Carbon nanotubes self-assemble into tiny transistors
Credit: Arjen Kamp Carbon nanotubes can be used to make very small electronic devices, but they are difficult to handle. University of Groningen scientists, together...
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Breakthrough telescope to map origins of stars, galaxies and the ‘cosmic dawn’
Credit: Vertex Antennentechnik GmbH, Germany ITHACA, N.Y. - A unique and powerful telescope capable of mapping the sky at submillimeter and millimeter wavelengths is headed...
No sugar coating, but sweet nonetheless
Credit: Source: Christian Böhler, Maria Asplund Complex neurotechnological devices are required to directly select and influence brain waves inside the skull's interior. Although it has...
73% of academics say access to research data helps them in their work; 34% do not publish their data
Combining results from bibliometric analyses, a global sample of researcher opinions and case-study interviews, a new report reveals that although the benefits of open research...
Phase II trial: Rice bran adds microbiome diversity, slows growth of colon cancer cells
Credit: William A. Cotton/CSU Photography Today at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2017, University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers at Colorado...
Cancer burden for aging US HIV population projected to shift
CHAPEL HILL - As the population of people living with HIV in the United States ages, the burden of cancer for these patients is expected...
Young researchers head to Capitol Hill to advocate for science
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 5, 2017 - Young scientists from colleges and universities across the United States will arrive on Capitol Hill on Thursday to talk...
Charting the skies of history
Credit: Kyoto University/NASA/TNM Japan -- Ice cores and ancient sediments can be gleaned for clues to weather and climate in the past. But astronomical phenomena...
A novel method for the fabrication of active-matrix 3-D pressure sensors
Credit: UNIST A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has created a three-dimensional, tactile sensor that could detect wide pressure ranges from human body weight to...
Call to phase out lead bullets at shooting ranges
Lead released when people fire weapons at shooting ranges creates such a health risk that lead bullets should be phased out, according to new research....
‘Spiderman’ worm-snails discovered on Florida shipwreck
(Field Museum) Scientists have discovered a new species of worm-snail on a shipwreck in the Florida Keys. The new species, which is colorful and shoots...
Neonicotinoids detected in drinking water in agricultural area
Concern over the use of neonicotinoid pesticides is growing as studies find them in rivers and streams, and link them with declining bee populations and...
Geroprotectors developed using artificial intelligence to launch in Europe
Loading video... Credit: Insilico Medicine London, UK, Wednesday, April 5, 2017 - Insilico Medicine, Inc, a big data analytics company applying latest advances in deep...
Using Instagram can increase adolescents’ closeness to friends
Washington, DC (March 31, 2017) - Your food, your vacation, your carefully curated life--all posted for your friends in a filtered image. Some may scoff...
Scientists make progress on unravelling the puzzle of merging black holes
Astrophysicists at the University of Birmingham have made progress in understanding a key mystery of gravitational-wave astrophysics: how two black holes can come together and...
