$1.8 million grant funds digestive disease research in El Paso
Credit: Photo by Brian Wancho EL PASO, Texas -- Co-principal investigators Richard McCallum, M.D., and Irene Sarosiek, M.D., have received a five-year, $1.8 million grant...
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Insect vector feeding recognized by machine learning
Credit: PROMark Yokoyama / Flickr (CCBY) Scientists have used machine learning algorithms to teach computers to recognize the insect feeding patterns involved in pathogen transmission....
When fish come to school, kids get hooked on science
Credit: David Schmelick and Deirdre Hammer/JHU A program that brings live fish into classrooms to teach the fundamentals of biology not only helps students learn,...
Production of seedless fruits an underestimated tool for improving food security
Production of seedless fruits an under-estimated tool for improving food security, research shows The opportunity to produce bountiful levels of vital food crops such as...
Meteorites reveal lasting drought on Mars
(University of Stirling) The lack of liquid water on the surface of Mars today has been demonstrated by new evidence in the form of meteorites...
Energy storage system of tomorrow tested for the first time in Lake Constance
After several years' research work, the StEnSea project (Stored Energy in the Sea) funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is now...
‘Back to the Future’ inspires solar nanotech-powered clothing
Credit: UCF Marty McFly's self-lacing Nikes in Back to the Future Part II inspired a UCF scientist who has developed filaments that harvest and store...
First observations of tongue deformation of plasma based upon the Artsimovich Prediction
Loading video... Credit: Katsumi Ida Aiming for the achievement of fusion energy, research on confining a high temperature, high density plasma in a magnetic field...
Green-screen keying method cuts time, boosts quality in film compositing
Filming an actor in front of a green screen and then superimposing the actor over another background is commonplace in feature film production, but getting...
America’s top reporters on aging chosen for fellowship program
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and New America Media (NAM) have selected 16 distinguished reporters for the next cohort of the Journalists in Aging...
Plant’s POEM: ‘No need to fertilize, for increase in seed size’
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University Plant biologists at ITbM, Nagoya University, have made a key discovery that the contents in pollen tubes alone can increase the...
First patient enrolled in the INNODIA European sample collection effort
Just one year after the Kick-off of INNODIA the IMI-supported European consortium has accomplished its first major milestone. INNODIA aims to improve the understanding of...
13-country precision trial looks at cardiovascular effects of anti-inflammatory drug use
WASHINGTON -- A 10-year trial involving osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis patients in 13 countries reveals new insights on the cardiovascular safety of widely used nonsteroidal...
Even physicists are ‘afraid’ of mathematics
Physicists avoid highly mathematical work despite being trained in advanced mathematics, new research suggests. The study, published in the New Journal of Physics, shows that...
A new type of convection is proven in granular gases
In physics, thermal convection of a fluid is exhibited by the appearance of geometric structures through which the fluid moves, forming closed circuits. This phenomenon...
