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A new parameterization of canopy radiative transfer for land surface radiation models

Credit: Feng Zhang Among the physical processes of land surfaces, canopy radiative transfer is especially important. It plays a key role in controlling land-atmosphere flux...

CD38 gene is identified to be important in postnatal development of the cerebral cortex

Credit: Kanazawa University Cells in the brain are categorized roughly into two; neurons and the others, namely, glial cells. It is essential for sound development...

‘What do old books smell like?’ — Preserving smells as important cultural heritage

A 'Historic Book Odour Wheel' which has been developed to document and archive the aroma associated with old books, is being presented in a study...

Next Generation TimeTree: An expanded history of life on Earth at your fingertips

Credit: Temple University Temple University's scientists Sudhir Kumar and S. Blair Hedges, of the Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine (iGEM) and Center for Biodiversity,...

Patients on HeartMate 3 have fewer blood-related events than those on HeartMate II

Credit: Abbott A six-month analysis of the pivotal MOMENTUM 3 trial found that patients implanted with the new HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist system (LVAS)...

156 early career engineering researchers to journey to frontiers of their fields

Credit: NSF/Google Maps Today, 156 early career engineering faculty begin a five-year journey that will take them to the frontiers of fundamental engineering research. Supported...

Researchers create new diagnostic tool for detecting breast cancer

Loading video... Credit: SFU Simon Fraser University researchers have created a patent-pending, optical diagnostic probe capable of safely and non-invasively detecting early stage breast cancer....

Mount Sinai study reveals how learning in the present shapes future learning

Neurons in the prefrontal cortex "teach" neurons in the hippocampus to "learn" rules that distinguish memory-based predictions in otherwise identical situations, suggesting that learning in...

Homing system delivers drugs to specific neurons

Loading video... Credit: Mike Tadross, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers have developed a way to deliver drugs to specific types of neurons in...

A NASA infrared look at the Southern Indian Ocean’s 15th tropical cyclone

Credit: Credits: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone 15S in the Southern Indian Ocean and obtained temperature data on the...

Cardiologist warns against dissolvable stents in NEJM

Credit: Photo by Tommie Morelos/TTUHSC El Paso. EL PASO, Texas -- In a New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) editorial published last week, Debabrata Mukherjee,...

Salk scientists expand ability of stem cells to regrow any tissue type

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(April 6, 2017) When scientists talk about laboratory stem cells being totipotent or pluripotent, they mean that the cells have the...

Lenvio Inc. exclusively licenses ORNL malware behavior detection technology

Credit: Jason Richards, Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 6, 2017 - Virginia-based Lenvio Inc. has exclusively licensed a cyber security...

Distinct bacterial communities share nutrients for the common good