Autonomous Swarmboats: New missions, safe harbors
Credit: U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams ARLINGTON, Va. -- Autonomous unmanned swarming boats were put through their paces in a recent demonstration in...
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Nanocubes simplify printing and imaging in color and infrared
Credit: Maiken Mikkelsen, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - Duke University researchers believe they have overcome a longstanding hurdle to producing cheaper, more robust ways to...
Common breast cancer mutation could be vulnerable to drug combination
Credit: Alisa Weigandt for Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. - Breast cancer cells that carry a certain gene mutation can be induced to die using a...
Scientists investigate cancer radiotherapy to make improvements
A University of Rochester Medical Center study shows that when tumors are treated with radiotherapy, the benefits can be hijacked by the treatment's counteraction to...
FAU to receive millions from united states department of transportation
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Whether it's planes, trains or automobiles, the nation's transportation systems are growing rapidly and present a number of challenges related to...
Study: Opioid prescribing declines following release of national guidelines for physicians
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, Dec. 14, 2016--The rate of opioid use in Canada has fallen 13.7 per cent since the publication in...
Southern elephant seals may adjust their diving behavior to stay in prey patches
Credit: Christophe Guinet When southern elephant seals find dense patches of prey, they dive and return to the surface at steeper angles, and are more...
This week from AGU 12/14/2016
American Geophysical Union Dec. 14, 2016 This Week from AGU: Finger-like structures on Mars could harbor potential evidence of past life ** Access a live...
The galloping evolution in seahorses
Credit: Ralf Schneider Without a doubt, the seahorse belongs to Darwin's "endless forms most beautiful". Its body form is one of a kind. It has...
Plant’s response to heat stress fluctuates between day and night
Credit: The illustration is provided courtesy of Eunkyoo Oh. Stanford, CA--Climate change and recent heat waves have put agricultural crops at risk, which means that...
Rain out, research in
Credit: Photo credit Surya Kant In many parts of the world, lack of sufficient water makes it difficult - or impossible - to grow crops....
Researchers reveal how cancer can spread even before a tumor develops
(New York, NY - December 12, 2016) -- Even before tumors develop, breast cancer cells with a few defined molecular alterations can spread to organs,...
TGen joins with Banner Health to study sports-related brain injuries
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Dec. 14, 2016 -- Banner Health and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) today announced a partnership to find a quicker and...
Bring your own (security) disaster
Bring your own device (BYOD) to work is common practice these days. Almost everyone has a smart or a tablet and in many office and...
Newly formed stars shoot out powerful whirlwinds
Credit: (Image: Per Bjerkeli/David Lamm/BOID) Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have used the ALMA telescopes to observe the early stages in the formation of...
