Tiny cavefish may help humans evolve to require very little sleep
Credit: Florida Atlantic University We all do it; we all need it -- humans and animals alike. Sleep is an essential behavior shared by nearly...
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Reconfigurable single-shot incoherent optical signal processing system for chirped microwave signal
Credit: ©Science China Press Incoherent photonic generation and processing of microwave signals avoid cumbersome and costly pulsed lasers by using an incoherent broadband light source....
Computing with biochemical circuits made easy
Electronic circuits are found in almost everything from smartphones to spacecraft and are useful in a variety of computational problems from simple addition to determining...
Researchers find insight into the simplest substitution reaction via Walden inversion mechanism
(Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters) A research term led by Prof. ZHANG Donghui from State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics of Dalian Institute of...
Light-driven reaction converts carbon dioxide into fuel
Credit: Chad Scales DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University researchers have developed tiny nanoparticles that help convert carbon dioxide into methane using only ultraviolet light as...
Researchers pave the way for ionotronic nanodevices
Credit: Mikko Raskinen / Aalto University Ionotronic devices rely on charge effects based on ions, instead of electrons or in addition to electrons. These devices...
New role of cholesterol in regulating brain proteins discovered
A study led by researchers at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) and the Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics at the Faculty...
PI3K/mTOR inhibitors may be effective against some uterine sarcomas
To interview Frédéric Amant, contact Julia Gunther at [email protected] or 215-446-6896. Bottom Line: The protein P-S6S240 may serve as an indicator of poor prognosis for...
Oil and gas wastewater spills alter microbes in West Virginia waters
Credit: US Environmental Protection Agency Wastewater from oil and gas operations -- including fracking for shale gas -- at a West Virginia site altered microbes...
Forests worldwide threatened by drought
Credit: University of Stirling Forests around the world are at risk of death due to widespread drought, University of Stirling researchers have found. An analysis,...
Neural networks promise sharpest ever images
Credit: K. Schawinski / C. Zhang / ETH Zurich. Telescopes, the workhorse instruments of astronomy, are limited by the size of the mirror or lens...
New approach to reduce risk of developing type 2 diabetes trialled in Liverpool
An international clinical trial conducted by the University of Liverpool has shown that the drug liraglutide 3.0 mg may reduce diabetes risk by 80% in...
Average distance to a forest increased by almost 14 percent in the continental US in a decade
Credit: Yang S, Mountrakis G (2017) During the 1990s, in the continental US key connecting forest patches have been lost resulting in an increase of...
In rare disorder, novel agent stops swelling before it starts
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System An early-stage clinical trial has found that, compared to a placebo, a novel medication significantly reduces potentially life-threatening episodes of...
Organ-on-a-chip mimics heart’s biomechanical properties
Loading video... Credit: Veniamin Sidorov VIIBRE Vanderbilt The human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times in an average lifetime. Now scientists at Vanderbilt University...
