More than animation: Software supports animated storytelling
Disney Research has developed new tools to help people use animation to tell stories by eliminating distracting details that hamper creativity, suggesting ways to fill...
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Dressing up like a peacock: Bright colors by nanotechnology
Credit: (Photo: Tom Patterson) Colors are produced in a variety of ways. The best known colors are pigments. However, the very bright colors of the...
Glow-in-the-dark dye could fuel liquid-based batteries
Credit: Credit: Douglas Levere BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Could a glow-in-the-dark dye be the next advancement in energy storage technology? Scientists at the University at Buffalo...
Tech would use drones and insect biobots to map disaster areas
Credit: Edgar Lobaton Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a combination of software and hardware that will allow them to use unmanned aerial...
How a Mediterranean-style diet may reduce heart failure in the aged
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - In mouse experiments, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have shown how aging and excess dietary fat create signals that...
Study finds arthritis drug significantly effective in treating Crohn’s disease
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have shown that ustekinumab, a human antibody used to treat arthritis, significantly induces response and...
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant
The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill &...
Researchers identify pathway important for kidney function
(Boston)--Boston University researchers, in collaboration with Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) at Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), have discovered a novel molecular pathway needed to regulate kidney...
One state’s temporary gun removal law shows promise in preventing suicides
DURHAM, N.C. -- A Connecticut law enacted in 1999 to allow police to temporarily remove guns from potentially violent or suicidal people likely prevented dozens...
How does the brain of people who do not like music work?
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers from the Cognition and Cerebral Plasticity group of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute and the University of Barcelona (IDIBELL-UB), in collaboration with...
Epilepsy — why do seizures sometimes continue after surgery?
New research from the University of Liverpool, published in the journal Brain, has highlighted the potential reasons why many patients with severe epilepsy still continue...
HC-based NGS impacts treatment decisions in lung cancer patients with adenocarcinoma
DENVER - The use of hybrid capture-based (HC-based) next-generation sequencing (NGS) to identify targetable oncogenic drivers in patients with lung adenocarcinoma results in the detection...
GW dermatologist publishes survey finding fungal skin infections commonly misdiagnosed
WASHINGTON (Nov. 17, 2016) -- Fungal skin infections may be commonly misdiagnosed, according to a survey published in the Journal of the American Academy of...
Urgent need for innovation driving surge in funding, globalization of research
Recognizing the urgent, growing need for innovation to meet international health, environmental and economic challenges, investments in research are surging, with governments demanding the biggest...
Bridging approach to regulation needed to keep to e-cigarette innovations coming
A regulatory mechanism that allows for a bridging approach between different variants of e-cigarettes and other next generation products is required to maintain the rate...
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