Credit: Georgia Tech Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) convert mechanical energy harvested from the environment to electricity for powering small devices such as sensors or for recharging...
CINCINNATI--A University of Cincinnati (UC) researcher who has developed an immunotherapy to help reverse cocaine addiction that's been successful in animal models says he hopes...
HONOLULU, HI (Feb.27, 2017)--The winners of the Nutrient Sensor Challenge will be announced at a special awards session at the Association for the Sciences of...
Loading video... Credit: Michael Todd, Vanderbilt University Wolbachia is the most successful parasite the world has ever known. You've never heard of it because it...
Genes from a common bacterium can be harnessed to sterilize male insects, a tool that can potentially control populations of both disease-bearing mosquitoes and agricultural...
Credit: Dean Fikar Doris Duke Charitable Foundation-supported Climate Adaptation Fund will provide up to $2.5 million for projects in and around wild landscapes and urban...
Arsenic is the leading freshwater contaminant on the planet, affecting millions of people worldwide and causing an untold number of deaths every year. Removing arsenic...
Evidence of planetary debris surrounding a double sun, 'Tatooine-like' system has been found for the first time by a UCL-led team of researchers. Published today...
Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU A new study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found seawater cycles throughout the Earth's interior down to 2,900km,...
When many genes regulate a single trait, they commonly work together in large clusters or 'networks'. Taking this into account allows better predictions of how...
Fusion research has been dominated by the search for a suitable way of ensuring confinement as part of the research into using fusion to generate...
Alzheimer's disease, and other neurodegenerative conditions involving abnormal folding of proteins, may help explain the emergence of life -- and how to create it. Researchers...
Credit: Silk Lab / Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (February 27, 2017, 11 a.m. EST) -- Researchers at Tufts University's School of Engineering have developed a...
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering/Ric Evans PITTSBURGH (February 27, 2017) ... U.S. beaches and waterways are often closed to human contact when tests indicate an...
Loading video... Credit: University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Thousands of ants converge to follow the most direct path from their colony to their food...
