‘Nesting doll’ minerals offer clues to Earth’s mantle dynamics
Credit: Image is courtesy of Yingwei Fei. Washington, DC -- Recovered minerals that originated in the deep mantle can give scientists a rare glimpse into...
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Rescue protein gives doomed cells a stay of ‘execution’
A research team led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital immunologists has discovered how a set of proteins delays the "executioner" machinery that kills damaged...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Ernie intensify
Credit: Credits: NASA The storm formerly known as tropical cyclone 15S, now called Tropical Cyclone Ernie continued to strengthen as NASA's Aqua satellite captured a...
Claude-André Faucher-Giguère receives NSF honor for young faculty
(Northwestern University) Northwestern University astrophysicist Claude-André Faucher-Giguère, an expert in galaxy formation, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award fro..
NYU professor wins award for research into sustainable clothing manufacturing
BROOKLYN, New York - Currently, many types of fabrics, including nylon, are made in an energy-intensive, unsustainable process that uses fossil fuel. Now, NYU Tandon...
Ovarian cancer patients get access to life-extending drug
Cancer patients in America are now receiving a life-extending drug developed by scientists at Newcastle University. Women with recurrent ovarian cancer have access to the...
Driver privacy can be compromised in usage-based insurance systems
BEER-SHEVA, Israel...April 7, 2017 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have demonstrated that is possible to compromise a driver's private information stored in...
PET radiotracer design for monitoring targeted immunotherapy
Credit: Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD, Stanford University In an article published in the April issue of "The Journal of Nuclear Medicine," researchers at Stanford University...
A moldable scaffold for bone
Credit: Texas A&M University Troy, N.Y. - A team including researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is developing a new material that can be used to...
Pitt designs new wheelchair powered by compressed air
PITTSBURGH -- A new waterproof motorized wheelchair that runs entirely on compressed air was unveiled today at Morgan's Wonderland, a 25-acre theme park in San...
USDA announces $4.2 million to repay educational loans for veterinarians
WASHINGTON, D.C. April 6, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $4.2 million in available...
USDA announces funding to support 1890 land-grant universities
WASHINGTON, D.C. April 6, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability of more...
Puffins that stay close to their partner during migration have more chicks
Credit: Dr Annette Fayet Puffin pairs that follow similar migration routes breed more successfully the following season, a new Oxford University study has found. Many...
ERC advanced grant for Carl-Philipp Heisenberg
Credit: IST Austria With two newly awarded Advanced Grants, the total number of ERC-funded projects at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria)...
Satellites map carbon sequestered by forests, with accuracy of up to ten meters
Led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the EU North State project has developed a new method of using satellite images to evaluate the...
