Detailed Las Vegas earthquake site classifications could lower construction costs
Results of a massive new project to map and classify the earthquake shaking potential across most of the Las Vegas metropolitan area will help developers...
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Triboelectric nanogenerators boost mass spectrometry performance
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...
Trials in humans near for antibody to block cocaine’s impact on the brain
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...
Nutrient Sensor Challenge winners to be announced at ASLO conference March 2
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...
New tool for combating mosquito-borne disease: Insect parasite genes
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...
Common bacterium may help control disease-bearing mosquitoes
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...
$2.5M fund available for climate change adaptation projects
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...
Sponge bacterium found to encapsulate arsenic drawn from environment
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...
First evidence of rocky planet formation in Tatooine system
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...
Study opens new questions on how the atmosphere and oceans formed
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,...
Effects of genes often influenced by network
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...
How donut-shaped fusion plasmas managed to decrease adverse turbulence
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...
How protein misfolding may kickstart chemical evolution
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...
Bioinspired process makes materials light, robust, programmable at nano- to macro-scale
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...
What’s really in the water
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...
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