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Led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the EU North State project has developed a new method of using satellite images to evaluate the...

Graphene Flagship researches create thin film transistors printed with layered materials

Credit: AMBER, Trinity College Dublin. Graphene Flagship researchers from AMBER at Trinity College Dublin have fabricated printed transistors consisting entirely of layered materials. Published tod..

In-car cow avoidance

Driverless cars are hitting the headlines across the globe but for the foreseeable future we will still have drivers. The pressure then is how might...

ALMA captures dramatic stellar fireworks

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), J. Bally/H. Drass et al. 1350 light years away, in the constellation of Orion (the Hunter), lies a dense and active star...

Image release: ALMA captures explosive star birth

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), J. Bally; B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); Gemini Observatory/AURA Star birth can be a violent and explosive event, as dramatically illustrated in new ALMA...

Grant to support research aimed at benefitting patients with IBD

Credit: UCR School of Medicine. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine that includes Crohn's disease and...

Device boosts interaction between light and motion

Credit: Thiago Pedro Mayer Alegre Optomechanical devices, which simultaneously confine light waves and mechanical waves to permit interaction between them, can be used both to...

UTSA student-led team receives NSF grant to develop vein-finding medical device

Credit: UTSA A student-led team from The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is the beneficiary of a $50,000 grant to UTSA's CITE program...

A new parameterization of canopy radiative transfer for land surface radiation models

Credit: Feng Zhang Among the physical processes of land surfaces, canopy radiative transfer is especially important. It plays a key role in controlling land-atmosphere flux...

CD38 gene is identified to be important in postnatal development of the cerebral cortex

Credit: Kanazawa University Cells in the brain are categorized roughly into two; neurons and the others, namely, glial cells. It is essential for sound development...

‘What do old books smell like?’ — Preserving smells as important cultural heritage

A 'Historic Book Odour Wheel' which has been developed to document and archive the aroma associated with old books, is being presented in a study...

Next Generation TimeTree: An expanded history of life on Earth at your fingertips

Credit: Temple University Temple University's scientists Sudhir Kumar and S. Blair Hedges, of the Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine (iGEM) and Center for Biodiversity,...

Patients on HeartMate 3 have fewer blood-related events than those on HeartMate II

Credit: Abbott A six-month analysis of the pivotal MOMENTUM 3 trial found that patients implanted with the new HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist system (LVAS)...

156 early career engineering researchers to journey to frontiers of their fields

Credit: NSF/Google Maps Today, 156 early career engineering faculty begin a five-year journey that will take them to the frontiers of fundamental engineering research. Supported...

Researchers create new diagnostic tool for detecting breast cancer