Images of health risks make indoor tanning messages more effective
CHAPEL HILL -- Although the health risks associated with indoor tanning are clear, tanning bed use among college-aged women is still popular. A new study...
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Growth under pressure: New metamaterial designed with counterintuitive property
Loading video... Credit: Jingyuan Qu, Muamer Kadic, and Martin Wegener WASHINGTON, D.C., April t24, 2017 -- In the not-too-distant future, it may be possible to...
After the death of a friend, healing in a human social network
Credit: Will Hobbs Wounds heal - the cells in a body knit over a cut. When a neuron dies, the brain can rewire itself to...
Robot radiology: Low cost A.I. could screen for cervical cancer better than humans
Artificial intelligence--commonly known as A.I.--is already exceeding human abilities. Self-driving cars use A.I. to perform some tasks more safely than people. E-commerce companies use A.I....
Russian scientists create new system of concrete building structures
Credit: Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University Professor of the Institute of Civil Engineering of Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) Andrey Ponomarev a..
Early career scientist receives recognition from Microscopy Society of America
Credit: David Hungate/Virginia Tech Rengasayee "Sai" Veeraraghavan, a research assistant professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, became the sixth person in the world...
From abundant hydrocarbons to rare spin liquids
Credit: Kosmas Prassides Fuel such as petrol is made up of hydrocarbons -- a family of molecules consisting entirely of carbon and hydrogen. Pigment and...
Chip-based nanoscopy: Microscopy in HD quality
Credit: Photo: Bielefeld University/Robin Diekmann This information can be used to produce images with a resolution of about 20 to 30 nanometres, and thereby ten...
NASA’s Cassini, Voyager missions suggest new picture of Sun’s interaction with galaxy
Credit: Dialynas, et al. New data from NASA's Cassini mission, combined with measurements from the two Voyager spacecraft and NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX,...
Photosynthesis in the dark? Unraveling the mystery of algae evolution
Credit: Waseda University Tokyo, Japan - Scientists have long studied which of the three primary photosynthetic eukaryotes (red algae, green algae, and glaucophytes) has come...
Tools for planning nature conservation in the European Union
Credit: Aija Kukkala Prioritising areas The needs of nature and humans are increasingly in conflict, and prioritisation is needed. How should we choose additional areas...
New approach to improve detection of landfill-related pollution
Credit: Gustavo Nicolodelli, Embrapa Instrumentation WASHINGTON -- Numerous hazardous substances seep from landfills into soil and groundwater, threatening human health and the environment. However,..
Graphene withstands high pressure, may aid in desalination
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers LA JOLLA, CA--Professor Klaus Ley, M.D., has been selected as this year's winner of the Eugene M. Landis Award, the...
Bright future for self-charging batteries
Who hasn't lived through the frustrating experience of being without a phone after forgetting to recharge it? This could one day be a thing of...
Nature plants a seed of engineering inspiration
Credit: Jung et al. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 24, 2017 -- Researchers in South Korea have quantitatively deconstructed what they describe as the "ingenious mobility strategies"...
