of researchers from Binghamton University, State University of New York and MIT ...
Improving silver nanowires for FTCEs with flash light interactions
Credit: KAIST Daejeon, Korea (April 4, 2017) - Flexible transparent conducting electrodes (FTCEs) are an essential element of flexible optoelectronics ...
Industry experts discuss advantages & risks of shifting data analytics to the cloud
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, April 4, 2017--Thought leaders in both cloud computing and big data examine ...
Continuous fitness check predicts potential machine faults
Credit: Oliver Dietze It keeps a constant eye on the condition of the machine, it carries out diagnostic analyses and ...
Fish study shows important genome interactions in animal cells
Credit: Credit: Douglas Crawford MIAMI -- In a new study, researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of ...
A step forward to making crops drought tolerant
Loading video... Credit: QUT Marketing & Communication QUT researchers are part of an international consortium of researchers whose work hopes ...
