Honey bee gut microbiome research — NSF grant
Credit: Richard Fell, Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech Researchers from Virginia Tech were part of a collaborative $958,415 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study...
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The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula reconstructed
The findings, published in Science, show an invasion of steppe descendants who replaced almost all men 4,000 years ago Published in the journal Science, it...
Seeing through a robot’s eyes helps those with profound motor impairments
Credit: Henry Clever/Phillip Grice An interface system that uses augmented reality technology could help individuals with profound motor impairments operate a humanoid robot to feed...
Satellite sees Tropical Cyclone Savannah moving away from Indonesia
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Tropical Cyclone Savannah continued to move in southerly direction in the Southern Indian Ocean,...
Team receives grant to recreate the ‘sound signature’ of cultural heritage sites
Sungyoung Kim will lead 'The Soundscape Project' to preserve aural heritage Advanced audio technologies being developed are helping to preserve the unique sounds of historic...
Researchers measure near-perfect performance in low-cost semiconductors
Credit: Ella Marushchenko Tiny, easy-to-produce particles, called quantum dots, may soon take the place of more expensive single crystal semiconductors in advanced electronics found in...
Sweat holds most promise for noninvasive testing
The University of Cincinnati created the world's first continuous-monitoring device that tests sweat as effectively as blood but in a noninvasive way and over many...
Precision medicine for pediatric cancer
Considering the implications for diagnosis and treatment Research performed over the last several decades has led to an increased understanding of the genetics of cancer....
Nursing work environment shapes relationship between EHR & quality of care
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (March 15, 2019) -- In the decade since the federal government's electronic health record (EHR) initiatives first became law, nearly all...
US Navy invents zinc-free anode enhanced by ‘very small addition of tin’
Environmentally friendly invention is scalable and available for commercial salesCredit: Arthurgwain L. Marquez/Navy A U.S. Navy research team has discovered an alloy for making better,...
NASA tracks Tropical Cyclone Idai over Mozambique
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Visible imagery from NASA's Terra satellite showed Tropical Cyclone continued to move in...
Oscillation in muscle tissue
Credit: Birchmeier Lab / MDC Muscle stem cells have to be ready to spring into action at any time: When a muscle becomes injured, for...
Periodontitis may raise the risk for developing dementia
Gum disease (gingivitis) that goes untreated can become periodontitis. When this happens, the infection that affected your gums causes loss in the bone that supports...
Heart procedure for AFib better than drug therapy for reducing episodes, improving quality of life and symptoms, but not for reducing death or stroke
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The 33 million people with atrial fibrillation worldwide not only suffer from bothersome symptoms, but also face a fivefold increased risk of...
Few treatment guidelines for heart disease are based on rigorous study
More than 90 percent of heart care recommendations are supported by lower-quality evidence DURHAM, N.C. -- Less than 10 percent of the treatment recommendations U.S....
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