Mimicking nature’s cellular architectures via 3-D printing
Credit: Video courtesy of Lori Sanders/Harvard University Nature does amazing things with limited design materials. Grass, for example, can support its own weight, resist strong...
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Everglades restoration report shows success, but climate change remains a challenge
Credit: EvergladesRestoration.gov The Florida Everglades' cypress swamps, mangrove trees and "river of grass" cover the southern 20 percent of the state, making it the largest...
Get an image of the future of health at SIR 2017
WASHINGTON (Feb. 6, 2017)--More than 400 original scientific studies of minimally invasive, image-guided treatments that may solve some of today's toughest medical problems will be...
Can sharks be fished sustainably? Yes (but it’s going to take work)
Credit: Colin Simpfendorfer Conventional wisdom holds that sharks can't be harvested in a sustainable manner because they are long-lived animals. It takes time for them...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Carlos over La Reunion and Mauritius
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Carlos when it was affecting La Reunion and Mauritius islands in...
Campus natural gas power plants pose no radon risks
Credit: Patrick Mansell, Penn State When Penn State decided to convert its two power plants from their historic use of coal as a source of...
Immune therapy scientists discover distinct cells that block cancer-fighting immune cells
Loading video... Credit: UHN (TORONTO, Canada - Feb. 6, 2017) - Princess Margaret Cancer Centre scientists have discovered a distinct cell population in tumours that...
RIT professor wins early career award from international optics and photonics society
Rochester Institute of Technology faculty member Nathan Cahill was named a Rising Researcher by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for his contributions...
Decision-making process of viruses could lead to new antibiotic treatments
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips) COLLEGE STATION -- Humans face hundreds of decisions every day. But we're not alone. Even the...
Older than the moon
Credit: WHOI Geodynamics Program The Earth's mantle -- the layer between the crust and the outer core -- is home to a primordial soup even...
Building a better microbial fuel cell — using paper
Credit: Illustration by Michael Osadciw/University of Rochester The concept behind microbial fuel cells, which rely on bacteria to generate an electrical current, is more than...
Exploring the matter that filled the early universe
Credit: Anjali Chandrashekar CHICAGO-Theorists and scientists conducting experiments that recreate matter as it existed in the very early universe are gathered in Chicago this week...
UNC researchers find new potential route to treat asthma
Credit: Photo by Lane Deacon / UNC Health Care. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine believe they have isolated a...
New algorithms may revolutionize drug discoveries — and our understanding of life
Credit: Structura Biotechnology Inc A new set of machine learning algorithms developed by U of T researchers that can generate 3D structures of tiny protein...
Researchers identify ‘synthetic essentiality’ as novel approach for locating cancer therapy targets
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A new method has been found for identifying therapeutic targets in cancers lacking specific key tumor suppressor genes. The process,...
