Major 5 million project to improve heart disease treatment with smart pacemaker technology
Credit: University of Bath Creating a new generation of advanced pacemakers which adapt to the demands of a patient's body is the goal of a...
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Sound Off! The Navy, haring protection and mobile devices
Credit: (Photo courtesy of Dr. Kelly Watts) ARLINGTON, Va. -- Noise is an unavoidable fact of life on U.S. Navy vessels and during naval operations....
‘Ghost particles’ could improve understanding the universe
Credit: Courtesy of IceCube Neutrino Observatory EAST LANSING, Mich. - Trillions of neutrinos, or ghost particles, are passing through us every second. While scientists know...
Large marine protected areas effectively protect reef shark populations
Credit: Courtesy Palmyra Atoll Research Consortium Researchers at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station investigated the role of expanded marine protected areas (MPAs) on grey reef...
Brain-computer interface allows completely locked-in people to communicate
Credit: Wyss Center, www.wysscenter.ch A brain-computer interface that can decipher the thoughts of people who are unable to communicate could revolutionize the lives of those...
Infrared links could simplify data center communications
Credit: Patrick Mansell, Penn State Data centers are the central point of many, if not most, information systems today, but the masses of wires interconnecting...
Making the switch to polarization diversity
LOS ANGELES - Vast amounts of data transmit across the Internet and telecommunications networks delivering, for example, real-time video calls from one cell phone to...
Changes in gene contribute independently to breast and ovarian cancer
Defects in a key gene - long thought to drive cancer by turning off the protection afforded by the well-known BRCA genes - spur cancer...
African lake provides new clues about ancient marine life
New research shows there may have been more nitrogen in the ocean between one and two billion years ago than previously thought, allowing marine organisms...
Substance in crude oil harms fish hearts, could affect humans as well
Credit: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research from Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station has identified a substance in oil that's to blame for the cardiotoxicity seen in...
Mind reader: A consumer EEG device serves up rich new troves of scientific data
HAMILTON, Feb. 1, 2017 - A consumer device designed to help users focus their thoughts is also generating valuable data for neuroscience research. A team...
Find elusive particles from your phone with Oxford’s new neutrino viewer app
Credit: Oxford University Not so long ago, observing fundamental particles was reserved for scientists with complex equipment. Now, technological progress mean anyone can explore the...
Optimized compiler yields more-efficient parallel programs
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Compilers are programs that convert computer code written in high-level languages intelligible to humans into low-level instructions executable by machines. But there's...
How a bacterial protein’s structure aids biomedical studies
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 31, 2017 -- A light-sensing protein from a salt-loving, sulfur-forming microbe has proved key to developing methods essential to advanced drug discovery,...
Researchers confirm the existence of a ‘lost continent’ under Mauritius
Credit: Susan Webb/Wits University Scientists have confirmed the existence of a "lost continent" under the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius that was left-over by the...
