New ‘tougher-than-metal’ fiber-reinforced hydrogels
Credit: Hokkaido University Efforts are currently underway around the world to create materials that are friendly to both society and the environment. Among them are...
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Miniature device is 3 times more efficient in generating new colors of laser pulses
Credit: Source: UW Physics, Radoslaw Chrapkiewicz A group of researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw has just published the results...
The potential consequences for cancer care and cancer research of Brexit
In an editorial to be published on Friday 24 February 2017 in the journal ecancermedicalscience, leading academics from across the UK explore the risks facing...
Tokyo Tech and Input Output HK create the Cryptocurrency Collaborative Research Chair
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology and IOHH During 2017 and 2018, IOHK and Tokyo Tech will promote joint research in cryptocurrencies and blockchain related technologies...
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
Credit: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a condition that often predates Alzheimer's disease (AD), can be remotely detected through a self-administer..
Experience graphene mobile innovation at the GSMA Mobile World Congress
Graphene is back at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 with the Graphene Experience Zone. Designed to showcase graphene mobile innovation in an interactive way, the...
Broad cancer vaccine may be out of reach
The high level of genetic diversity between individual tumors suggests that if it were to be developed, a broad cancer vaccine would be unlikely to...
Government of Myanmar unveils new plan to protect marine wildlife and resources
BALI (Feb. 23-24, 2017) - The Government of Myanmar and WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) announced today a comprehensive plan to protect the country's diverse fisheries...
New gene for atrazine resistance identified in waterhemp
Credit: Lauren Quinn URBANA, Ill. - Waterhemp has been locked in an arms race with farmers for decades. Nearly every time farmers attack the weed...
Nicotinamide riboside (vitamin B3) prevents nerve pain caused by cancer drugs
A new study in rats suggests that nicotinamide riboside (NR), a form of vitamin B3, may be useful for treating or preventing nerve pain (neuropathy)...
Agricultural robot may be ‘game changer’ for crop growers, breeders
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A semiautonomous robot may soon be roaming agricultural fields gathering and transmitting real-time data about the...
Melting sea ice may be speeding nature’s clock in the Arctic
Credit: Eric Post/UC Davis Spring is coming sooner to some plant species in the low Arctic of Greenland, while other species are delaying their emergence...
Researchers find new clues for nuclear waste cleanup
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - A Washington State University study of the chemistry of technetium-99 has improved understanding of the challenging nuclear waste...
Novel mutation may be linked to prostate cancer in African-American men
Credit: Alice R. Walker Researchers have identified a novel mutation that may be associated with prostate cancer in African American men, according to a new...
Computer bots are more like humans than you might think, having fights lasting years
Researchers say 'benevolent bots', otherwise known as software robots, that are designed to improve articles on Wikipedia sometimes have online 'fights' over content that can...
