Peat expansion in the Arctic tundra could play a role in cooling a warming planet
Credit: Zicheng Yu, Lehigh University. Could studying the peat moss that grows in the Arctic Tundra help mitigate the impacts of climate change? Several factors...
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Air pollution can put a dent in solar power
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Ian Marius Peters, now an MIT research scientist, was working on solar energy research in Singapore in 2013 when he encountered an...
City regions as innovators of Europe
The symposium will cover policy, regional development and sectoral innovation in the Four Motors for Europe: Catalonia, Lombardy, Rhônes-Alpes and Baden-Württemberg. These regions have been...
Researcher links diplomats’ mystery illness to radiofrequency/microwave radiation
Credit: UC San Diego Health Writing in advance of the September 15 issue of Neural Computation, Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD, professor of medicine at University...
Student science policy groups receive microgrants to engage public and candidates for elections
ARLINGTON, Va.-August 29, 2018-Research!America, in partnership with the National Science Policy Network (NSPN), 15 scientific societies and the Rita Allen Foundation today announced microgrants of...
Ultralaser treatment for fibromyalgia yields 75 percent pain reduction when applied to the hands
A new device that combines low-intensity laser light and therapeutic ultrasound considerably reduces the pain experienced by patients with fibromyalgia. A scientific study has shown...
Breast cancer surgery in frail elderly women linked to poor results
An analysis of more than a decade of U.S. nursing home data has shown that breast cancer surgery is associated with high rates of mortality...
Study of rare cancer yields therapeutic clues to combat drug resistance
Stephen Elledge, PhD, and his team did not set out to find therapies that could render tumors less resistant to therapy or make existing drugs...
Beavers have an impact on the climate
Growing beaver populations have created a large number of new habitats along rivers and ponds. Beaver dams raise the water level, enabling the dissolution of...
Manmade mangroves could get to the ‘root’ of the problem for threats to coastal areas
Credit: Florida Atlantic University With threats of sea level rise, storm surge and other natural disasters, researchers from Florida Atlantic University's College of Engineering and...
How the forest copes with the summer heat
Credit: Photo: Dr. Urs Weber, University of Basel, Department of Environmental Sciences Between April and August this year, Switzerland and central Europe have experienced the...
Breakthrough could see bacteria used as cell factories to produce biofuels
A new technique for manipulating small cell structures for use in a range of biotechnical applications including the production of biofuels and vaccines has been...
Biomembranes 2018 conference: World’s leading molecular and cell biologists will meet at MIPT
From Oct. 1-5, MIPT will host the fourth Biomembranes conference. This international event is part of the conference series Virtual Human -- Imaging Across Scales....
Cold climates contributed to the extinction of the Neanderthals
Climate change may have played a more important role in the extinction of Neanderthals than previously believed, according to a new study published in the...
Mark Nieuwenhuijsen receives 2018 John Goldsmith Award
Credit: ISGlobal The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) has awarded its highest honour, the John Goldsmith Award, to researcher Mark Nieuwenhuijsen of the Barcelona...
