Physics can predict wealth inequality
Credit: Bejan and Errera WASHINGTON, D.C., March 28, 2017 -- The 2016 election year highlighted the growing problem of wealth inequality and finding ways to...
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Dunedin children’s exposure to lead linked to lower IQ
New Zealand children's exposure to lead linked to lower IQ Extremely high levels of lead in New Zealand cities in the 1970s and 1980s appear...
UQ opens new era in cancer research and drug development
Credit: Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland New cancer-fighting drugs could emerge from The University of Queensland in coming years, thanks to a state-of-the-art...
5,000 and counting: Penn Medicine celebrates reconstruction milestone
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Doctors in Penn Medicine's Division of Plastic Surgery recently performed their 5,000th free flap reconstructive surgery -- in which tissue...
Georgia Cancer Center participates in NCI-driven initiative to understand racial, ethnic, age dispar
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 28, 2017) - The Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University is one of a dozen sites across the nation...
Trump Action on Clean Power Plan threatens air quality, health, and economic benefits
Syracuse, NY - March 28, 2017 The Trump Administration is expected to release an executive order on Tuesday March 28, 2017, directing the EPA to...
Which self-help websites actually improve health? New research yields a list
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. - From depression to weight loss, insomnia to cutting back on alcohol or cigarettes, the Internet teems with...
Gold standards for nanoparticles
Credit: Reproduced with permission from ref 1. © 2017 Nature Publishing Group Expanding the potential of gold nanoparticles for a range of uses requires methods...
Tiny sensor lays groundwork for precision X-rays detection via endoscopy
Credit: Miguel Angel Suarez, FEMTO-ST Institute WASHINGTON -- Using a tiny device known as an optical antenna, researchers have created an X-ray sensor that is...
Scientist pioneers technology new to MSU, maps giant virus
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - In a laboratory at Michigan State University, scientists took a DIY approach to build a retrofitted cryo-electron...
How do we measure temperature? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 28, 2017 -- We have a lot of confidence that we measure temperature accurately. But how do thermometers...
Evolving ‘lovesick’ organisms found survival in sex
Being 'lovesick' takes on a whole new meaning in a new theory which answers the unsolved fundamental question: why do we have sex? University of...
Mustard seeds without mustard flavor: New robust oilseed crop can resist global warming
BREAKTHROUGH University of Copenhagen and the global player Bayer CropScience have successfully developed a new oilseed crop that is much more resistant to heat, drought...
Information storage with a nanoscale twist
Credit: Reproduced with permission of 2016 American Physical Society Swirling objects known as magnetic vortices and skyrmions can be miniaturized without sacrificing mobility, a KAUST-led...
Sharing expert experimental knowledge to expedite design
Credit: © 2017 KAUST A reference tool specific to metabolic engineering that optimizes processes to make cells produce useful substances gives researchers a common language...
