Action is needed to make stagnant CO2 emissions fall
Credit: Image courtesy of Rob Jackson. Without a significant effort to reduce greenhouse gases, including an accelerated deployment of technologies for capturing atmospheric carbon and...
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Radio devices to save rare species from poachers
Credit: Glen Fleishman (Creative Commons licence) A joint project between conservationists and electronics experts at the University of Kent has developed miniature radio devices in...
Move over Bear Grylls! Academics build ultimate solar-powered water purifier
Credit: University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- You've seen Bear Grylls turn foul water into drinking water with little more than sunlight and plastic. Now,...
Brain potassium channels may unlock future precision medicine approaches for alcoholism
Credit: Image courtesy of Dr. Patrick Mulholland, Medical University of South Carolina A handful of FDA-approved drugs exist for treating individuals with alcohol use disorder...
NASA sees Ex-Tropical Cyclone 03S resemble a frontal system
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Satellite data from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite showed that former Tropical Cyclone 03S resembled a frontal system in...
A glitch in ‘gatekeeper cells’ slowly suffocates the brain
Credit: Amy Nelson/Keck School of Medicine of USC Abnormality with special cells that wrap around blood vessels in the brain leads to neuron deterioration, possibly...
Milestone for the analysis of human proteomes
Researchers led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) report on the synthesis of a library of more than 330,000 reference peptides representing essentially all...
Both push and pull drive our galaxy’s race through space
Although we can't feel it, we're in constant motion: the earth spins on its axis at about 1,600 km/h; it orbits around the sun at...
Cosmic dust that formed our planets traced to giant stars
Scientists have identified the origin of key stardust grains present in the dust cloud from which the planets in our Solar System formed, a study...
New smartwatch software may now verify your signatures
The handwritten signature is still the most widely accepted biometric used to verify a person's identity. Banks, corporations, and government bodies rely on the human...
Understanding breakups
Credit: Li, Li and Chen WASHINGTON, D.C., January 30, 2017 -- As interest and demand for nanotechnology continues to rise, so will the need for...
DNA analysis of seawater detects 80 percent of fish species in just 1 day
Credit: Kobe University A Japanese research group has used a new technology that identifies multiple fish species populating local areas by analyzing DNA samples from...
Researchers identify earliest known protein needed for cell division
Credit: Courtesy of Kenji Sugioka EUGENE, Ore. -- Jan. 30, 2017 -- Researchers from three U.S. universities have identified, using roundworms, the earliest-acting protein known...
Breath test could help detect stomach and esophageal cancers
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A test that measures the levels of five chemicals in the breath has shown promising results for the detection of cancers of...
Deciphering the emergence of neuronal diversity
Credit: © Dayerlab UNIGE. The development of cerebral cortex plays a major role in the evolution of species and in particular for mankind. This is...
