Electrode’s ‘hot edges’ convert CO2 gas into fuels and chemicals
The bowl-shaped design can efficiently convert CO2 gas into carbon based fuels and chemicals, helping combat the climate change threat posed by atmospheric carbon dioxide....
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High-tech pets designed to care for seniors
Improving upon an existing line of robotic pets, a UC professor and her class have created a lifelike dog that can provide care in addition...
In cancer research, a winding road to discovery
Book by MIT professor examines the circuitous history behind the investigation of cancer as a contagious illness. In 1961, people in the suburb of Niles,...
UTSA grows access to world-class observational labs for next gen astronomy students
Credit: Photo courtesy of UTSA The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) welcomes The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) as a...
NASA finds tropical cyclone Ann over the great barrier reef
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Australia's world-famous Great Barrier Reef is located in the Coral Sea, east of...
SUTD researchers demystify centralization in cryptocurrency mining
Credit: SUTD Blockchain technology has been considered as the most revolutionizing invention since the Internet. Due to its immutable nature and the associated security and...
Rates of long-term opiate use rises in Medicare cancer survivors each year after diagnosis
GALVESTON, Texas - Using Medicare data, new findings from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston show for the first time that the rates...
MDI biological laboratory receives $30,000 to support organoid course
Course will provide extensive laboratory training in organoid technologyCredit: Leif Oxburgh Laboratory at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute. BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The MDI...
ACC Latin America conference 2019 to be held in Colombia for first time
Experts will offer perspective on clinical practice in Latin America The American College of Cardiology will host the ACC Latin America Conference in partnership with...
Producing food whilst preserving biodiversity
Agricultural ecologists at the University of Göttingen call for joined-up thinking for nature conservationCredit: Laura Sutcliffe In nature conservation and agriculture, there are two opposing...
Progress against child mortality lags in many Indian states
Infectious diseases are still major causes of death for children under five in poorer Indian states India in 2015 had more deaths among children under...
Impact of CO2 leakage through North Sea wells
Researchers are investigating the limits and possibilities of the submarine storage of CO2 It is possible to reduce anthropogenic CO2 emissions by separating CO2 from...
It’s in the weeds: Herbicide linked to human liver disease
Exposure to glyphosate, the primary ingredient in the popular weed killer Roundup, correlates to more severe cases of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease Glyphosate, the primary...
Digital quantum simulators can be astonishingly robust
Heidelberg Researchers investigate 'error bound' that limits usable simulations In solving quantum-physical problems in many-body systems, such as predicting material properties, conventional computers rapidly reach...
Relay station in the brain controls our movements
Credit: University of Basel, Biozentrum The relay station of the brain, the substantia nigra consists of different types of nerve cells and is responsible for...