ANU invention to inspire new night-vision specs
Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have designed a nano crystal around 500 times smaller than a human hair that...
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Radiation that knocks electrons out and down, one after another
Credit: Kiyonobu Nagaya, Department of Physics, Kyoto University Researchers at Japan's Tohoku University are investigating novel ways by which electrons are knocked out of matter....
Applicability of dynamic facilitation theory to binary hard disk systems
Credit: NITech Nagoya, Japan--Glasses are amorphous (non-crystalline) solids that are widely used in everyday life and in technological instruments. It is important to understand the...
NIFA announces $3 million in funding for robotics research
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability of $3 million...
Baby teethers soothe, but many contain low levels of BPA
Credit: American Chemical Society Bisphenol-A (BPA), parabens and antimicrobials are widely used in personal care products and plastics. The U.S. and other governments have banned...
MAO is a possible Alzheimer’s disease biomarker
Credit: American Chemical Society Alzheimer's disease affects more than 35 million people, a number that is expected to increase in the coming years. Currently, Alzheimer's...
Study shows blood products unaffected by drone trips
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In what is believed to be the first proof-of-concept study of its kind, Johns Hopkins researchers have determined that large bags...
The secret slimming effect of sweet potato waste
The sweet potato pie you eat during the holidays might not be good for your waistline, but according to a new study published in the...
Dark matter may be smoother than expected
This map of dark matter in the Universe was obtained from data from the KiDS survey, using the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory...
Nearly one in five young Ontario adults shows problematic use of electronic devices
TORONTO, Dec. 7, 2016 - As many as 19 per cent of Ontario adults aged 18 to 29 experience moderate to severe problematic use of...
Patients wait 4 months before seeking cancer diagnosis
LUGANO-SINGAPORE, 07 December, 2016 - Patients wait an average of four months before seeking a cancer diagnosis, researchers report at the ESMO ASIA 2016 Congress...
Foraging differences let closely related seabirds coexist
Credit: R. Clarke How do seabirds share habitat when food is limited? In the case of frigatebirds, size differences drive them to seek different prey....
Perceived long-term job insecurity puts pressure on older workers
ANN ARBOR --The long-term threat of getting a pink slip is giving some older workers the blues. Employees believing for multiple decades that they will...
New study identifies possible predictor for women’s longevity
CLEVELAND, Ohio (December 7, 2016)--Death and taxes have long been said to be the only two things guaranteed in life. Exactly when someone will die,...
New system developed that can switch on immune cells to attack cancer cells
Researchers have developed an artificial structure that mimics the cell membrane, which can switch on immune cells to attack and destroy a designated target. This...
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