Green-screen keying method cuts time, boosts quality in film compositing
Filming an actor in front of a green screen and then superimposing the actor over another background is commonplace in feature film production, but getting...
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America’s top reporters on aging chosen for fellowship program
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and New America Media (NAM) have selected 16 distinguished reporters for the next cohort of the Journalists in Aging...
Plant’s POEM: ‘No need to fertilize, for increase in seed size’
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University Plant biologists at ITbM, Nagoya University, have made a key discovery that the contents in pollen tubes alone can increase the...
First patient enrolled in the INNODIA European sample collection effort
Just one year after the Kick-off of INNODIA the IMI-supported European consortium has accomplished its first major milestone. INNODIA aims to improve the understanding of...
13-country precision trial looks at cardiovascular effects of anti-inflammatory drug use
WASHINGTON -- A 10-year trial involving osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis patients in 13 countries reveals new insights on the cardiovascular safety of widely used nonsteroidal...
Even physicists are ‘afraid’ of mathematics
Physicists avoid highly mathematical work despite being trained in advanced mathematics, new research suggests. The study, published in the New Journal of Physics, shows that...
A new type of convection is proven in granular gases
In physics, thermal convection of a fluid is exhibited by the appearance of geometric structures through which the fluid moves, forming closed circuits. This phenomenon...
New maps created by Stanford scientists reveal safe locations for wastewater injection
Credit: Jens-Erik Lund Snee Stanford geophysicists have compiled the most detailed maps yet of the geologic forces controlling the locations, types and magnitudes of earthquakes...
Zhao Dongyuan wins TWAS-Lenovo Prize
Credit: Photo provided. Kigali, Rwanda - Chinese materials scientist Zhao Dongyuan was named winner of the 2016 TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize today for his work discovering...
Study supports road map to saving lives through cardiac rehabilitation participation
Credit: UVM Larner College of Medicine More than two million Americans experience some type of a cardiac event every year. Whether they've had a heart...
Repurposed drug may offer diagnosis, treatment for traumatic nerve damage
Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center believe they have identified a new means of enhancing the body's ability to repair its own cells,...
Immune system uses gut bacteria to control glucose metabolism
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University and other institutions have discovered an important link between the immune system, gut bacteria and glucose metabolism...
How internal circadian clocks in neurons encode external daily rhythms of excitability
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Molecular clocks in cells throughout the body control many physiologic changes in a 24-hour day/night circadian rhythm -- among them...
Red is good — the brain uses color to help us choose what to eat
Red means "Green light, go for it!" Green means: "hmm, better not!" Like an upside down traffic light in our brain, color helps us decide...
The Lancet: Global experts launch Lancet Countdown in response to climate change health crisis
The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change is being launched today (Monday 14th Nov) at the COP22 climate talks taking place in...
