European Geosciences Union meeting: Press conferences live stream, on-site registration
Next week (23-28 April), some 14,000 scientists will gather in Vienna for the 2017 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). The meeting that...
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U of I study ranks which production attributes are most important to consumers when buying beef, chicken
Credit: University of Illinois Consumers are increasingly interested in how their food is produced and look for claims such as no growth hormones, no GMOs,...
Cell biologists discover crucial ‘traffic regulator’ in neurons
Neurons are the main cells in the nervous system. They process information by sending, receiving, and combining signals from around the brain and the body....
Pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant therapy in certain breast cancer patients predicts low risk for local metastases
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Select breast cancer patients who achieved pathologic complete response (pCR) after chemotherapy may be able to avoid follow-up...
Collegiate inventors awarded Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 19, 2017 - The Lemelson-MIT Program today announced the winners of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize after a nationwide search for the most...
USC team develops new method to create the next fuel-efficient renewable energy
Credit: via G. K. Surya Prakash Scientists have long struggled with generating and storing hydrogen, the kind that might one day provide the backbone for...
Making batteries from waste glass bottles
Credit: UC Riverside Researchers at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering have used waste glass bottles and a low-cost chemical process to...
Speed-dependent attraction governs what goes on at the heart of midge swarms
Ever wondered what makes the collective behaviour in insect swarms possible? Andy Reynolds from Rothamsted Research, UK, and colleagues at Stanford University, California, USA, modelled...
Particle accelerator for the European XFEL X-ray laser operational
Credit: photo: DESY/D. Noelle Accelerated electrons have passed through the complete 2.1 kilometre length of the accelerator tunnel. In the next step, the energy of...
Making artificial blood for transfusions
Blood transfusions can save the lives of patients who have suffered major blood loss, but hospitals don't always have enough or the right type on...
Universities release results on nitrogen footprints
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 19, 2017 -- Researchers have developed a large-scale method for calculating the nitrogen footprint of...
Gaming helps personalized therapy level up
Credit: Kimberly Cartier Using game features in non-game contexts, computers can learn to build personalized mental- and physical-therapy programs that enhance individual motivation, according to...
Telestroke guidelines from American Telemedicine Association in Telemedicine & e-Health
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New guidelines to help clinicians use the latest telemedicine communication technologies to provide remote care for patients with symptoms...
New study ranks hazardous asteroid effects from least to most destructive
WASHINGTON, DC -- If an asteroid struck Earth, which of its effects--scorching heat, flying debris, towering tsunamis--would claim the most lives? A new study has...
Researchers quantify grasslands’ carbon storage value
Credit: University of Wyoming When grasslands feature a wide array of plant species, they provide a variety of benefits for humans and animals, including enhanced...
