Conquering metal fatigue
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Metal fatigue can lead to abrupt and sometimes catastrophic failures in parts that undergo repeated loading, or stress. It's a major cause...
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Tianjin team makes breakthrough in synthetic yeast project
Led by Tianjin University (TJU) Professor Ying-Jin Yuan, TJU's synthetic biology team has completed the synthesis of redesigned yeast chromosomes synV and synX with the...
NASA catches newly formed Tropical Cyclone 11S
Credit: Credits: NASA JPL/Ed Olsen Just after Tropical Cyclone 11S formed in the Southern Indian Ocean NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead gathering data using infrared...
Brain is 10 times more active than previously measured, UCLA researchers find
A new UCLA study could change scientists' understanding of how the brain works -- and could lead to new approaches for treating neurological disorders and...
New way to tune electronic energy levels may lead to valleytronic devices
Faster, more efficient data storage and computer logic systems could be on the horizon thanks to a new way of tuning electronic energy levels in...
Penn engineers’ ‘photonic doping’ makes class of metamaterials easier to fabricate
Credit: University of Pennsylvania The field of metamaterials, an intersection of materials science, physics, nanotechnology and electrical engineering, aims to produce structures with unusual elec..
Potential drug candidates halt prostate and breast cancer growth
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - March 9, 2017 - Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have designed...
Unexpected oxidation state for molecular plutonium discovered
Credit: LANL LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 9, 2017--Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in collaboration with the University of California - Irvine (UCI) have uncovered...
Chinese famine data show no long-term health effects except for schizophrenia
March 8, 2017 -- A new systematic re-analysis of all previous studies of long-term health effects of prenatal exposure to the Chinese Famine of 1959-61...
Fish and mercury: Detailed consumption advisories would better serve women across US
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Among women of childbearing age in the U.S., fish consumption has increased in recent years while blood mercury concentrations have decreased, suggesting...
Researchers discover how neurons tell each other to die under trauma, disease
A major contributor to most neurological diseases is the degeneration of a wire-like part of nerve cells called an axon, which electrically transmits information from...
Targeting cancer stem cells improves treatment effectiveness and prevents metastasis
Targeting cancer stem cells may be a more effective way to overcome cancer resistance and prevent the spread of squamous cell carcinoma -- the most...
The intestine has a reservoir of stem cells that are resistant to chemotherapy
Credit: Franscisco Barriga, IRB Barcelona The intestine has a high rate of cellular regeneration due to the wear and tear originated by its function degrading...
Detect. Lock on. Intercept. The remarkable hunting ability of the robber fly
Loading video... Credit: Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido Lab, University of Cambridge A small fly the size of a grain of rice could be the Top Gun of...
Launchpad Leicestar: Multi-million pound investment gives ‘space city’ project lift-off
Credit: University of Leicester Academic leaders at the University of Leicester have hailed the Government's announcement of multi-million pound investment in space science and Earth...
