A better life in the outback
Desert lands cover about a quarter of the Earth's land mass and are home to some half a billion people and yet they are commonly...
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Media registration for Starmus Science Festival in Norway now open
Media registration is now open for the Starmus Science and Music Festival, a seven-day event from June 18-23 in Trondheim, Norway. Journalists who would like...
Nanoparticles remain unpredictable
Credit: Thomas Kast The nanotech industry is booming. Every year, several thousands of tonnes of man-made nanoparticles are produced worldwide; sooner or later, a certain...
The story of our universe from the Big Bang to the present day
Credit: World Scientific The rapidly growing field of astrochemistry focuses on the chemistry occurring in stars, planets, and the interstellar medium, bringing together elements of...
Gelatine instead of forearm
Credit: Empa The moisture content of the human skin influences its characteristics. The addition of moisture softens the skin and changes its appearance. This can...
Graphene and gold make a better brain probe
Credit: DGIST Electrodes placed in the brain record neural activity, and can help treat neural diseases like Parkinson's and epilepsy. Interest is also growing in...
Post-traumatic stress symptoms reduced after use of HIRREM closed-loop neurotechnology
Credit: © Brain State Technologies For a series of individuals with post-traumatic stress symptoms, use of HIRREM;, an algorithm-guided neurotechnology, was associated with significant clinical...
Researchers create red-eyed mutant wasps
Credit: Akbari lab RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu)-- Researchers at UC Riverside's Akbari lab have brought a new strain of red-eyed mutant wasps into the world. The...
Twin research reveals which facial features are most controlled by genetics
Research published this week in Scientific Reports uses computer image and statistical shape analysis to shed light on which parts of the face are most...
ILC 2017: Four new EASL clinical practice guidelines on the management of liver diseases
April 19, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) today announced that four new Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs)...
New blood test offers potential for faster, targeted treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer
Credit: Biodesix, Inc. Philadelphia, PA, April 19, 2017 - Identification of a specific genetic mutation in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) helps clinicians select...
Penn researchers receive prestigious National Clinical Research Achievement Awards
PHILADELPHIA - Two research teams from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are among the recipients of the 2017 Clinical Research...
Ben-Gurion U. researchers develop membranes that remove viruses from drinking water
SEDE BOQER, Israel...April 19, 2017 - Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have developed novel...
Time-lapse cameras provide a unique peek at penguins’ winter behavior
Credit: T. Hart Not even the most intrepid researcher wants to spend winter in Antarctica, so how can you learn what penguins are doing during...
CRT Pioneer Fund, Cancer Research UK and NCI collaborate to boost research against RAS’
Cancer Research UK and the Cancer Research Technology Pioneer Fund (CPF)* have committed £2.5 million in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the...
