Sandia adds augmented reality to training toolbox
Credit: (Photo by Randy Montoya) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- When you hear the term "serious gaming" you might envision professional eSports competitors gearing up for a...
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Extractive industries have negative impacts on Indigenous peoples
(Umea University) Extractive industries affect Indigenous peoples in Sweden and Australia, and Indigenous group's perspectives are often ignored or trivialised, according to a PhD thesis...
Killing off rivals makes for happy families, bacteria study finds
A grisly method by which bacteria dispatch their distant relatives also creates conditions in which the attackers can thrive, research has found. Families of bacteria...
Radiotargeted therapy with SST2 antagonists could combat multiple human cancers
Credit: Jean Claude Reubi, Institute of Pathology, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland Reston, Va. - A study published in the February issue of The Journal...
Low-cost imaging system detects natural gas leaks in real time
Credit: Graham M. Gibson, University of Glasgow WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed an infrared imaging system that could one day offer low-cost, real-time detection of...
New study compares the effects of direct exposure to cigarette smoke or e-cigarette vapor
New Rochelle, NY, February 1, 2017--Researchers reported changes in the expression levels of 123 genes when reconstituted lung tissue was exposed to cigarette smoke, compared...
CIFAR receives $4M to strengthen health research in B.C.
(Toronto - Feb. 3, 2017) CIFAR (The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research) welcomes the announcement by British Columbia's Ministry of Health that it has made...
Potential new cancer treatment activates cancer-engulfing cells
Credit: Kobe University Macrophages(1) are a type of white blood cell that can engulf and destroy cancer cells. A research group led by Professor MATOZAKI...
Hard shell — healthy kernel
Credit: Jan-Peter Kasper/FSU "For a long time now we have known that nuts are full of substances that are good for the heart and the...
New software automates brain imaging
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience When humans and animals learn and form memories, the physical structures of their brain cells change. Specifically, small...
Launch of the Helmholtz Pioneer campus
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) The visionary enterprise at Helmholtz Zentrum München is recruiting top international researchers from different disciplin..
The solution from the skies to save endangered species
Credit: Belongs to Liverpool John Moores University The world's first astrophysics-ecology drone project at Liverpool John Moores University could be the answer to many global...
An application of astronomy to save endangered species
Loading video... Credit: Dr. Steve Longmore, Professor Serge Wich, Andy Goodwin, Ron Collins, Simon Pfeiffer. Four centuries ago, Galileo began a revolution by pointing his...
Online Pest Risk Atlas for Africa to combat climate change effects on pest management
The International Potato Center (CIP) announces the launch of its free online mobile accessible Pest Risk Atlas for Africa that assesses potential pest risks under...
Machine learning method accurately predicts metallic defects
Credit: Bharat Medasani, Berkeley Lab / PNNL For the first time, researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have built and trained machine...
