Researchers explain why feather shafts change shape when under stress
Credit: UC San Diego Researchers at the University of California San Diego for the first time have revealed why the shape of the feather shaft...
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New study uncovers vivid patterns of neural activity in the resting mouse brain
Credit: Ying Ma and Elizabeth Hillman/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK -- Columbia scientists have traced the origins of mysterious signals in the brain that have...
Penn researchers expand research on simplifying recycling of rare-earth metals
In a previous study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania pioneered a process that could enable the efficient recycling of two rare-earth metals, neodymium and...
Bacterial ‘sabotage’ handicaps ability to resolve devastating lung inflammation
Credit: Credit: Becca Flitter PITTSBURGH, Dec. 12, 2016 - The chronic lung inflammation that is a hallmark of cystic fibrosis, has, for the first time,...
How does water melt? Layer by layer!
Credit: © MPIP Mainz, Dec. 12, 2016 - we all know that water melts at 0°C. However, already 150 years ago the famous physicist Michael...
Mystery molecule is a key to inhibiting colon cancer
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Peter Barta Immunologists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered that a protein called NLRC3 plays a...
UVA, Virginia Tech Carilion partner to fund cross-university neuroscience research
Credit: Virginia Tech The University of Virginia-Virginia Tech Carilion Neuroscience Research Collaboration today announced more than a half-million dollars in grant funding will be awarded...
Fighting world hunger: Researchers use nuclear methods to study pest-resistance in corn
Credit: Joseph Spencer, Illinois Natural History Survey. COLUMBIA, Mo. - According to estimates, the current global population is more than 7.4 billion people and is...
New study doubles the estimate of bird species in the world
New research led by the American Museum of Natural History suggests that there are about 18,000 bird species in the world--nearly twice as many as...
It’s basic: Alternative fuel cell technology reduces cost
Credit: UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE/Jeffrey Chase The pathway to zero-emission vehicles has taken two forks, one toward battery electric cars like the Tesla and the other...
The sea roils and life returns
Credit: (Kyoto University/Reiji Masuda) Kyoto, Japan -- The tsunami of 2011 is well remembered in Japan. Some towns have recovered, while others struggle to return...
Public willing to pay to reduce toxic algae — but maybe not enough
SAN FRANCISCO--Scientists have found good strategies for curbing the toxic algae blooms that have threatened some of the nation's water supplies. Farmers are willing to...
Leading survey platform launches first in-browser visualization tool for encrypted data
Credit: SurveyCTO CAMBRIDGE, MA - December 12, 2016 - Dobility today announced the launch of the SurveyCTO "Data Explorer," a first-of-its-kind tool for visualizing encrypted...
New robot has a human touch
Loading video... Credit: Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Most robots achieve grasping and tactile sensing through motorized means, which can be excessively bulky and rigid....
Sawdust reinvented into super sponge for oil spills
Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory SEQUIM, Wash. - Lowly sawdust, the sawmill waste that's sometimes tossed onto home garage floors to soak up oil spilled...
