The secret behind maximum plant height: water!
Credit: YE Qing Physiological coordination between plant height and xylem hydraulic traits is aligned with habitat water availability across Earth's terrestrial biomes, according to a...
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Creating more potent cancer therapy using ‘theranostics’
The therapy plus diagnostics -- theranostics -- a City of Hope scientist and his peers developed has the potential to better target disease and reduce...
Overcoming cardiovascular disease with a magnetically-steerable guidewire microrobot
Credit: ©DGIST DGIST research team succeeded in developing a microrobot that can reach the accurate location of cardiovascular disease such as the Chronic Total Occlusion...
A new technology developed to detect and analyze colorless and transparent biomaterials
Credit: © DGIST DGIST announced on Wednesday, February 20 that Professor Jae Eun Jang's team in the Department of Information and Communication Engineering developed a...
Weather-responsive intersections could ease traffic congestion
Cities could ease congestion and improve safety during snowstorms by tweaking the timing of traffic lights to take road conditions into account. Researchers at the...
Discovering the next generation of catalysts
Energy The use of solar and wind energy must be doubled to meet the world's demand for clean energy over the next 30 years. Catalysts...
SDSU study looks to limit secondhand smoke in homes with children
A San Diego State University study found some parents who smoke at home can be nudged outdoors with a combination of coaching, lights and sound....
A silver lining like no other
Self-sterilizing microneedles revolutionizing vaccination and drug deliveryCredit: University of South Australia Vaccinations are the world's frontline defence against infectious diseases yet despite decades of interventions,...
Life-threatening birth complication rate increasing across US racial, ethnic groups
NIH-funded analysis suggests need for more research to identify causes WHAT: Racial and ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity--life-threatening maternal complications associated with childbirth--have persisted...
NEHI recommends action on adoption of next generation therapies in Massachusetts
Credit: NEHI March 5, 2019, BOSTON--NEHI (The Network for Excellence in Health Innovation) released a white paper today recommending that Massachusetts health care payers, providers,...
FAU receives $3 million grant for dementia prevention initiative
Credit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University By 2050 about 16 million Americans and 60 million people worldwide will be affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD) and...
Scientists develop a tunable bio-imaging device using terahertz plasmonics
Non-inasive terahertz sensing could be a game changer for future diagnosticsCredit: Scientific Reports Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed an easy-to-use,...
Could genetic breakthrough finally help take the sting out of mouth ulcers?
Scientists identify genes associated with mouth ulcers A large breakthrough has been made in the genetic understanding of mouth ulcers which could provide potential for...
Small brains, big picture: Study unveils C. elegans’ microscopic mysteries
Researchers discover how brain cells in the microscopic worm, C. elegans send electrical signalsCredit: OIST It's the small pieces that make the big picture, and...
University of Utah biologists experimentally trigger adaptive radiation
Preening drives divergent camouflage in feather lice on both micro- and macro-evolutionary timescalesCredit: Adapted from Bush et. al. 2019. Evo Letters When naturalist Charles Darwin...
