New research could improve wireless sensing and communication
Credit: Binghamton University, State University at New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - A research team led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University at New York...
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Group making digital tool for documenting life on Earth adopts new organizational model
Credit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- For more than 20 years, scientists managing biological research collections around the world have used open-source Specify software for...
First time guidance on treating red diaper syndrome in otherwise healthy breastfed infants
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 29, 2018 -- A case study and subsequent literature review has concluded that absent signs...
In child-crippling mucolipidosis IV, drug shows hope in lab cultures
Credit: ML4.org Mucolipidosis IV debilitates afflicted children's nervous systems in their first year of life, steals their eyesight in their teens and takes their lives...
Engineers design color-changing compression bandage
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers Compression therapy is a standard form of treatment for patients who suffer from venous ulcers and other conditions in which...
Invisible barrier on ocean surface can reduce carbon uptake
An invisible layer of biological compounds on the sea surface reduces the rate at which carbon dioxide gas moves between the atmosphere and the oceans,...
Scientists discover key mechanism behind the formation of spider silk
A group of scientists led by researchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) have examined the soluble precursor of spider silk and...
With tiny particles against major diseases
Credit: (c) MPI-P The fungal disease "Esca" infects grapevines and causes great financial damage to winegrowers every year. The fungus infects the vine trunks and...
Construction delays make new nuclear power plants costlier than ever
The cost of building new nuclear power plants is nearly 20 per cent higher than expected due to delays, a new analysis has found. A...
Surrey develops hepatitis C model that could help improve treatment
The University of Surrey has created a new mathematical model that details how the Hepatitis C (HCV) infection develops and behaves more accurately than previous...
A new analysis system is able to identify pollutants from cosmetics in seawater
A University of Cordoba research group has designed a method that detects the presence of pollutants in seawater in a faster and more efficient way...
Hormesis and paradoxical effects in plants upon exposure to formaldehyde are common phenomena
Credit: Lobachevsky University For the first time, hormesis and paradoxical effects have been shown to occur commonly in plants upon exposure to formaldehyde, which is...
Scientists show how brain circuit generates anxiety
Credit: Li Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have identified a neural circuit in the amygdala, the...
Fruit flies fear lion feces
A new doctoral thesis from Lund University in Sweden shows how fruit flies use their sense of smell and humidity to find food, avoid dehydration...
NIH researchers identify how eye loss occurs in blind cavefish
Credit: Daniel Castranova, NICHD/NIH Loss of eye tissue in blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus), which occurs within a few days of their development, happens through epigenetic...
