New material regrows bone
A team of researchers repaired a hole in a mouse's skull by regrowing "quality bone," a breakthrough that could drastically improve the care of people...
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Chemists create molecular ‘leaf’ that collects and stores solar power without solar panels
Credit: Ben Noffke and Richard Schaugaard, Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- An international team of scientists led by Liang-shi Li at Indiana University has achieved...
New survey finds ‘Peter Pan’ radio galaxies that may never grow up
A team of astronomers has doubled the number of known young, compact radio galaxies--galaxies powered by newly energized black holes. The improved tally will help...
UTA researchers to develop new math theory for improvement of imaging technology
Credit: UTA Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington are working on a project which could have a sizable impact on imaging technologies, by...
Manhattan DA’s office awards $10.3 million grant to create Youth Opportunity Hub
March 7, 2017 -- The Manhattan District Attorney's Criminal Justice Investment Initiative has awarded a grant to Alwyn T. Cohall, MD, co-leader of an interdisciplinary...
Small nanoparticles have surprisingly big effects on polymer nanocomposites
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy, created by Jan-Michael Carrillo OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 8, 2017--Polymer nanocomposites mix particles billionths of a...
NASA satellites see Tropical Cyclone Enawo moving through central Madagascar
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team Tropical Cyclone Enawo continued to move through central Madagascar on a southern track as NASA's Aqua and...
Clemson scientist receives $367K grant to trace how arsenic disrupts developing cells
Credit: Jim Melvin / Clemson University CLEMSON, South Carolina -- Novelists often employ arsenic poisoning as a dramatic tool to kill off a character. But...
Synthesis of medicinally privileged heterocycles through dielectric heating
Heterocyclic compounds are enormously crucial in various industries including food, agricultural, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Heterocyclic pharmacophores are one of the main chemical components in ..
Philosophy & Predictive Processing online publication on the mind, brain and consciousness
Mainz-based Professor of Philosophy Thomas Metzinger sets another example for ethically responsible publishing in the digital age. After successfully publishing the Open MIND Project in...
In-cell NMR: A new application
Credit: Enrico Luchinat and Lucia Banci The structure of biological macromolecules is critical to understanding their function, mode of interaction and relationship with their neighbours,...
Plants at the pump
Credit: Photo provided by Sandia National Laboratories LIVERMORE, Calif.--Regular, unleaded or algae? That's a choice drivers could make at the pump one day. But for...
The protective layer of prehistoric land plants
Credit: Photo: Ralf Reski An international research team has discovered a biochemical pathway that is responsible for the development of moss cuticles. These waxy coverings...
Paleontologists find fossil relative of Ginkgo biloba
Credit: Fabiany Herrera & Patrick Herendeen A discovery of well-preserved fossil plants by paleontologists from the United States, China, Japan, Russia and Mongolia has allowed...
Stabilizing soils with sulfates to improve their constructional properties
Credit: Seco et al., 2017 The journal Applied Clay Science has recently published the paper 'Sulfate soils stabilization with magnesium-based bindersâ', a piece of research...
