University of Arizona researchers making drinking water safer
A $1.2M Department of Defense grant will help UA engineers further research into removing PFAS from groundwater suppliesCredit: U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Michael X....
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New virtual reality tool allows you to see the world through the eyes of a tiny primate
'Tarsier Goggles' simulates vision of a tarsierCredit: Photo by David Haring. Imagine that you live in the rainforests of Southeast Asia, you're a pint-sized primate...
New in Ethics & Human Research, March-April 2019
Evolution, No. 16, Group VI, The WUS/Seven-Pointed Star series (cat. 82), 1908 Anticipatory Waivers of Consent for Pediatric Biobanking Jane A. Hartsock, Peter H. Schwartz,...
Science News biomedical writer receives Endocrine Society Award for Excellence in Science and Medical Journalism
NEW ORLEANS--Science News health and biomedical reporter Aimee Cunningham received the Endocrine Society's annual Award for Excellence in Science and Medical Journalism, the Society announced...
Fossil barnacles, the original GPS, help track ancient whale migrations
Barnacles that hitchhiked aboard humpback whales tell of prehistoric yearly migrationsCredit: Larry Taylor, UC Berkeley Barnacles that hitch rides on the backs of humpback and...
Discrimination, PTSD may lead to high preterm-birth rates among African-American women
African-American women are nearly twice as likely to give birth prematurely as white women. Such births often coincide with low birth weight, and together are...
UMD-Led researchers’ wood-based technology creates electricity from heat
UMD developed wood-based membrane someday may turn body heat into electricity COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A University of Maryland-led team of researchers has created a...
The most aggressive spider societies are not always the ones that flourish
Credit: Noa Pinter-Wollman Evolutionary biologists at McMaster University who study the social lives and behaviour of colony spiders--some of which are docile, others aggressive-- have...
Restoring this enzyme’s function protects against heart disease in lupus and beyond
The enzyme that produces nitric oxide shows promise as a new therapeutic target for heart disease in lupus, report Medical University of South Carolina researchers...
New angle of attack drives cellular HIV-reservoirs to self-destruction
While current therapies for HIV can successfully manage active infection, the virus can survive in tissue reservoirs, including macrophage cells, and remain a persistent problem....
Satellite tracks Tropical Cyclone Veronica along Australia coast
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) On March 25, Tropical Cyclone Veronica continued to move in southerly direction along the...
NJIT to host nuclear weapons conference: ‘Steps to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World’
On April 14, NJIT will host "Steps to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World" -- an all-day conference featuring nine of the country's leading experts in nuclear...
ARRS 2019 Annual Meeting open to media
With educational activities representing the entire spectrum of radiology, the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) will host leading radiologists from around the world at the...
Replacing sitting time with physical activity associated with lower risk of death
For those who get the least amount of physical activity, replacing a half hour of sitting time with physical activity was associated with up to...
Matter waves and quantum splinters
Physicists shatter Bose-Einstein condensate, get different pieces every time Physicists in the United States, Austria and Brazil have shown that shaking ultracold Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs)...
