Sea sponges offer clues to how human-made structures can resist buckling
Credit: Michael Monn, Haneesh Kesari / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Judging by their name alone, orange puffball sea sponges might seem unlikely paragons of...
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New sensor integrates inflammatory bowel disease detection into colonoscopy procedure
Credit: Vanderbilt University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed the first sensor capable of objectively identifying inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and distinguishing between its two subtype..
Feature issue on nonlinear optics provides insight into field’s latest ideas
A large number of researchers are working in the area of nonlinear optics, which is the study of all effects that can be described as...
Researchers identify factors responsible for chronic nature of autoimmune disease
Boston, Mass. -- Researchers from Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear have uncovered two factors responsible for the chronic, lifelong nature of...
Cancer authority pulls together the principles, practice and ethics of cancer care
Credit: The University of Chicago Medicine Samuel Hellman, MD, the former Dean of the Division of Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine at...
ELFI: Engine for Likelihood-Free Inference facilitates more effective simulation
Credit: SysBio The Engine for Likelihood-Free Inference is open to everyone, and it can help significantly reduce the number of simulator runs. Researchers have succeeded...
Turning your living room into a wireless charging station
Credit: David Smith, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- The flat-screen TV on your living room wall could soon be remotely charging any device within its...
Big data shows how what we buy affects endangered species
Credit: Daniel Moran and Keiichiro Kanemoto. The things we consume, from iPhones to cars to IKEA furniture, have costs that go well beyond their purchase...
Witnessing fear in others can physically change brain, scientists say
Credit: David Hungate/Virginia Tech Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have discovered that observing fear in others may change how information flows in...
It’s a girl! Tweaking the names of a pest fanworm group
Credit: Alexander Semenov The largest group of fanworm species with rigid chalky (calcareous) tubes belong to the Hydroides genus, and are easily recognised thanks to...
When the Arctic coast retreats, life in the shallow water areas drastically changes
Credit: Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut/Jaroslav Obu Bremerhaven/Germany, 4 January 2017. The thawing and erosion of Arctic permafrost coasts has dramatically increased in the past years and the...
German Arctic Office to act as consultant to politics and industry
Bremerhaven/Germany, 4 January 2017. The rapid climate changes in the Arctic are no longer just the domain of scientists. The shrinking sea ice and collapsing...
Scientists develop new antibiotic for gonorrhea
Credit: University of York Scientists at the University of York have harnessed the therapeutic effects of carbon monoxide-releasing molecules to develop a new antibiotic which...
Of mice and men: Unique electrical properties of human nerve cells make a difference
The human brain's advanced cognitive capabilities are often attributed to our recently evolved neocortex. Comparison of human and rodent brains shows that the human cortex...
Promising new drug stops spread of melanoma by 90 percent
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University researchers have discovered that a chemical compound, and potential new drug, reduces the spread...
