Scientists further understanding of a process that causes heat loss in fusion devices
Credit: Elle Starkman Everyone knows that the game of billiards involves balls careening off the sides of a pool table -- but few people may...
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LA BioMed honors innovators at its 2017 Spirit of Innovation Gala
LOS ANGELES - (April 6, 2017) - LA BioMed will honor the pioneering work of distinguished researchers Ruey-Kang Chang, MD; Richard Casaburi, PhD, MD, and...
NASA infrared imagery shows wind shear blowing Cyclone 14P apart
Credit: Credits: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone 14P gathering data in infrared light and observed that westerly wind shear...
Gold-plated crystals set new standard for natural gas detectors
Credit: Willie Padilla, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Materials scientists and engineers have developed a sensor that is fast, sensitive and efficient enough to detect...
Control pest fungi in an environmentally friendly way
n Europe, some 30 million wooden poles are used by telecommunications companies and electricity utilities. Every year, hundreds of thousands of these poles have to...
Feeding fat to fungi: Evidence for lipid transfer in arbuscular mycorrhiza
Credit: Dr. Maria J. Harrison, BTI ITHACA, NY-- Nearly all organisms live in symbiosis with a vast, diverse array of microbes. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis...
Physicists develop ultrathin superconducting film
Credit: Oliver Dietze Experimental physicists in the research group led by Professor Uwe Hartmann at Saarland University have developed a thin nanomaterial with superconducting properties....
ASH awards $750k to preserve promising biomedical research
(WASHINGTON, April 6, 2017) -- In 2012, the American Society of Hematology (ASH) committed to preserving blood disease research threatened by federal budget cuts to...
Are men with a family history of prostate cancer eligible for active surveillance?
Active surveillance--careful monitoring to determine if or when a cancer warrants treatment--is an increasingly prevalent choice for prostate cancer, but it's unclear if the strategy...
Cancer commandeers immature immune cells to aid its successful spread
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Augusta University Photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 6, 2017) - More typically, these immature immune cells might help us fight cancer, but...
UH receives USDA grant to fight obesity in nearby neighborhoods
The University of Houston Department of Health and Human Performance (HHP) has received a $281,475 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute...
When old growth beats old school
Credit: courtesy Bill Keeton As the planet warms, carbon markets are getting hot too. Forest landowners have been looking for ways to enter these markets,...
To save honey bees, human behavior must change
Annapolis, MD; April 4, 2017--In the search for answers to the complex health problems and colony losses experienced by honey bees in recent years, it...
Private insurers in New York state see surge in claims related to opioid addiction
NEW YORK, NY--April 6, 2017--From 2007 to 2014, private insurance claim lines with opioid abuse and dependence diagnoses increased 1,459 percent in the New York...
UTA engineer earns grant to develop materials for 3-D printed blood vessels for children
Credit: UTA An engineer at The University of Texas at Arlington has been awarded a $211,000 R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health to...
