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...
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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...
Fish cooperate for selfish reasons
In an article published yesterday in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution John Fitzpatrick, a lecturer at Stockholm University, and his colleagues show self interest...
Shale gas threat to forests can be eased by consolidating infrastructure
Credit: Lillie Langlois, Penn State Fragmentation of ecologically important core forests within the northern Appalachians -- driven by pipeline and access road construction -- is...
Undocumented, would-be scientists face uncertain future in US
Scores of undocumented immigrant youth in the U.S. who are pursuing careers in the chemical sciences and related fields face an uncertain future in this...
Degradable electronic components created from corn starch
As consumers upgrade their gadgets at an increasing pace, the amount of electronic waste we generate continues to mount. To help combat this environmental problem,...
Study on mice demonstrates the action of strawberries against breast cancer
Credit: M. Battino et al. A study by European and Latin American researchers has shown that strawberry extract can inhibit the spread of laboratory-grown breast...
Focused ultrasound named one of 2016’s top clinical research achievements
Credit: UVA Health System The University of Virginia Health System's pioneering use of focused sound waves to treat essential tremor, the most common movement disorder,...
Singapore scientists provide new insights on how cancers evade the immune system
A team of scientists from Singapore has discovered new ways in which cancers can escape the body's immune system. Focusing on gastric cancer (GC), the...
Noninvasive imaging test shown accurate in ruling out kidney cancers
The latest in a series of studies led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine shows that addition of a widely available, noninvasive imaging test called...
