Movable microplatform floats on a sea of droplets
Cambridge, Mass. -- Microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, are tiny machines fabricated using equipment and processes developed for the production of electronic chips and devices. They've...
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SLU research: Silencing fat protein improves obesity and blood sugar
(Saint Louis University) SLU scientist Angel Baldan, Ph.D., reports that turning off a protein found in liver and adipose tissue significantly improves blood sugar levels...
New theoretical framework for improved particle accelerators
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), in collaboration with researchers in South...
New theoretical framework for improved particle accelerators.
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), in collaboration with researchers in South...
Does good-tasting food cause weight gain?
Credit: Paola Nogueras PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 15, 2016) - Does eating good-tasting food make you gain weight? Despite the common perception that good-tasting food is unhealthy...
New finding reveals battle behind gene expression
Credit: Image courtesy of the Zeitlinger Lab KANSAS CITY, MO -- The complex process regulating gene expression is often compared to following a recipe. Miss...
Predicting throat cancer recurrence with a blood test
Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- A new study suggests the possibility of predicting at its earliest stages when a type...
Waging a more effective war against viral outbreaks
Phoenix, AZ -- HIV, SARS, Ebola, H1N1, Zika, the list of communicable global health threats seems ever growing. And all too often, the limited resources...
USF researcher awarded $1 million grant for new study on oil spill impacts
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Dec. 15, 2016) - A research team led by University of South Florida College of Marine Science professor Dr. Steven Murawski has...
Physical activity good for your health, but what’s happening below the surface?
Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The University of Michigan was recently awarded $8.2 million from the National Institutes of Health...
UCLA researchers combat antimicrobial resistance using smartphones
A team of UCLA researchers has developed an automated diagnostic test reader for antimicrobial resistance using a smartphone. The technology could lead to routine testing...
Astronomers discover dark past of planet-eating ‘Death Star’
Credit: Illustration byGabi Perez / Instituto de AstrofÃsica de Canarias An international team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Chicago, has made the...
Number of known black holes expected to double in two years with new detection method
Researchers from the University of Waterloo have developed a method that will detect roughly 10 black holes per year, doubling the number currently known within...
Large, rare diamonds offer window into inner workings of Earth’s mantle
Credit: Photo by Evan Smith; © GIA NEW YORK - Dec. 15, 2016 - Breakthrough research led by GIA Postdoctoral Research Fellow Evan Smith examines...
Road planning ‘trade off’ could boost food production while helping protect tropical forests
Credit: Jianchu Xu & Biaoyun Huai Conservation scientists have used layers of data on biodiversity, climate, transport and crop yields to construct a colour-coded mapping...
