New mechanical metamaterials can block symmetry of motion, findings suggest
Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering Engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and the AMOLF institute in the Netherlands have invented the...
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Booth and panel discussion – The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings at the AAAS 2017 Annual Meeting
During this year's AAAS Meeting, entitled "Serving Society through Science Policy", the organisers of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings will exhibit at booth No. 916...
Altmetric data analysis reveals how Parkinson’s disease research affects the world
February 13 2017, London, UK and Boston, USA: ÜberResearch and Altmetric, leading data and analytics companies serving scientific funders and research organizations, have published an...
How to be a successful pest: Lessons from the green peach aphid
Credit: Andrew David (JIC) UK Scientists, in collaboration with groups in Europe and the US, have discovered why the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) is...
Simulated ransomware attack shows vulnerability of industrial controls
Credit: Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech Cybersecurity researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new form of ransomware that can take over...
New study compares bone-inducing properties of 3-D-printed mineralized scaffolds
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 13, 2017--A new study of bone formation from stem cells seeded on 3D-printed bioactive scaffolds...
Rutgers develops eco-friendly concrete
Credit: Cameron Bowman In the future, wide-ranging composite materials are expected to be stronger, lighter, cheaper and greener for our planet, thanks to an invention...
Home use of hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system shown safe and effective
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Feb. 13, 2017 -- A pivotal registration trial to evaluate in-home use of the Medtronic MiniMed®...
UT Institute of Agriculture scientists win for Outstanding Paper Award
Credit: Ginger Rowsey JACKSON, Tenn. - The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) awarded the title of Outstanding Paper in Weed Technology to researchers from...
Are drones disturbing marine mammals?
Credit: COPYRIGHT: MURDOCH UNIVERSITY CETACEAN RESEARCH UNIT Marine researchers have made sure that their research drones aren't disturbing their research subjects, shows a report in...
A kiss of death — mammals were the first animals to produce venom
Credit: Wits University Africa is a tough place. It always has been. Especially if you have to fend off gigantic predators like sabre-toothed carnivores in...
Superconductivity with two-fold symmetry — new evidence for topological superconductor SrxBi2Se3
Credit: ©Science China Press The study on topological superconductors (TSCs) is one of the hotspots in the field of condensed matter physics and has drawn...
Understanding enzymes
For researchers studying the possible connections between human health and the trillions of microbes that inhabit our digestive tract, what makes the work so exciting...
Scientists make huge dataset of nearby stars available to public
The search for planets beyond our solar system is about to gain some new recruits. Today, a team that includes MIT and is led by...
Manchester researchers enter the ‘Wild West’ of chemistry to reveal a surprise finding
Researchers at The University of Manchester have entered the "Wild West" of the periodic table to finally solve a decades-old scientific challenge -- and have...
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