NIH study reveals how melanoma spreads
Cancerous tumors are voracious. Once they have consumed all the oxygen and nutrients in the original tumor site, the cancer cells travel to other parts...
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Pioneering chip extends sensors’ battery life
Credit: University of Bristol A low-cost chip that enables batteries in sensors to last longer, in some cases by over ten times, has been developed...
UMass Amherst boosts deep learning research with powerful new GPU cluster
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - With a new cluster of specialized graphics processing units (GPUs) now installed, the University of Massachusetts Amherst is poised...
Diesel trains may expose passengers to exhaust
Credit: Tyler Irving A new study from U of T Engineering finds that diesel trains may expose passengers to elevated levels of certain pollutants, especially...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Carlos moving past La Reunion Island
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce NASA found heavy rainfall occurring in Tropical Cyclone Carlos as it continued to move between Madagascar and La...
Flat lens opens a broad world of color
Credit: (Image courtesy of Vyshakh Sanjeev/ Harvard SEAS) Last summer, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) announced...
Turning off the protein tap — A new clue to neurodegenerative disease
Credit: The University of Manchester/Martin Lowe Disabling a part of brain cells that acts as a tap to regulate the flow of proteins has been...
The origin of stem cells
Freiburg plant biologist Prof. Dr. Thomas Laux and his research group have published an article in the journal Developmental Cell presenting initial findings on how...
Commercial weight-loss drug could help treat opioid addiction
Scientists are working to come up with new therapies to curb America's opioid epidemic and aid hospitals, doctors and public health officials in this fight....
NASA finds planets of red dwarf stars may face oxygen loss in habitable zones
Credit: NASA Goddard/Conceptual Image Lab, Michael Lentz, animator/Genna Duberstein, producer The search for life beyond Earth starts in habitable zones, the regions around stars where...
Clint Alfaro receives Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Best Paper Award 2016
Credit: Clint Alfaro Heidelberg| New York, Feb. 8, 2017 -- Clint Alfaro is the winner of this year's ABC Best Paper Award, presented by the...
New stem cell technique shows promise for bone repair
Credit: UNIST A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has developed a new method of repairing injured bone using stem cells from human bone marrow and...
Horror movie scenes help UCI team identify key brain circuits for processing fear
Irvine, Calif., Feb. 8, 2017 -- Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have identified a key neural pathway in humans that explains how the...
UNIST to engineer dream diodes with a graphene interlayer
Credit: UNIST ULSAN, South Korea--A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has created a new technique that greatly enhances the performance of Schottky Diodes (metal-semiconductor...
Record-breaking material that contracts when heated
Credit: Koshi Takenaka Nagoya, Japan - Machines and devices used in modern industry are required to withstand harsh conditions. When the environmental temperature changes, the...
