System piggybacks on Bitcoin to prevent identity theft
A reaction to the 2008 financial crisis, Bitcoin is a digital-currency scheme designed to wrest control of the monetary system from central banks. With Bitcoin,...
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Learning about nutrition from ‘food porn’ and online quizzes
Many of our social media feeds are dominated by beautiful, mouth-watering photos of food. These photos inspire some serious food envy but could they also...
What bone proteomics could reveal about the dead
Credit: American Chemical Society Studying bones has helped scientists reconstruct what dinosaurs and other extinct creatures looked like. Taking this further, scientists recently started identifyin..
Chemical Safety Board faces uncertain future
Under President Donald Trump's proposed 2018 budget, the world's only independent body dedicated to investigating chemical-related industrial accidents would be abolished. A story in Chemica..
Nanoalloys 10 times as effective as pure platinum in fuel cells
(Chalmers University of Technology) A new type of nanocatalyst can result in the long-awaited commercial breakthrough for fuel cell cars. Research results from Chalmers University...
TSRI scientists find simple copper complex shuts down botulinum neurotoxin poisoning
Credit: Image courtesy CDC LA JOLLA, CA - May 24, 2017 - Botulinum neurotoxin is probably best known to Americans as BOTOX, a cosmetic medicine,...
Scientists develop new device to overcome pig genome flaw
Credit: Dr R O'Connor Scientists at the University of Kent, working with colleagues from the genetics research industry, have developed a new genetic screening device...
LA lawns lose lots of water: 70B gallons a year
Credit: Elizaveta Litvak In summer 2010, Los Angeles was losing about 100 gallons of water per person per day to the atmosphere through the evaporation...
Research in Los Angeles shows water loss
Credit: Diane Pataki In the summer of 2010, Los Angeles lost about 100 gallons of water per person per day to the atmosphere through evaporation,...
How do blind cavefish find their way? The answer could be in their bones
Credit: Amanda Powers/UC Imagine living in perpetual darkness in an alien world where you have to find food quickly by touch or starve for months...
World’s leading liver experts focus on continuing advancements in liver disease & transplantation
Despite many advancements in liver transplantation -- like the cure for the hepatitis C virus -- liver disease continues to impact people of all ages...
L.A. lawns lose lots of water: 70 billion gallons a year
Credit: Elizaveta Litvak In summer 2010, Los Angeles was losing about 100 gallons of water per person per day to the atmosphere through the evaporation...
University of Montana student earns NASA Earth and Space science fellowship
Credit: courtesy photo MISSOULA - University of Montana doctoral candidate Eric Palm recently was selected for the prestigious NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship. He...
Nearly 500 supporters joined ATS rally on Capitol Hill: Lab coats for lungs
Credit: ATS WASHINGTON, DC - May 24, 2017 - In an ATS 2017 International Conference first, respiratory health professionals and patients joined other conference attendees...
Zika reached Miami at least four times, Caribbean travel likely responsible
Credit: Photo by Faith Hark LA JOLLA, CA - May 24, 2017- With mosquito season looming in the Northern Hemisphere, doctors and researchers are poised...
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