Penn researchers investigate how songbirds teach themselves songs
Music can be a powerful form of expression. It's especially important for songbirds such as zebra finches, which learn the songs of their fathers in...
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Researchers offer novel method for calculating the benefits of renewable energy
Researchers from the Higher School of Economics (HSE) have developed a novel system for assessing the potential of renewable energy resources. This method can help...
Granites could solve riddle of pinpointing metals crucial for low carbon tech
Credit: Dr Beth Simons (University of Exeter) The composition of vast swathes of granite found underneath much of the South West peninsula of Britain could...
Beckman Foundation awards University of Utah $2.5 million for atomic-scale microscope
Credit: David Belnap, Jorg Voteler The University of Utah is one of just five institutions in the world to be awarded a $2.5 million grant...
Choosing the right substrate for the right function
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have discovered a unique molecular mechanism responsible for the substrate preference of ubiquitin-specific proteas..
Electronic control to ensure photovoltaic systems always work at maximum power
Credit: Nuria González (UPV/EHU) After having developed various algorithms and control systems and having applied them in a whole range of fields, such as robotics,...
Touch-sensitive, elastic fibers offer new interface for electronics
Credit: North Carolina State University Researchers from North Carolina State University have created elastic, touch-sensitive fibers that can interface with electronic devices. "Touch is a...
MD Anderson, Oncora Medical team up to fight cancer with precision medicine alliance
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON and PHILADELPHIA ? Oncora Medical, a precision radiation oncology software company, and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer...
Proton beam power boosted with pulsed lasers, promising better proton therapies
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Beams of charged particles such as protons are used to answer fundamental physics questions and have practical applications in...
Current Graphene Science tours its journey of high-performance energy storage devices
Energy serves to be indispensable need for powering electronic devices. Smartphones, laptops, automated logic controlled devices, automobiles and other aerospace devices are profoundly entangled in...
Platelets instead of quantum dots
Credit: Lauren Aleza Kaye / ETH Zurich Scientists have been researching luminous coloured quantum dots (QDs) since the 1980s. These nanocrystals are now part of...
Researchers develop a new way to study key biological processes
A team of scientists at The University of East Anglia (UEA) has developed a novel way to obtain previously inaccessible insight into the functions of...
Renewable energy needed to drive uptake of electric vehicles
Plugging into renewable energy sources outweighs the cost and short driving ranges for consumers intending to buy electric vehicles, according to a new study. Queensland...
Novogene NGS Medical Lab Receives CAP Accreditation
April 4, 2017, San Diego and Beijing -- Novogene Corporation, a leading provider of genomic services and solutions with cutting edge next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics...
How stress controls hemoglobin levels in blood
Our ability to breathe oxygen is critical to our survival. This process is mediated by the hemoglobin in our blood, which carries oxygen. Since air...
