The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) congratulates Dresden-based construction engineer Professor Dr.-Ing. Manfred Curbach on winning the 2016 Deutscher Zukunftspreis. ..
Credit: ReadCube and ZooKeys While research outputs are being published at a rate greater than ever, it is becoming more and more likely to simply...
Credit: Screenshot: University of Base Before an operation, surgeons have to obtain the most precise image possible of the anatomical structures of the part of...
Greater weight increases the likelihood of night sweats and hot flashes during early stages of the menopause transition but reduces those symptoms throughout menopause and...
Credit: Imaging CoE Every 18 seconds someone dies from tuberculosis (TB). It is the world's most deadly infectious disease. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of...
Credit: UBC New moms are increasingly using expressed breast milk (either pumped or expressed by hand) instead of directly breastfeeding their babies, according to a...
The hip fracture risk factors are generally similar among those with and without Alzheimer's disease, according to a recent study from the University of Eastern...
Credit: (Kyoto University, Takahashi/Tadokoro) Kyoto, Japan -- With a little help from chickens and video cameras, scientists have captured live the moment when skin gets...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
