How to build a bio-bot: Researchers share design and development of biological machines
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Creating tiny muscle-powered robots that can walk or swim by themselves -- or better yet, when prompted ...
Reboot Gitmo for science
Credit: courtesy Joe Roman How do you redeem a place like Gitmo, the notorious U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, ...
Examining exploding stars through the atomic nucleus
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Imagine being able to view microscopic aspects of a classical nova, a ...
Panel to discuss deep-sea mining at AAAS Meeting
Credit: (NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Deepwater Wonders of Wake) Home to an immense diversity of marine life, ...
Gene drives: Science, ethics, and public engagement
Gene drives are a rapidly developing field of research that holds promise for addressing persistent problems, such as eradicating mosquito-borne ...
NASA examines Ex-Tropical Cyclone Dineo’s rainfall
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce NASA examined the heavy rainfall generated by Tropical Cyclone Dineo as it made ...
Looking for the next leap in rechargeable batteries
Credit: Sri Narayan and Derek Moy USC researchers may have just found a solution for one of the biggest stumbling ...
Gene editing can complement traditional food-animal improvements
Credit: (Karin Higgins/UC Davis) Gene editing -- one of the newest and most promising tools of biotechnology -- enables animal ...
New life for 19th-century plants
Credit: Sofia M. Rudin, David W. Murray, and Timothy J. S. Whitfeld. From Rudin, Sofia M., David W. Murray, and ...
PPPL-led fusion code selected for all 3 pre-exascale supercomputers
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) high-performance computer sites have selected a dynamic fusion code, ...
New research examines patients’ satisfaction with their radiologists
Reston, VA - New research reports that most U.S. radiologists receive favorable satisfaction scores from their patients. The study, supported ...
Satellite views storm system affecting Southern California
Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA GOES Project Satellite imagery captured the beginning of a chain of Eastern Pacific Ocean storms forecast to ...
New grant boosts UC San Diego-led malaria research program
An international research team, led by principal investigator Elizabeth A. Winzeler, PhD, professor in the pediatric division of host-microbe systems ...
PPPL-led fusion code selected for all three pre-exascale supercomputers.
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) high-performance computer sites have selected a dynamic fusion code, ...
Researchers are first to see DNA ‘blink’
Credit: Northwestern University Many of the secrets of cancer and other diseases lie in the cell's nucleus. But getting way ...
Congo river fish evolution shaped by intense rapids
Credit: Oliver Lucanus New DNA-based research provides compelling evidence that a group of strange-looking fish living near the mouth of ...
Egg-free surrogate chickens produced in bid to save rare breeds
Credit: Norrie Russell, The Roslin Institute Hens that do not produce their own chicks have been developed for use as ...
Disappointing Merck drug news underscores critical next steps in Alzheimer’s fight
Credit: UsAgainstAlzheimer's WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 17, 2017 -- The recent announcement that Merck is halting a Phase II/III study for ...
System automatically detects cracks in nuclear power plants
Credit: (Image care of EPRI) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new automated system detects cracks in the steel components of ...
UConn to speed human limb growth
Credit: G.J. McCarthy/UConn Foundation The University of Connecticut has joined the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute as a partner for the ...
