New robot has a human touch
Loading video... Credit: Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Most robots achieve grasping and tactile sensing through motorized means, which can be excessively bulky and rigid....
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Sawdust reinvented into super sponge for oil spills
Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory SEQUIM, Wash. - Lowly sawdust, the sawmill waste that's sometimes tossed onto home garage floors to soak up oil spilled...
NASA sees tropical Cyclone Vardah make landfall
Credit: Credits: NASA MODIS Rapid Response/NOAA Tropical Cyclone Vardah made landfall in eastern India as the NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP satellite passed over it from space....
A new light on stellar death
Credit: ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser Back in 2015 when astronomers discovered an intense flare in a distant galaxy, they considered it the brightest supernova ever...
Why we walk on our heels instead of our toes
James Webber took up barefoot running 12 years ago. He needed to find a new passion after deciding his planned career in computer-aided drafting wasn't...
Scientists find three subgroups in a children’s brain cancer, identify druggable targets
(TORONTO, Canada - Dec. 12, 2016) - Multi-institutional researchers investigating an incurable brain cancer in children have discovered three distinct subgroups of disease and identified...
UT Southwestern study shows fasting kills cancer cells of common childhood leukemia
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS, Dec. 12, 2016 - UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found that intermittent fasting inhibits the development and progression...
Berkeley Lab researchers at AGU: Impacts of climate change, subsurface energy, understanding drought and monitoring permafrost among many talks
Berkeley Lab scientists will present on a number of topics including climate modeling challenges, projects on Arctic permafrost, induced seismicity, cloud physics, Amazon forests, hydraulic...
Bone marrow-derived cells are source of key kidney disease biomarker SuPAR
Credit: Rush PhotoGroup A suPAR Root of Kidney Disease: Discovery may aid search for kidney disease treatment and prevent recurrence after transplant A protein known...
Scientists discover how to reverse pain caused by diabetes-related nerve damage
One person in Australia develops diabetes every five minutes, with up to half suffering peripheral nerve damage, meaning the slightest touch on the skin can...
How physical exercise aids in stroke recovery
The after-effects of a stroke can be life changing. Paralysis, speech problems and memory loss occur in varying degrees of severity, depending on the location...
New compound eases neuropathic pain from light touch
An anesthetic injection like that given by a dentist numbs all feeling in the surrounding tissue. This is often the only approach for treating people...
New research reveals extent of human threat to lion populations
Two new studies led by scientists at Oxford University have highlighted the threat posed to lions by human activity - including trophy hunting. The first...
Dual loss of TET proteins prompts lethal upsurge in inflammatory T cells in a mouse model
Credit: Image: Courtesy of Dr. Angeliki Tsagaratou, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology. Members of the TET family of proteins help protect against cancer...
$1.125 million NCI grant funds TGen-led boot camp for cancer doctors
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Dec. 12, 2016 -- The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded a 5-year, $1.125 million grant to continue an innovative and unique...
